Monthly Archives: February 2022

Liz Truss: even though it is unlikely to be serious, we can hope that Putin’s nuclear threat acts as a deterrent that stops her from making stupid, ineffectual threats against a country that could squash the UK like a bug. … Continue reading →

Excruciating New Statesman article tries to polish Rayner’s credentials but she’s almost as keen to distance herself from Corbyn years as Starmer – and all too willing to praise new leader nonsensically Angela Rayner: no friend of those struggling with … Continue reading →

The most heavily debated aspect of the government’s proposals has been, Strand 2,  the ‘legal but harmful content’ duty. In the draft Bill this comes in two versions: a substantive duty to mitigate user content harmful to children; and a … Continue reading →

War on democracy, broken campaign promises and continuing vilification of Corbyn among reasons listed in damning resignation notice Recent weeks have seen an exodus of Labour party members and their elected officers in London’s Newham borough, in protest and disgust … Continue reading →

There are only a very small number of news stories about the benefit system as administered by the UK’s maliciously inept Department for Work and Pensions. There’s the story about the DWP wrongly denying benefits to people (usually large numbers … Continue reading →

At last the UK’s lying prime minister admits having “inadvertently” misled Parliament in a speech in the House of Commons. We may draw two conclusions from this: firstly, it’s a genuine mistake, and secondly, it doesn’t have any bearing on … Continue reading →

Remember when Tony Blair dragged the UK into a war in the Middle East on the basis of a dossier filled with claims that turned out to be completely untrue? A million innocent civilians died but all the politicians involved … Continue reading →

In the South East of England region the benefit household of two parents and two children does not receive enough in their maximum housing benefit to cover the average social rent level. By 2024 the same rent shortfall position will … Continue reading →