Monthly Archives: January 2022

Boris Johnson: he’s wondering what he did with those pretty pink ‘Top Secret’ documents. He knows he had them out, but then everybody came round to the flat for some drinkies and now… (possibly). Apparently Boris Johnson is hoping to … Continue reading →

Yesterday – January 30, 2022 – the UK commemorated the deaths of 13 people who were murdered by UK soldiers during a civil rights demonstration on what became known as Bloody Sunday. But This Writer doubts the sincerity of some … Continue reading →

Tory-lite is less popular than genuine change. Who’d ever have thought? Keir Starmer’s personal approval ratings are lower than Jeremy Corbyn’s were at the same time in his leadership, despite the vicious mass press assault Corbyn had to endure throughout … Continue reading →

Keir Starmer is trending on Twitter after yet another egregious insult to victims of the state, tweeting this morning that Bloody Sunday ‘unfolded’, as if it was some natural sequence of events rather than the state-sanctioned and stated-covered murder of … Continue reading →

Dal Babu ought to know whether a Cabinet Office report will prejudice a Metropolitan Police inquiry – he used to be a superintendant there. And he’s “confused” about why the Met, under its Commissioner Cressida Dick (who, like Boris Johnson, … Continue reading →

New group will charge MPs for participating and even plans to hire ‘coordinator’ A caucus of ‘eleven new left Labour MPs and an MSP’ from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) of left-wing Labour MPs have agreed to set up a … Continue reading →

Former England football star Gary Neville has been subjected to a dogpile on Twitter after he blasted Boris Johnson’s leadership. In a series of tweets commenting on the Partygate scandal and the way institutions including the Metropolitan Police seem to … Continue reading →

If a spoof version of Sue Gray’s report into the many Downing Street parties that happened during Covid-19 lockdown can terrify the Tory government, what will the real one do? Comedian Joe Lycett isn’t normally considered political, or a satirist, … Continue reading →

What a sparkling example of Conservative politics Jonathan Gullis has turned out to be. Yesterday we all saw him screaming his support for Boris Johnson after the Tory soon-to-be-ex-prime minister made a fat-shaming joke at the expense of SNP Parliamentary … Continue reading →

Universal Credit has a standard ‘claimant commitment’ or conditions that the claimant must agree to in writing before they can be paid a penny in dole (UC standard allowance). The claimant has to agree in writing that they :- MUST … Continue reading →