July 2015

The SNP contingent at Westminster has more than lived up to its billing of “stronger for Scotland”.  It has fought tooth and nail on every bill before Parliament thus far, always packing its corner for debates and motions and showing what representation should be. There’s of course been the rattling of the chains as well.  Things like nicking Dennis Skinner’s seat and clapping in the chamber are as much a sign of good humour and mocking old and defunct institutions as they are of disrespect. — Read more →

Chancellor George Osborne today delivered a budget that showed the striking cuts and welfare changes that the Conservative Government are to make over the next five years to trim the debt and deficit. But while the savings and the reports of continued economic growth might seem as though Britain is doing well once again, compared to our recent recession and the overbearing problems in Europe, this progress is coming at a great cost to many of the poorest and most vulnerable in the country. Unbound — Read more →