Well the results are in, and the motion calling for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU was defeated by 413 votes to 111 – courtesy of all the major political parties. The political classes have, in other words, lifted two fingers to those whom they are supposed to represent. It has been clear [...]
Begging your A Level teacher for an extension on your coursework can be an uncomfortable experience. Begging your teachers for a tenner so that you can afford the bus to school is probably somewhat more degrading. Tonight the education secretary, Michael Gove, announced the replacement for the EMA. The scheme will cost 180 million, a [...]
The Liberal Democrats are set to merge with the Conservatives before the next general election. A lasting alliance between the two coalition partners has been the topic of some speculation since the Oldham by-election campaign kicked off and polls indicated the Lib Dems could barely hold onto second prize in a beauty contest with Jabba [...]
“I promise that if we pull together to deal with the debts today, then just a few years down the line the rewards will be felt by everyone in our country.” That’s what our glorious leader David Cameron had to tell us when he spoke at the Conservative Party conference yesterday. It is always uncomfortable [...]
A letter from Tony Benn and 72 stalwart class warriors… It is time to organise a broad movement of active resistance to the Con-Dem government’s budget intentions. They plan the most savage spending cuts since the 1930s, which will wreck the lives of millions by devastating our jobs, pay, pensions, NHS, education, transport, postal and [...]
Like most readers of this blog, the Budget made me pretty angry – the VAT increase and tighter controls on benefits combined with the cut in corporation tax make a complete mockery of the claims that this Budget was ‘progressive’ in any sense, and millions of the poorest and most vulnerable people in this country [...]
Well, it happened. Not quite as anyone had been expecting, but it happened. The moment we’ve dreaded for the last three years. David Cameron is the new Prime Minister. I can’t say I will be sorry to see Brown go. I can’t say New Labour didn’t deserve to lose this election. I can say I [...]
Now that Brown’s promised to step down, it’s looking increasingly plausible that our next government will be a centre-left coalition of some kind. No doubt if this actually happens the rightwing press will go into a frenzy about how illegitimate and unfair it is for the Tories not to get into Government, but they can [...]
As things stand there’s a big(ish) swing to the Tories in every region of Britain, apart from Scotland where they’re pretty much nowhere and there’s actually a slight swing in favour of Labour and against the SNP. If this is what things still look like and the Tories haven’t made any gains North of the [...]
So this is the latest wheeze the Tories have come out with. Apparently it’s a vote getter to come up with some vacuous slogan that nudges at prejudices but actually says nothing. Who’d have thought it? The truly sickening thing about this is how mainstream the idea will become. Despite the fact that you cannot [...]
