BBC Radio 4 Today is in hot water, after inviting Tory dinosaur Lord Nigel Lawson to share his climate-change denying views in a panel discussion with leading climate scientists.
Second Tory councillor in a MONTH defects over council ‘chaos’
Another humiliating defection for Tory Lancashire County Council, as Councillor Tony Jones announced his resignation from the Tory majority group –the SECOND to do so in the space of a month– over gross council mismanagement.
Tory med school places boast BLASTED by BMA and NHS doctors
Tories are patting themselves on the back for their new increase in medical school places announced by the Department of Health today. Unsurprisingly, the announcement is nothing but a sleight of hand, and NHS professionals nationwide are fuming.
Westmonster claim ‘workers benefit from Brexit,’ ignoring RECORD HIGH on zero-hours
Arron Banks’ Brexiteering blog, and official media partner of Leave.EU, Westmonster, boasted today that “BREXIT BRITAIN SEES BIGGEST SURGE IN SALARIES FOR 20 MONTHS”, claiming that “British workers already seeing some benefit from UK’s EU exit vote.” But, as ever, all is not what it seems.
Infrastructure CHAOS: thread on Brexit blind-spots
Surprise, surprise: the Daily Mirror has revealed today that the Leave campaign’s allegations of £350 million a week going to the EU were grossly misreported, with less than half that amount actually going to Brussels. Which is very bad news for Brexiteers, who have yet to fathom the extraordinary infrastructure reforms and expenses that are needed, as one helpful Tweeter shows…
Tory MP tries to sympathise with “lower-income” families in parking-ticket rant, massively BACKFIRES
Tory MP Will Quince believes he’s a true man of the people, defending a rant concerning a £54 parking ticket by telling Twitter that those on “lower incomes are disproportionately affected by high parking fines.” Of all people, he should know how lower income families are coping, having consistently voted against social welfare and benefits…
Farage threatens to return to “political frontline”, gets SLAMMED by Twitter
Farage is a very busy man these days, juggling not being an MP with not being UKIP leader, just about finding the odd hour or two to spare to not attend to his duties as MEP. Fear not though, for despite his coy departure from UKIP leadership, professing he “couldn’t possibly achieve more” and “wants his life back,” the Kipper has threatened a “return to the frontline”…
Death of irony: UK Russian Embassy announce Putin monument “to victims of political repression”
Putin’s Russia: not the first place you’d look for political liberties. But you might not have guessed that from the Russian Embassy’s feigned outrage against the FT today, boasting Putin’s new “national monument to victims of political repression.”
May to blame for “Brexit queues” not EU, Hansard reveals
A few days ago, the Daily Mail and Daily Express were lambasted for their ludicrous stories on EU airport passport checks, or “Brexit queues”, purposefully delaying British holidaymakers. Ironically, it now seems Theresa May herself proposed the tighter passport controls at airports the gutter press are whining about, against EU wishes…
Twitter laughs off Brussels paranoia over Brexiteer ‘double-bluff’
Tory anarchy over Brexit negotiations has reached such epic proportions that EU officials are convinced that the mayhem is all part of some cunning scheme. If only…