Stephen Colbert decodes the riddle of Trump and the words “radical Islam” (video)

“Stephen Colbert criticized Donald Trump’s response to the Orlando nightclub shooting and mocked the candidate’s insinuation that “there’s something going on” with President Obama when it comes to the debate over the term “radical Islam.” Colbert first addressed Trump’s tweets …

Econ 101: maximum rage about the minimum wage (video)

On Tuesday morning, Radio 4’s Today Programme and a number of centre left papers ran a story about the ‘living’ wage.  Unfortunately, this important story was then swamped by the hacking trial circus later in the morning. The reality is that the …

McDonald’s expect their staff to work two jobs because they won’t pay a living wage (video)

Billionaire Charles Koch, sage to the Tory right in the UK and provider of support to just about every tea party-esque group (including, obviously, the Tea Party) in the US,  wants to eliminate the minimum wage because it creates a “culture of dependency” and he …

Matthew Wright has a good day: corrects the Daily Mail and a few callers (audio)

Matthew Wright today handed out a little spanking to The Daily Mail and reasoned with a few viewers over the issue of child benefit for a third child if the parents are on welfare. Given one of the callers appeared to have been …