Ed has assured us that “Scrounger Rhetoric” is off the menu
When I heard Ed was to give a “big” welfare speech, my heart sank. Not again, I thought.…
Sue Marsh
Yesterday’s Labour Workfare Masssacre
This morning, like the night after Agincourt, lefties like me scanned the bloody, burnt out social media #workfare…
#esaSOS – the government are sneaking through major changes to how disabled people are assessed
On 28th January 2013 the UK government is due to make a set of changes to the Work…
The reality of long term sickness and disability
When Jon asked me to write an article about social security for sick and disabled people I’ll confess,…
What DLA has meant to me
Just over a month ago, the DWP finally decided that they’d made a mistake and I DID qualify…
A real Plan B – before it’s too late
So today, the Telegraph (of all papers) carries an article on IMF warnings to relax our austerity programme. They point out…
How far will we go with Austerity?
It’s been two years. Austerity is well under way, and already, cuts that would have been unthinkable before, ease…
The Great Lords Reform Sideshow
In the current global fiddling-while-Rome-burns free-for-all , there can be little more fiddly or scorched than the recent…
Balls vs Osborne – a review
I watched the Banking regulation debate yesterday. I’ve watched a lot of “debates”. Watched literally hundreds of parliamentarians…
The biggest mistake any campaigner can make is taking things personally
This post was originally published as a comment here: Maybe there’s another story. Labour, seduced by a false…
