Tory leader called liar by plain-speaking Yorkshire folk during belated appearance in flooded area – and met with cries of ‘Where ya been? You took your time!’ Boris Johnson eventually […]
Chancellor scared of his ‘Shadow’ – McDonnell challenges broadcasters to follow Sky News ’empty chair’ lead Chancellor Sajid Javid has chickened out of a head-to-head debate with Shadow Chancellor John […]
Policies that horrify money-men will thrill many voters The Financial Times (FT) has given the ‘above the fold’ half of its front page this morning to policies it presumably thinks […]
Tories admit compiling list – but money meant to prop up collapsing businesses has been spent The Tories have admitted compiling a list of businesses they expect to collapse because […]
Chancellor promises to end austerity post-Brexit. Ending it is a promise Tory chancellors make frequently – and never fulfil In his ‘Spring Statement’ today, Tory Chancellor ‘Spreadsheet’ Phil Hammond promised […]
On Wednesday night, Theresa May’s government suffered a humiliating defeat in its attempt to block an amendment to Philip Hammond’s Finance (no.3) Bill that would tie the government’s hands on […]
The government, deprived of its cobbled-together majority in the Commons by the decision of the DUP to abandon its ‘confidence and supply’ arrangement with May’s shambolic Tories, have collapsed in […]
On Monday, Esther McVey reeled off a list of charities and their comments, which she treated as praise for the DWP’s plans for Universal Credit (UC): Her comments were a […]
1950s-born women have suffered insult on top of injury in the course of their WASPI (Women Against State Pensions Age Increase) campaign to restore pensions stolen from them by Tory […]
Chancellor Philip Hammond made a point of ‘hamming it up’ for the Tory gallery during his budget speech this afternoon, pausing frequently to allow clearly pre-planned cheers and cries of […]