Tag: politicians

8 Things You Should Know About David Willetts
A recent May Day carnival ended up gate-crashing a lecture David Willetts was giving on the future of (private) funding for university science research. We all know him as the man behind tripled fees and the botched HE White Paper, but were you aware of these lesser-known facts about the Universities Minister?
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.
The Miller’s Tale: A Tale of Two Camerons
The ongoing tale of Maria Miller has captured the public's vitriol on recent days. First among the defendants has been our leader, David Cameron. Ever the stalwart of all that is right and proper, we contrast two incriminating articles of evidence which tell a different story.
Proletarian Pantomine: 8 Politicians Who Slum It Like the Rest of Us
Grant Shapps' patronising beer and bingo tweet captured the popular imagination this week as social media leapt on the opportunity to create some pithy parodies, exposing the Conservatives as out-of-touch contra to their claims of being the 'Workers' Party'. Shapps isn't the first and won't be the last to fail at getting down with the proles.