Banning smoking in cars to demonise the poor? Not really, no
Writing in today’s Guardian, Zoe Williams has interpreted the ban as yet another way of demonising poor parents.
5 things the coalition did on climate change which it has suddenly shutup about
The following are five things the coalition has done which, in light of recent severe weather, it has been wise enough to shutup about.
Government slammed for giving ‘false impression’ of flood investment
The government has been accused (£) by the head of the UK Statistics Authority of giving a misleading impression of how much it has invested in flood defence.
Chris Grayling is right, the BBC is biased. But not in the way he thinks
Another day, another baseless accusation of left-wing bias at the BBC.
Britain already has the most draconian strike laws in Europe
Calls are once again being made to tighten Britain’s strike laws. However Britain already has some of the most draconian industrial relations laws in Europe.
Boris breaks (another) election promise as 3,000 police officers are lost
The Met has lost over 3,000 police officers since May 2010, despite a promise by Boris Johnson to maintain police numbers “at or around 32,000”.
3 *actual* reasons people go on strike (as opposed to those invented by the press)
If you can’t get to work today, you could do worse than head down to a picket line and offer your support, or at least ask a trade unionist why they have decided to strike.
Osborne’s trumpeted ‘superior’ skills training programme doesn’t exist
Ministers admit George Osborne’s trumpeted “superior” skills training programme still hasn’t started .
Under Boris’s proposed strike rule change, he would be banned from office
Under Johnson’s proposed rule change strikes with a turnout of less than 50 per cent would be banned; but were that rule change applied across the board Boris himself would be banned from office.
Boris, not Bob Crow, is the one behaving outrageously
When Boris ran for office in 2008, he opposed the closure of 40 ticket offices by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.