Its great to see in the news this lunchtime that the Blast furnaces in Teeside are being lit again and that steel production will begin again soon. This on top of the announcement that Nissan will build its new car in Sunderland is fantastic news for the North East.
At last...
I am getting really annoyed with all the press time being spent on the tax issues at the moment. The real issue is the fact that most of the large corporations in the country do not pay there fair share of tax. They have enjoyed cosy relationships with the HMRC for the longest time and...
After the debacle of last week it looks like the government are just about to slip up on the next banana skin.
There are several articles around the press today stating that they want to bring in legislation to be able to monitor everybody's email and web traffic.
I was wondering this afternoon with all the talk of independence for Scotland and how we will divide up all the various country assets depending on history etc what we are going to do about the banks. If you remember correctly the biggest failure in history was the Royal Bank of Scotland...
I was appalled to hear this morning that there are over 160,000 cases in the UK of sub-letting of social housing.
How can a system be so messed up that houses that are meant for the most vulnerable in society are given to people who then profit from this by sub letting!!
Following on from my earlier shout about “is this the end of the EU as we know it”, I have another comment today after watching the news reports.
Everyone seems to be missing the point that this Treaty that the 26 have signed up to will prevent a...
Very interesting blog posting on the Telegraph site showing the real tax issue that needs to be addressed. The 50% on high earners gets the headlines but this is the real scandal that needs to tackled.
As with everything these days it's the average person trying to get...
Over the last few weeks there have been several newspaper and TV articles stating how the pay gap between senior management and the average worker are going back to levels that were last experienced during the Victorian period.
I find this absolutely ludicrous and...
Well did we actually see a massive change in politics over the last 24hours in the UK or are we back to the same old way come Monday?
It looks like the AV vote will be lost by a big margin and this will end the debate for the next few years – or will it? Is this the...
So we now have less than a month before the historic referendum on changes to the UK voting system. This will not only affect our lives but also those of our children’s. Have you even thought about how you are going to vote?
The choice is simple, stick with the current...
