Morning all :) Nice to see my local MP getting plenty of mentions in the media. Sir Stephen Timms has been MP for East Ham (in its various guises) since 1994 and is a very good constituency MP - I wa… (View Post)

I think that's a huge conclusion to reach after barely a year in Government. To an extent, he's had Blair's first year but without the economic legacy. Blair had problems with welfare reform in his f… (View Post)

Apparently 28 million are supporting another 28 million according to our esteemed Conservative leader who really is taking "economical with the actualite" to new levels. Her performance in … (View Post)

The "policy", such as it was, was unveiled as part of a General Election campaign and appeared a hurriedly put-together ill-conceived set of ideas. As a starting point for a discussion mid … (View Post)

Yes but the plan was far from complete and plenty of people had a lot of questions and concerns. I do agree calling it a "dementia tax" was a cheap and unnecessary shot but it's a complex a… (View Post)