Labour front-bencher Chris Williamson’s latest ‘Week in Westminster’ video naturally focuses on Philip Hammond’s Budget, which was a non-event except for the Office of Budget Responsibility’s disastrous economic forecasts. But […]
Nurses’ pay has fallen by 6% in real terms since the Tories entered Downing Street in 2010 – an average loss of some £2,440 – because pay-rises have been capped […]
Earlier today, the SKWAWKBOX exposed false news broadcast last night by the BBC’s Newsnight programme. Newsnight claimed to show Jeremy Corbyn’s response to Philip Hammond’s Budget yesterday, but in fact showed […]
Last night, the BBC’s Newsnight programme, as you’d expect, featured analysis of Philip Hammond’s Budget speech. It also purported to feature a clip of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s response. But […]
Yesterday, the SKWAWKBOX shared a video of Jeremy Corbyn’s angry reaction when Tories tried to disrupt his response to Hapless Hammond’s Budget. But Corbyn was not angry at being interrupted […]
One of the few supposedly noteworthy aspects of Philip Hammond’s Budget today was the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers on house purchases below £300,000. Sounds nice, but in […]
The BBC’s post-budget coverage strayed into almost unheard-of territory this afternoon, with remarkably frank admissions by experts – unchallenged, for a change, by presenters – of the calamitous state of […]
Jeremy Corbyn is not a man known for losing his temper, so when it happens, it makes an impact – and a video of the Labour leader flaying the ‘uncaring, […]
Phillip Hammond said in his Budget statement this afternoon that we owe it to our children to make sure they have clean air to breathe. Nothing to disagree with in […]
The Tories love to repeat their Goebbelsian Big Lie that money is short – but they will always find cash for what matters to them. And what matters to them is […]