by Archive | Jul 23, 2015
We are constantly being told that the British public has swallowed the ‘scroungers and skivers’ rhetoric about benefit claimants, and is broadly in favour of welfare cuts. We are constantly being told that the British public has swallowed the...
by Archive | Jul 21, 2015
Last night’s welfare debate in the House of Commons (20th July 2015) was a less than edifying experience. Last night’s welfare debate in the House of Commons (20th July 2015) was a less than edifying experience. On the one hand, there were Conservative...
by Archive | Jul 20, 2015
Divisions have opened up among Labour Party leaders over whether to avoid opposing harsh social security cuts. Some regard this as a difference between the sensible and dogmatic. Divisions have opened up among Labour Party leaders over whether to avoid opposing harsh...
by Archive | Jul 19, 2015
If an outcome pleases, do you ask questions as to how it was achieved? Politicians depend upon us not doing so and there is therefore a responsibility to interrogate our own reactions. If an outcome pleases, do you ask questions as to how it was achieved? Politicians...
by Archive | Jul 14, 2015
This time last year we took the Department of Work and Pensions to a judicial review to decide if they properly consulted about cutting help for people who can only walk a few metres. This time last year we took the Department of Work and Pensions to a judicial review...
