This is from the charts contained in the the ragingly socialist FT suggesting that our winter of discontent is an inevitable result of austerity. The article link is archived – so no excuse for not reading in full and taking in those charts…. Real wages in the UK are below where they were 18 years... Read more
Conservatism
Merry Christmas from me – and of course from our wonderfully tin-eared, out of touch Prime Minister, who seems to think that people visiting homeless shelters should work in finance:... Read more
A remarkable story has surfaced in yesterday’s Mail on line saying that Civil Servants have been getting shopping vouchers as part of an annual reward: Millions of pounds worth of Greggs, Nandos and Primark vouchers have been handed out to reward Civil Servants this year. The vouchers are , it seems, worth up to £100... Read more
The Independent has already suggested that two thirds of junior doctors are considering leaving the NHS, but the fact that this is also disclosed in the right wing Spectator (previously edited by Boris Johnson) means that personally I am convinced it is true. It provides even more evidence that we have a government that is... Read more