Apparently, 150,000 people demonstrated against the government at the weekend, which, if the figures are based on facts, is quite a substantial amount.
The problem with a lot of these statistics is that they are often exaggerated, with false information being portrayed over social media which, in my opinion, is self-defeating, a bit like churning out all the tired old phases like 'Tory Scum'.
I don't like the modern Conservatives, I think ...
When Woody, one of the lads from our cricket club, invited me to an evening with Aggers and Tuffers at the Anvil in Basingstoke, I must admit, I wasn't salivating.
However, without the shackles of BBC scripts and the fear of the PC police, they provided a charming and funny evening of entertainment that was definitely worth the money.
My cynicism before the show was based on my loathing for 'A Question of Sport' the contrived and ferocio...
One of the more odious things I witnessed on the news this week was Alan Duncan MP, brown-nosing David Cameron by claiming that, "The Prime Minister's critics really just snap out of the synthetic indignation and admit that their real point is that they hate anyone who has got a hint of wealth in them?"
He went on to rant about "low-achievers who hate enterprise, hate people who look after their own family and know absolutely nothing about ...
When Labour began pushing for a declaration of tax returns from David Cameron, I couldn't help but wonder whether it was a bit of a wild swing in the dark safe in the knowledge that Jeremy Corbyn is as clean as a whistle.
The reason I thought this was because if there were shenanigans going on with regards to money stashed in tax havens, they were unlikely (unless the PM had taken awful advice) to show up in tax returns. I would assume that ...
The revelations this week have shown that there is, in the DNA of this country, one tax rule for the workers and small business owners and no tax rules for the super-wealthy...it is so ingrained in them, they don't even think they are doing anything immoral as GB citizens.
David Cameron and his late father have taken all the blows this week but his chancellor, George Osborne, who said tax evaders are repugnant and should be treated as ...
