National debt? There is no national debt!

The following is probably not entirely accurate in places, that’s because I am still learning and looking behind the myths and bullshit. It’s not easy because the myths and bullshit rule.   One the many egregious crimes of George Osborne was to liken the national economy to a household economy. He knew it was a […]

Tories to RETRY bill to make you pay for your NHS Fri 15 June

As the SKWAWKBOX covered on Friday, Tory MPs made an attempt to pass a bill yesterday to allow NHS patients to be charged for their treatment – a move described by senior medics as “a nail in the coffin” of the NHS and ‘catastrophic‘ for patients. Read More: Tories to RETRY bill to make you […]

Rip off Britain

The Tories want to shrink the state, if not dispose of all state provision completely and (so called) privatise it. The problem, just one of many, is that we’re still paying for it all. The burning question is, where is all our, tax payers, money in all the cuts, caps, sell offs, sanctions, sell outs […]

The poor shouldn’t breed and other smug self righteous twaddle

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,319 Monday 18 January 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, There was a comment on yesterday’s letter, No. 1,318, that the poor shouldn’t breed, that they are irresponsible and don’t care for their kids or their education. It’s a growing trend once again started at the top and fed […]

The abusive relationship between government and its cash cow

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,302 Thursday 31 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, In all my, soon to be, 65 years of existence I have never had cause to seriously question taxation in all its many and varied forms, I regarded it as a public good from which each and every one […]

Poverty is not an accident, it is man made

A letter a day to number 10. No 966 Tuesday 06 January 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, “Poverty is not an accident, like slavery and apartheid it is man made, and can be removed by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not an act of charity, it is an act of justice” – Nelson […]