Think tanks, dead cats and the ‘Merchants of Doubt’ (video)

What do you think of when you hear the words “think tank”? For those who have only a passing interest in the world of politics, which is most of us, the words are likely to indicate a gathering of highly intelligent …

Rewriting history with the Tories – The Tory party’s online revisionism (video)

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will be familiar with the Conservative party’s attempts to mislead the public about the nature and effect of their policies. You will also know that Lynton Crosby, Grant Shapps, Iain …

Lynton Crosby’s Tory spin machine is a cancer at the heart of the British government (video)

The Australian tobacco lobbyist, Lynton Crosby, is the Conservative party’s political PR ‘guru’ and his spin machine is out of control.  His strategy to win an election involves drumming-up hatred of immigrants and the poor and ‘managing’ the news agenda to …

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 …

Talking Bull about the bedroom tax….err I mean spare room subsidy (video)

Thursday’s ‘The Wright Stuff‘ on channel Five featured Class A numpty and former Conservative Party Parliamentary candidate Dr David Bull (see video – for readability best viewed in full screen mode) talking about Wednesday’s Tory created media storm in response to accusations …

Do you want the truth from your government or just what a minister believes to be true? Part 3

In case you were wondering whether David Cameron lied to you about the evidence not being 100% to support the plain packaging for cigarettes policy – he did.  Read this from Cancer Research UK (some formatting modified by me for emphasis). …