The weekend before last, I watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the classic kids’ film of my own childhood, with my five year-old for the first time. When the famous “child catcher” scene came on, and the children were being tempted into the evil Kiddy Catcher’s van with sweets and lollipops, it ended with genuine, heartfelt… Continue reading Osborne lays the trap. Enter Labour, not walking but running
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News International – the gift to Labour that just keeps on giving
As David Cameron ponders the deeper strategic meaning of Romney’s defeat for his fractious party, in the back of his mind I suspect there is something a little more prosaic distracting him disproportionately from this and the everyday great affairs of state. So, this weekend has revealed a few silly texts between the Prime Minister… Continue reading News International – the gift to Labour that just keeps on giving
Public sector pay: the Chicken Licken model
As part of the Budget run-up, on Friday Britain’s labour movement was convulsed at the thought of the latest Osborne proposal: that national public sector pay rates might be scrapped. But, before we join the voices of the major trade unions and the TUC who are, understandably, trying to look out for their own interest… Continue reading Public sector pay: the Chicken Licken model