Archive for April, 2008
Blair fundraiser in 'hypocritical' attack on Brown
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief fundraiser for the Labour party said that Gordon Brown, his hapless successor, could never beat his Conservative opponent, David Cameron, at the next general election. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, which published extracts of his controversial memoirs today, Lord Levy, once dubbed ‘Lord Cashpoint’ in the [...]
Deputy Prime Minister resigns shock…or, maybe not…
Via Sky News‘ Adam Boulton’s blog: HARRIET HARMAN RESIGNS FROM LABOUR, DEFECTS TO TORIES (PRESS STATEMENT) “Ms Harman announces the decision on her blog. Looks like someone forgot to set a decent password! Take a look now before the offending post disappears into the ether…..” Apparently, someone hacked onto the Labour deputy leader’s website and [...]
When is the public sector going to start standing up to the government?
Public sector staff across the country went on a 24 hour strike yesterday against what they saw as a ‘derisory’ wage settlement. Many government services were either disrupted in most cases or shut down completely. Teachers took to the streets to protest against a two per cent wage increase. Some unions wanted around four per [...]
Government will bail out the 'fat-cat' banks, but not the working poor
The Chancellor Alistair Darling recently supported a package of proposals that will virtually put more cash into the City’s banking fat cats. He lent his support to plans from the Bank of England to pump £50billion into the money markets to prevent the current credit crisis spiralling out of control and causing more damage to [...]
Man fined for letting his wheelie bin overflow- has the world gone totally bonkers?
This story has been all over the news today. Father fined for overflowing bin (BBC NEWS): A father of four has been left with a criminal record for overflowing his wheelie bin by just four inches. Gareth Corkhill, of Whitehaven, Cumbria, was fined £110. “First I heard of it was from a neighbour who said [...]
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