Pickles’ money saving tips
CONCERNED about council cuts? Terrified by the town hall axeman? Fear not, kindly Eric Pickles has the simple solutions to soothe all your anxieties.
View ArticleCrystal ball shows Ed enter No 10
LABOUR has it in the bag. No, the Conservatives can easily bounce back and snatch it. Hang on, maybe the Liberal Democrats aren’t doomed after all?
View ArticleWho sets the key Kyle test?
I WAS astonished when a North-East MP alleged that people on sickness benefits – called to “fit for work” tests – are asked if they “sat around all day watching Jeremy Kyle”.
View ArticleDo we have a deal or no deal?
THE problem with the much-touted ‘Green Deal’ – launched this week, to lag lofts, fill cavity walls and cut energy waste – is that it doesn’t look like much of a deal.
View ArticleCameron’s courage over gay marriage backfires
DAVID CAMERON deserves applause for driving forward the Bill to allow gay marriages – but that courage backfired on him this landmark week.
View ArticleEurope is a world away from voters
ONE month after David Cameron’s landmark pledge of an in-out referendum on EU membership, has anything changed?
View ArticleThieving gits? Not very likely
IT’S time to pack away your prejudices. The young people of today are so much better behaved than their parents, it seems.
View ArticleFanning the flames of privatisation
WHAT is the difference between the NHS and the fire service, apart from the fact that one arrives in an ambulance and the other in a fire engine?
View ArticlePickles says cuts are too far
OUR local authority leaders who are fighting the threat of further harsh budget cuts have gained a surprising ally in recent weeks.
View ArticleTaking a swing at Tarzan
"HEZZA plan to revive regions backed by Chancellor”, the headlines shouted – but, as ever, the truth is rather different.
View ArticleBad politics make bad prospects
NEXT Monday is All Fools’ Day – which is appropriate, because the week has all the ingredients to make a monkey out of David Cameron.
View ArticleUnhealthy conflict of interests?
TRUST me, I’m a doctor, the saying goes – but will that rock-solid faith survive this week’s NHS shake-up?
View ArticleMaggie’s legacy still haunts Cameron
GATHERED at St Paul’s Cathedral yesterday, David Cameron and Ed Miliband had more in common than the black ties they both wore.
View ArticleMaking plans for Nigel?
A HUMAN tornado tore into Westminster this week – cracking filthy jokes, hurling abuse at fellow politicians and demanding extra booze from the bar.
View ArticleMyths about war on welfare
BEFORE Margaret Thatcher’s death intervened, one political row was drowning out all others – that increasingly nasty battle over benefits. Gleeful Conservatives were confident they had put Labour on...
View ArticleFingers crossed for two years
THE Queen’s Speech delivered the normal colourful pomp – and the clearest evidence yet that the Coalition’s shared purpose has all-but disappeared.
View ArticleGathering up BoJo’s crumbs
BORIS Johnson has scoffed the main course and is trying to tuck into dessert – before the North-East’s political leaders have even sat down at the table.
View ArticlePolitical leaders in meltdown
IF the resignation of one aide is a misfortune and two looks like carelessness, then how do we describe a third walking out?
View ArticleBanking on a most unholy row
GEORGE OSBORNE is poised to make a decision that his critics argue will damage hopes of building a better banking system – a system which would finally lend money to local firms.
View ArticleMasters of the world – or fools?
THEY are the untouchable kings of finance, secretly deciding all our economic futures but, this week, they were lambasted as blundering and complacent fools.
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