Are you frightened out of your wits yet? You probably should be, after more than a week of scare-mongering claims from the Remain camp about how Britain will fall into chaos, economic ruin and be overrun by illegal immigrants and terrorists within nano-seconds of a vote to Leave the European Union. Oh, yes, and don’t […]
After years of waiting, the British people are finally about to have their say on one of the great issues of our time: who rules our country. With all eyes set on 23 June as the most likely date for the EU referendum and the latest polls suggesting growing support for the Leave campaign, Eurosceptics […]
Some jobs are more important than other jobs. Those jobs don’t necessarily pay the highest salaries or require the most qualifications; they aren’t even the most powerful or glamorous. But make no mistake about it, some jobs matter more than others and, when those jobs are lost, that matters more too. When redundancies are announced […]
The EU referendum will be a “once-in-a-lifetime decision” for the people of the UK, the Chancellor George Osborne has said. These great words of wisdom were handed down from the heady heights of one of the great offices of state in a bid to remind us ordinary voters not to get that decision wrong. The […]
What do Hilary, Maria, Rosie, Vernon, Chris and Michael all have in common with Monica, Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe? They should all stick by their Friends. With talk of a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle being planned in revenge on Labour frontbenchers who defied Jeremy Corbyn on the vote to bomb Syria, the likes of […]
There are plenty of things wrong with our welfare state in Britain. It costs a fortune to run, it offers disincentives to work and sometimes it is the people most in need who claim the least. Whether you are on the right or the left of the political spectrum, it’s hard to argue that it’s a […]
I’m never quite sure who greets the words “And now joining us in the studio is Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle” with the most horror: me or Maria Eagle. Me, because listening to Ms Eagle tie herself in knots over the simplest questions is excruciatingly awful. Or her, because she is the one having to […]
In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, the huge swathes of migrants coming to Europe have temporarily been relegated to the bottom of the news pile. As we focus on the innocents caught up in the bloodshed on Friday night, it is easy to forget the many hundreds of thousands of people who are, […]
See? What did they tell you? All that talk about Eastern Europeans coming over here to claim our generous benefits has been proven to be the nonsense they told you it was all along. They, of course, are the Europhile supporters of mass uncontrolled immigration, who are jumping up and down with glee today over […]
Tax credits have dominated political debate in recent weeks. To cut, or not to cut, has been the key question that has divided the nation – and even the Government itself. Yet never has so much been said about something with so little basis in cold, hard facts. Instead of a genuine debate about the realities […]
Jeremy Corbyn made an extraordinary claim on the last day of the Labour party conference in Brighton. Socialism, the Labour leader told Evan Davies on BBC’s Newsnight, “is actually very, very popular” in Britain. Given that the great British public have recently returned a Conservative government to power, you might be forgiven for thinking this […]
So, now we know what Jeremy Corbyn stands for. In his first speech to party conference as Labour leader, Mr Corbyn has told hundreds of delegates, as well as millions of potential voters across Britain, why he wants to be Prime Minister. And what he had to say was this: “I believe in motherhood and […]
If the willingness and ability to go on marches and preach to the converted through a megaphone on a drizzly Saturday afternoon is now the qualification to run this country, then, wow, have we got a top notch Government in waiting. This ragtag bunch of misfits, nobodies and hangers on will certainly give the Tories a […]
I’m not a medical expert but I am pretty sure that if someone gave me a free summer house or bought me, say, a pedalo ride or an iPad, it would probably make me feel better. So it comes as no surprise that our esteemed medical professionals have discovered that, by handing out millions of pounds […]
Roll up, roll up, it’s time to give away some more free stuff, folks! This time it’s e-cigarettes, which public health officials want to hand out on NHS prescription to anyone who wants them. This must be an excellent idea. After all, smoking real cigarettes is very bad for people’s health and most people who […]
The Government has announced a new plan to get unemployed youngsters into jobs and off the dole. All well and good, you might be forgiven for thinking. Who could possibly disagree with that? Quite a lot of people, it turns out. Within hours of the scheme being announced today, Cabinet Office Minister Matt Hancock was […]
Comrades. Ask not what the Labour Party can do for you, but what you can do for the Labour Party. I’m not talking to existing Labour party members – the long-standing or the newly signed up – who are already entitled to vote in the leadership election. I’m talking to you. Yes, YOU. My guess […]
If you want to know what Labour party members really think about the four leadership contenders, you could do a lot worse than ask readers of the Guardian newspaper. That’s precisely what the Guardian did, carrying out a survey of its “core” readership, asking them who they support out of Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette […]
