Why pulling out of the EU won’t give Britain complete control over its affairs

For years, crusaders of the Eurosceptic cause have claimed that all the evils of the world will disappear once Britain leaves the European Union. British fishermen and women will be able to fish as much cod as they like and …

The “criminal courts charge” is criminalising poverty but where’s the justice?

It’s not only the monstrous and still widening wealth inequality gap that is now the same as in 19th century Britain; it’s also our debtors’ prisons. Introduced by stealth towards the final days of the coalition government by Tory imbecile …

£334m written-off or mismanaged by Iain Duncan Smith in Universal Credit “disaster”

Well it took longer than I expected (fully three years) but it has finally started to happen in earnest. After a few false starts, this government’s fakery and statistical misrepresentations have been unable to cover up the disastrous effects of …