by The Editor | Feb 8, 2018 | Politics
The Scottish Parliament is set to discuss the new Social Security legislation today. It feels like this has been a long process, I went to a meeting in Eastwood late 2016 to listen to Jeane Freeman talk about her hopes for the new system, the consultation process and...
by The Editor | Feb 7, 2018 | Politics
It all comes down to the issue of ultimate power. So long as Scotland remains in the Union, ultimate power will always rest with the British political elite. That power extends to the apparently trivial as well as the obviously vital. Because it is ultimate power, it...
by The Editor | Feb 6, 2018 | Politics
Rough sleepers have increased 169% under the Tories with the official one night count figures revealing 4,751 in 2017 compared to 1,768 in 2010. Even if the Tories meet their pledge to halve rough sleeping by 2022 it will still be 34% more than they inherited in 2010....
by The Editor | Feb 2, 2018 | Politics
Private rent levels in England increased 36% more than inflation from April 2010 to March 2017. The facts from the authoritative English Housing Survey published last week will come as no surprise as the private landlord is perceived as a money-grabber and ‘nasty.’...
by The Editor | Feb 1, 2018 | Politics
Last summer, after her unnecessary and disastrous general election campaign, designed to give her a strong and stable majority as she went into Brexit negotiations, the Maybot was obliged to purchase the allegiance of Northern Ireland’s weird party of...
