Are some fiddles more acceptable than others?

Congratulations to the BBC for their second in-depth investigation into benefit cheats in the space of a fortnight. When can we expect the same amount of impartial unbiased BBC scrutiny into the somewhat more costly scandal of corporate tax evasion? Would it be millions or trillions? Or are some fiddles more acceptable than others?

Status Zero Generation

Our speaker at Tuesday's branch meeting was Professor Sue Maguire, an expert in the field of youth unemployment. Sue's professional profile, research projects and publications can be found here. Sue kindly left her notes with me so that I could add them to the blog. You will find them under the new 'pages' sidebar on the righthand side of the page.

Sue's talk was brilliant, the discussion it sparked fascinating - but is there a more chilling phrase in the lexicon of Government-speak than Status Zero Generation?

Great win for Sally

I don't know how many saw the great news about Sally Gimson's thumping win in the Highgate ward of Camden Council back at the end of September. For those who didn't, click on the title of this post. Sounds to me like it was a deeply unpleasant campaign - but then it would be, wouldn't it, when the main opposition was a LibDem defector.

On the subject of former parliamentary candidates who became great friends of our branch, I have added David Morgan's fascinating Washminster blog to the links.