by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | Politics
The announcement that Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party – £26 a ticket and estimated to bring in business worth £40 Million – is advertising for 300 unpaid volunteers, is yet another indictment on our society, and on our local government who could stop this from happening....
by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | Politics
Well what can I say, today’s demo was busy hectic and stressful and just about anything that could happen did happen. Ashton Jobcentre is certainly getting into the festive spirit in their sadistic way. As I arrived at the Jobcentre a man was already waiting...
by The Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Featured, Politics
Philip Hammond has been roundly criticised following comments he made to the Treasury Select Committee, suggesting that falling productivity rates in the UK workforce was due to more disabled people being in work. Giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Select...
by The Editor | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, Health & Education
I suffer from depression. I have on and off for many years. That’s not to say I live in a perpetual state of doom and gloom, because I have had many years where I feel fine, great even. But now isn’t one of them. This blog isn’t about why the black dog or ugly beast...
by The Editor | Nov 14, 2017 | Politics
Tory MP Robert Halfon has been crowing a lot about how the Tory government is controlling immigration by clamping down on foreign students who come to the UK on non-degree student visas (click to enlarge): But Halfon’s keenness for stopping foreign students coming to...
