Tag: coalition

How Conservative Austerity Cost the UK Billions
Since 2010, the Conservatives have repeatedly claimed that only they can be trusted to run the economy. Where a prodigal Labour party would run the economy into the ground with excess spending, they say they're prepared to take the 'common-sense' approach of austerity. Raoul Martinez argues that this story doesn't ring true; austerity is a recipe for economic misery.
The Global Law Summit: Height of Hypocrisy
Next week Justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor and legal aid axe-wielder is planning to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta with a networking fair for the elite under the guise of a 'Global Law Summit'. Luckily justice campaigners are preparing to show him up for the hypocrite he is.
5 Election Poster Campaigns the Parties Wish You’d Forget
Nigel Farage is back in the news hoping to earn our vote through a subtle combination of scaremongering, racism and being a Proper Nice Bloke. With Ukip's incendiary posters coming to a small town near you and next year's general election set to be the dirtiest yet, we take a look at the campaigns the parties wish you'd forget.
‘Let Them Eat Bingo’: 5 Things About #Budget2014
Here Aaron Bastani takes a quick look at today's budget. Little has changed from the growth model leading up to the crisis of 2008 he says and the budget is filled with assumptions and projections that are bordering on delusional.