Eastleigh by-election: your essential round-up of the latest campaign news (12 Feb)
by Stephen Tall on February 12, 2013
Here’s a round-up of news from the past 24 hours in the Eastleigh by-election… Nick Clegg offered Lib Dem candidate Mike Thornton his full backing on a visit to Eastleigh on Monday. Here‘s the Guardian report: “I am confident we will keep hold of this seat but not because I say so but because the [...]
Today’s Link-Love: February 12, 2013
by Stephen Tall on February 12, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… Briefing: What is the government doing to inheritance tax? » Spectator Blogs ‘Death tax’ in perspective: 560,000 people died in 2009-10; just 14,600 (2.6%) of their estates paid inheritance tax http://buff.ly/X1xhKo BBC (…)
OUTRAGE and FURY as Daily Mail labels over ONE MILLION British housewives, pensioners and disabled people “LAZY”
by Stephen Tall on February 12, 2013
Here’s the Daily Mail slamming 4 million feckless shirkers “languishing on benefits” courtesy of my hard-earned taxes: What the Mail’s Emily Davies didn’t report, however, was that of those four million, 514,000 are ‘looking after family or home’. A further (…)
