Labour Rose Wilting in St Luke’s

A friend, having read my post on the Independent Party literature, thought I might like to take a look at the recently delivered St Luke’s Rose. Labelled as the Autumn 2010 edition, it has just reached the door steps of the St Luke’s residents, meaning it would be more accurate to describe it as the [...]

Independent Party in St Luke’s

Last year’s election campaign in the St Luke’s Ward was pretty awful and almost entirely the fault of the Independent Party candidate Paul Van Looy. Mr Van Looy’s literature is pretty puerile and generally full of inaccuracies, plain old hypocrisy or just sheer stupidity. Van Looy’s latest attempt at literature is no different: Claim 1: Independents [...]

The Five howlers made by The Guardian in reporting tax paid by Barclays

This piece comes entirely from the FCA Blog. I enjoyed it so much I thought I would just replicate it here: On Friday 18 February, The Guardian generated an enormous amount of public interest in the tax affairs of Barclays with an article that suggested that, in 2009, Barclays paid UK corporation tax at a [...]

Votes for Prisoners

I thought I would give my opinion, for what it’s worth, on the issue of votes for prisoners. As I write this, the House of Commons is debating the issue, thanks to the sterling work of David Davis and Jack Straw. Had it not been for those two, there would be no debate and the [...]