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The great train robbery

Thursday 08 March 2012

More fares robbery, more cuts, more profiteering - and a network that continues to be the laughing stock of Europe. That's the Con-Dem vision for railways as set out in a consultation paper which was jaw-droppingly audacious in its claims that black is white, up is down and soaring prices are "more affordable."

Fuel tax as sabotage

Wednesday 07 March 2012

Many motorists will empathise with the FairFuelUK group protest and lobby of MPs to seek a reduction in fuel taxes, but empathy should not give way to support.

Tail wagging the US dog

Tuesday 06 March 2012

Barack Obama could be forgiven for paraphrasing the Duke of Wellington by saying of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: "I'm not sure what he does to Tehran, but he scares the hell out of me."

Wasteful in the extreme

Monday 05 March 2012

Former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell believes that that any proposal for British nuclear disarmament is "premature and unnecessary."

Trying to keep us in the dark

Sunday 04 March 2012

David Cameron and his Health Secretary Andrew Lansley are panicking over the likelihood of having to publish a risk assessment of their plans for the health service.

Case of wilful self-deception

Friday 02 March 2012

David Cameron's bluster and threats over the internal situation in Syria are sickening in their hypocrisy.

Whinges of the wealthy

Thursday 01 March 2012

"Why are high earners treated like they have committed a crime and should be punished?" asks businessman Andrew Denny.

Bringing home the truth

Wednesday 29 February 2012

When the entire parliamentary elite unites to tell trade unionists that they're wrong, it's a fair bet that it's the trade unions who are on the right track.

Don't swallow this whale

Tuesday 28 February 2012

When government tries to write its own headlines, it's as well to stop to wonder what other story it might be hoping to gloss over.

A cesspit of corruption

Monday 27 February 2012

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers's evidence to the Leveson inquiry illustrates the level of corruption of public life inflicted by News International newspapers.