Grenfell Tower: Theresa May’s face tells us all what her mouth won’t
Theresa May can be false in many places – but not, it seems, in the expression on her face. When …
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Carillion: Prophetic words from 2004 claimed the UK would be ruined by PFI debt
Is Allyson Pollock’s prophecy coming true? Ian Fraser, author of the following words, seems to think so. He tweeted: “Increasingly …
Carillion crash means public may have to subsidise Tory privatisation yet again
Isn’t that a contradiction in terms? Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher sold us a pup. She told us private …
Tory twit(terer) undermines seven years of government economic policy – in ONE TWEET
It takes a special kind of genius to (metaphorically) shoot your own mouth off and shoot every Tory MP of the …
Why isn’t there a statutory penalty against politicians lying to the public?
Peter Stefanovic makes a good point (in fact, he’s probably re-stating it, as the Tory penchant for lying to us …
Labour plan for vote to scrap public sector pay cap is great politics
Hear, hear. We know that Tory backbenchers (and perhaps even some of the Cabinet) are wavering over the wisdom of …
Why should you and I pay for Buckingham Palace renovation? We don’t live there
That’s right – the public purse is being opened to pay for a £369 million renovation of Buckingham Palace. Why? …
Council boss uses taxpayer cash unlawfully to make blogger homeless for filming meeting
Congratulations to The Canary for getting a story out before I could. If anybody wants to read the gritty details, …
David Cameron won general election with series of lies? Tell us something we DON’T know!
Yvette Cooper is only half-right. Cameron certainly lied to win the election – but Labour failed to beat him because …
Voting with the Tories on ‘welfare’ will end any credibility Labour has left
What an amazing piece in The Guardian about George Osborne’s call for “progressive” Labour MPs to support his entirely regressive …