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In order for Parliament to hold the executive to account it needs to operate without fear and also needs to be given information which the e...

After in sheer disbelief looking around for a bit and reading various reports it appears the East German Secret Police (Commissioner, New La...

Last night we received news that Woolworths was being put into administration, broken by the burden of excessive debt. I felt very sorry abo...

It is I have to say fascinating talking to real people of all parties, including those running businesses, middle and low earners and hard b...

Alistair Darling's pre budget report is out and it is nothing of the sort it is an emergency budget as the debt bubble comes home to roo...

Is Alistair Darling having a laugh? National insurance to rise again and petrol and deisel duty to rise to take account of drop in VAT! Nati...

The pound will fall during the course of the day as the markets work out that this government is going to try to borrow its way out of reces...

Apparently the Pre Budget report (or really a mini/maxi budget with brown pants) will say there will be a new super tax rate of 45% to be br...

The broadsheets today are filled with "speculation" that VAT will be cut to 15%, the lowest that being in the EU allows. Of course...

I have to say I am gutted that John Sergeant has been forced off strictly come dancing, and it is clear to me that it is the shows loss not ...

This has been making big news. The BNP have expressed concern whilst Labour are expressing some delight as BNP activists get witch hunted ou...

It has to be said that is one hell of a soundbite, and indeed David Cameron has a point. Here is the scenario: You work, you get given a tax...

So what of George Osbourne's reckless undermining of the pound that Labour were so concerned about? Well as Guido points out , the pound...

Whilst it is clear to me, and no doubt all of you, that with the benefit of perfect hindsight, baby P should have been protected, what we ha...

In an interview in Saturday's Times , George Osbourne expressed concern that the pound could face a proper sterling crisis, a run on the...

I don't want to make this party political, because clearly it isn't. Instead I want to make this personal. Gordon Brown is a tit. I ...

We do not even know his name, apparently for legal reasons, but we all share the horror at hearing how baby P died. He had 8 broken ribs, a ...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in t...

Here is a quick "How to" or "howto" cut public spending by 5% without hurting so much as a fly, or making one nurse, doc...

There has been a debate in the Conservative party ranks for a long time, about tax cuts, or rather their timing. I think we all agree that t...