The graph clearly shows where Gordon Brown's profligate overspending in the run-up to the GFC took borrowing up to unsustainable levels of, erm, less than it had been under the Tories. (View Post)

Apples and oranges, which was indeed the point. (View Post)

That makes sense only if changes were evenly spread. They weren't. Leaving aside councils, the cuts to the criminal justice system from the so-called party of law and order are something we are strug… (View Post)

24 days to Christmas. This is when many families will see just what they can and can't afford. For that reason, I'd be inclined to wait till mid-January to see how things are looking. (View Post)

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in jail in Bangladesh The former minister and niece of Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Bangladeshi PM, was found guilty over claims she obtained land in Dhaka … (View Post)