Do you want the truth from your government? (Part 2): The evidence free Beecroft Report (video)

In May 2012, the government asked British workers to give up their employment protections in exchange for cash or shares in the company that employed them. “Employees will be given between £2,000 and £50,000 of shares that are exempt from …

Iain Duncan Smith’s explosive row with LBC’s James O’Brien (Audio)

Whilst hunting for evidence to support the premise of my next post (if you are interested it is that the government, especially IDS, are in denial about why there has been an explosion in food bank usage in the UK) I …

Nick Clegg’s moral manoeuvrability: power at any price (video)

Today Nick Clegg said to the Liberal Democrat’s conference that the LibDems are “not here to prop up the two-party system“. Really? The first clip above (all videos are best watched in full screen for subtitle readability) is Lord Razzall, former Chair of the Liberal Democrats’ Campaigns …

Evidence not ideology: benefit tourism the problem only fruit loops and Tories can see

David Cameron and the coalition are having a bit of a bad time. Last week the UN’s Special Rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik, called for the abolition of the ‘bedroom tax’ saying: “I was very shocked to hear how people really feel abused …

Faisal Islam’s (not) looking for answers

One of the major problems with having politicians who seem to lie at will (as if that wasn’t enough to be going on with) is the inability of some of our foremost news journalists to confront them when they take a holiday from the facts or …