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“There are those who will condem us…”
Never a truer word spoken. Not from Clegg at least. No less than six years after entering the house as an MP Nick Clegg today made his first conference speech from a position of previously unimaginable power. Not simply leader … Continue reading
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Rich ‘just as bad’ as poor
Another nice snippet from Cleggs’ new centre-cleft school of British politics: “We all read the headlines about benefit fraud. We all agree it’s wrong when people help themselves to benefits they shouldn’t get. But when the richest people in the … Continue reading
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MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES PROTECTED FROM CONDEM SPENDING CUTS
This from the Daily Mail: “Coalition policies could undergo a ‘middle class’ audit to ensure they are not hurting hard-working families.” Don’t you just love that working class families don’t figure… Is it because they’re not working hard enough? Or … Continue reading
Student protest: we are all in this together
The occupation of Conservative party HQ is about so much more than fees. At last the country is beginning to fight back Continue reading
Thatcher’s children can lead the class of 68 back into action
The students aren’t just angry about education cuts. They see themselves as a vanguard for a much wider protest campaign Continue reading
THE OSBORNE IDENTITY PART XVVIII
George Osborne reckons benefit claimants make a “lifestyle” choice… Really? No doubt then it was a ‘lifestyle’ choice when the Chancellor decided to avoid capital gains tax when he ‘flipped’ and then sold his London home in 2006 for a … Continue reading →