I was recently in a shop at Cavendish Square and overheard a conversation. “Cavi used to be really good, didn’t…
Disability benefits – two tier system
There was never a moral case for taking Personal Independence Payments away from recipients of it. If the main motivation…
Borrowing doesn’t mean higher rents
As quoted in the Swindon Advertiser, Matthew Courtliff appeared to be suggesting that the extra borrowing for the council’s Housing…
Voting Reform could ruin your health
Anybody thinking of voting for Reform should look very carefully at their health policy. Nigel Farage has long been an…
No place for the profit-motive in the NHS
A letter published in today’s Swindon Advertiser. Andrew Milroy (Americans should stay away from the NHS) was certainly right about…
Growth at any cost has consequences
For the government, ‘growth’ is a panacea, but just as with a human body growth can be healthy or diseased.…
Time to really end austerity
Kevin Small’s warning that next year’s budget might only be balanced by the use of ‘exceptional financial support’ (EFS) is…
Winter Fuel Payment
The decision of the government to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment is wrong. Its consequences will be felt by people…
A travesty of democracy
Good to see some MPs protesting about having to read the oath of allegiance to the monarch and his heirs…
Gaza Wasteland
The tens of thousands of people who have died in Gaza are not the result of ‘collateral damage’, in that…
