This week’s news has been dominated by the flooding in Somerset and in Surrey. Cameron got his wellies on and sprung into action, promising that “money was no object”. Cynics pointed out that it took until the flood waters threatened the playing fields of Eton before he gave a shit. Here’s some non-flood related stories from the last week.
More on the bedroom tax now, and week by week, this is a policy that seems to be on life-support. Labour have promised to scrap it if they win next year, but it the whole thing may have imploded before we get that far. Joe Halewood explains why here:
Councils cant administer an unlawful policy – The bedroom tax is dead!
Jobcentre Plus news now, and David Henke summarises a big PR failure playing out on social media:
Tweet Wars: How humourless Jobcentre Plus was humiliated by bolshie bloggers
Here’s a nice vid of an interview with economist John Weeks in defense of government:
The Economics of the 1%: Neoliberal Lies About Government
News now of a prominent Labour MP doing something entirely in character for the modern Labour Party, but nevertheless a bit shocking. Lecturers at Queen Mary University in London were part of a national strike over pay, but Tristram Hunt decided to cross the picket line in order to deliver a lecture about socialism! Should he not be standing side by side with workers trying to secure better pay and conditions? Hunt strikes me as the sort of politician who would be comfortable in any party. He doesn’t seem to hold any core beliefs. A pretty typical career politician in other words. Here’s the full story:
Tristram Hunt defends crossing picket line for socialism lecture
Finally, here’s Chris Dillow’s recipe for succeeding in business:
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There would appear to be strong historic lessons regarding the Co2 Scam ( no warming for 17 years now ) and comparing the Cholera epidemics in London during the ” great stink ” which closed parliament as the Thames was so polluted ! Co2 warming like the ” Miasma ” was the same with the London Cholera epidemics in the 19th Century. It was the contaminated water supply all along, not foul smells as thought by the government experts. At least the top guy in question had the honour to admit that he had been wrong and everything he had believed was based on a falsehood !
Disagree. The evidence for global warming is overwhelming.