SAME ££££, DIFFERENT PR*CK

There is a lot of talk today about the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that suggests that the budget of George “the progressively” Osbourne is much more on the regressive side than we might have been led to believe. From Channel 4 news… The poor are not only paying more than the rich [...]

ARTISTA DE RUA

Thanks to my friend Paul for putting me onto this. The Birdman in Lisbon, artista de rua indeed…

FEELING THREATENED?

[If the cartoon is yours please contact me and I will add link or delete as requested. I really don't remember where I found it] Judging by the fury of the political classes at the moment, the biggest threat to our freedom and security is not terrorism,  crime or even those pesky protestors. It certainly [...]

LIVE AND LET LIE

Another Tony Blair video..

NICELY DONE

A couple of nice culture jams from the Wooster Collective…

JIMMY REID (1932-2010)

“I knew my sisters had been murdered – that whatever it said in the death certificate, they should have put down ‘Social conditions’ as the cause. Or, in my opinion, capitalism.” I was sad to read that Jimmy Reid passed away last night. I always hoped I would bump into him at a meeting somewhere [...]

DIDN’T TAKE LONG DID IT?

The benefit fraud stuff has been quickly brought out by condem government. Not a surprise but a quick look at some government statistics (admittedly a few years old but I see no reason why the ratios will have changed substantially) should help to put it in context. Firstly, they are estimating that there is about [...]

PERSONAL JESUS

A Tony Blair vid from Beau Bo D’Or . Will we see someone as sanctimonious again? Check out www.arrestblair.org

WHAT WILL IT REALLY COST?

There was a BBC report the other day saying this… Climate target ‘could cost £8bn’ The cost to the taxpayer of meeting Scotland’s climate change target has been put at about £8bn by 2020. Furthermore… Scotland has set one of the world’s most ambitious targets for cutting emissions. The Climate Change Act passed by Holyrood [...]