The first person to be sentenced for rioting was sent down this week. All previous convictions were for lesser offences. The recent anti-imigrant riots were born out of frustration, blended with on-line disinformation, inflammatory rhetoric, Islmaphobia, far right activism. One of the most incendiary, yet widespread, claims was that immigrants, particularly asylum seekers, pose a … Read more
No apologies for a boring bit of health policy This week we heard the full extent of the crisis in the NHS. Lord Ara Darzi’s report listed in detail the impact of 14 years of Conservative Secretaries of State for Health. Thousands died waiting for treatment as waiting lists rose. He highlighted lack of money … Read more
The Conservatives are going to force a vote on Labours plans to cut the Winter Fuel Allowance next week. Some Labour MPs are going to rebel. Older voters are furious and some younger ones too. Politically this is terrible so why are Labour cutting the pensioner winter fuel allowance? This looks exactly the wrong policy … Read more
