Calilasseia wrote:

Peter Brown wrote:Iain Duncan Smith's credit card suspended over expenses debts

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ia ... ?ocid=iehp

The fun part is, according to my FB news feed, the Torygraph was also covering the same story, but lo and behold, when I clicked on the link, the story had been pulled, and I got a 404 Error. The original URL was this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... debts.html

Try visiting that link now and you'll find the Torygraph pulled the story.

The Independent, on the other hand, still has the story running here.

Government to scrap child poverty target before tax credits cut

Iain Duncan Smith to remove measure that required eradication of child poverty by 2020 after publication of statistics reveals no fall in level

Peter Brown wrote:

Calilasseia wrote:

Peter Brown wrote:Iain Duncan Smith's credit card suspended over expenses debts

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ia ... ?ocid=iehp

The fun part is, according to my FB news feed, the Torygraph was also covering the same story, but lo and behold, when I clicked on the link, the story had been pulled, and I got a 404 Error. The original URL was this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... debts.html

Try visiting that link now and you'll find the Torygraph pulled the story.

The Independent, on the other hand, still has the story running here.

total cover up, can't even find the story using the Torygraph search engine, but it is still there in google

you can run but you can't hide from the internet

mattthomas wrote:
Is it worth noting that the larger debts on that list belonged to Labour MPs?

mattthomas wrote:

Peter Brown wrote:

Calilasseia wrote:

Peter Brown wrote:Iain Duncan Smith's credit card suspended over expenses debts

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ia ... ?ocid=iehp

The fun part is, according to my FB news feed, the Torygraph was also covering the same story, but lo and behold, when I clicked on the link, the story had been pulled, and I got a 404 Error. The original URL was this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... debts.html

Try visiting that link now and you'll find the Torygraph pulled the story.

The Independent, on the other hand, still has the story running here.

total cover up, can't even find the story using the Torygraph search engine, but it is still there in google

you can run but you can't hide from the internet

Is it worth noting that the larger debts on that list belonged to Labour MPs?

If EVEL is about "fairness", Mr Cameron, I presume we'll be getting all of the following...

1) The Scottish Parliament will be granted the power to unilaterally abolish the Westminster Parliament, as long as 61% of MSPs vote in favour of doing so. This equalises the current situation whereby 326 out of 533 English MPs (61%) can unilaterally abolish the Scottish Parliament at any time, even if every single Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MP votes against. If it makes the London press feel any happier, we can always put a meaningless platitude into the legislation about how "it is recognised that the Westminster Parliament is a permanent part of our constitutional arrangements, as long as we stay in a good mood".

2) The Scottish Parliament will be granted the power to veto any constitutional changes affecting England, provided that 61% of MSPs vote for the veto. Loud cheering is strongly encouraged. This equalises the current situation whereby English MPs were able to veto Full Fiscal Autonomy for Scotland on Monday night, even though 95% of Scottish MPs voted in favour of it.

.... and more.

Patients to be told price of prescribed drugs in bid to save NHS £300m

Patients will be told the price of every drug they are prescribed that costs the NHS more than £20 in a scheme to help reduce waste and encourage patients to complete courses of medicine.

Under the plans, drug packets will be marked with a label stating that they have been “funded by the UK taxpayer” along with the total price that the prescription costs the health service.

The move aims to give patients a more accurate picture of the costs of illness to the NHS and encourage people to take responsibility for their health.

It follows a study, commissioned by the Government, which found that wasted medicines cost the NHS £300m a year.

The plans could give rise to a situation where a Labour-led government had an overall majority in the Commons but the Conservatives had a majority of English MPs, who could veto laws relating to the NHS and schools – both devolved matters.

ronmcd wrote:Here's the reason Labour supporters should be worried about EVEL:

The plans could give rise to a situation where a Labour-led government had an overall majority in the Commons but the Conservatives had a majority of English MPs, who could veto laws relating to the NHS and schools – both devolved matters.

Inheritance tax giveaway to feature in first Tory budget alongside welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne set to unveil policy most likely to benefit higher earners on same day as setting out £12bn benefit reductions

British households still £500 a year worse off than before financial crisis

ONS says median disposable income remains lower than in 2008, with poorest fifth paying disproportionately more of their income in taxes than richest fifth.
British households are still £500 a year worse off than before the financial crisis in 2008, according to new official figures which underscore the long-term damage inflicted on families’ finances by the deep recession and lacklustre recovery.

In its annual assessment of households’ finances, the Office for National Statistics said that median disposable – ie after tax – income increased to £24,500 in 2013-14, but still remained £500 a year lower than in 2007-08 once inflation was taken into account.

The pain has not been felt evenly, however. Pensioners, whose income has partly been protected by the Conservatives’ “triple lock”, which sees the state pension increase in line with the highest rate of inflation, average earnings or 2.5%, are on average better off than they were in 2007-8.
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ronmcd wrote:Here's the reason Labour supporters should be worried about EVEL:

The plans could give rise to a situation where a Labour-led government had an overall majority in the Commons but the Conservatives had a majority of English MPs, who could veto laws relating to the NHS and schools – both devolved matters.

Strontium Dog wrote:

ronmcd wrote:Here's the reason Labour supporters should be worried about EVEL:

The plans could give rise to a situation where a Labour-led government had an overall majority in the Commons but the Conservatives had a majority of English MPs, who could veto laws relating to the NHS and schools – both devolved matters.

Still, it could be worse. We could have a Tory-led government with an overall majority in the Commons, but the SNP have a majority of Scottish MPs, who could decide laws relating to the NHS and schools, which are devolved matters.

Oh wait...

smudge wrote:

Inheritance tax giveaway to feature in first Tory budget alongside welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne set to unveil policy most likely to benefit higher earners on same day as setting out £12bn benefit reductions

Full Guardian article here.

Words fail me.
On the one hand, it's not that surprising and the plans have been well trailed. On the other, how these people can demonstrate such contempt for large sections of society is beyond belief. This is pure class war.

Strontium Dog wrote:
I think it's hilarious. The British people totally deserve it after nearly killing liberty in this country. Everyone who has ever opposed a Lib Dem bears responsibility for this situation. Bon frottage.

ronmcd wrote:Do your pithy talking points come from the Daily Mail? It seems suspiciously like it at times. Ideologically compatible I suppose.

Strontium Dog wrote:

smudge wrote:

Inheritance tax giveaway to feature in first Tory budget alongside welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne set to unveil policy most likely to benefit higher earners on same day as setting out £12bn benefit reductions

Full Guardian article here.

Words fail me.
On the one hand, it's not that surprising and the plans have been well trailed. On the other, how these people can demonstrate such contempt for large sections of society is beyond belief. This is pure class war.

I think it's hilarious. The British people totally deserve it after nearly killing liberty in this country. Everyone who has ever opposed a Lib Dem bears responsibility for this situation. Bon frottage.