Payments Council

What does the Payments Council do the rest of the time!?!

Perhaps the biggest decision it has ever made and it procrastinates.... "Cheques will be phased out by October 2018, but only if adequate alternatives are developed"

Magic pill or poison pill?

How much did it cost the taxpayer to pay management consultants to come up with proposals to reduce the bloated NHS budget only to reject their proposals when the report was completed!?!

Cracking The Glass Ceiling

How do you create ambition amongst the poorest members of society when their immediate needs are already met by the welfare state!?!

Is it merely a coincidence that social mobility has declined as the welfare state has increased!?!

Ponzi Insurance?

When will Police investigate a multi-billion pound Ponzi scheme affecting millions of Britons in a scam called "National Insurance"!?!

Private Schools and Public Benefits

Is the public benefit of private schools currently being investigated by the Charities Commission the £200m of extra funding needed to overcome the shortage of spaces as parents abandon school fees!?!

If only private schools were being abandoned as parents found the same quality of education in the state sector....

Vauxhall valhalla?

How many MPs drive Vauxhalls!?!

Taxing questions for Labour!

Why do Labour Cabinet members seek to minimise their tax bills by paying for professional advice rather than seizing the opportunity to "redistribute" more of their income than is strictly necessary!?!

Snappy Snap IDs!

Having rejected the congestion charge last year, why does the Government think that Mancunians will embrace their latest trial, ID cards!?!

If they are sure that ID cards should be rolled out, then they should be introduced to benefit claimants first rather than being distributed through Snappy Snaps!

Harriet Harman PM?

Would Harriet Harman want to be Prime Minister if all her extra earnings weren't to be taxed at 50%!?!

Budget horrors!

Why would any entrepreneur want to create a business employing young unemployed people when any income over £150k is taxed at 50%!?! It's simply legalised extortion!

Would it be better to reduce the minimum wage and reduce unemployment benefits to make work pay!?!

Thought Crunching

Will a daily attendance allowance for MPs encourage them to reduce their 82 day summer holiday this year!?!

Coal cars!

How many new coal-fired power stations will need to be built to provide electricity for all those electric cars generously subsidised by the Government from 2011!?!

Britain already faces potential brownouts from 2012, increasing electricity demand won't help!!

Every pint has a silver lining!

If the Government is going to cut benefit payments of alcoholics who refuse treatment, will they also cut the duty on alcohol for the rest of us!?!

PS Does the Government dare cut benefit payments to smokers or the obese!?!

PPS For what it's worth, the Government should not be deciding what claimants spend their money on..

PPPS Why doesn't the Government arrest heroin users rather than docking their benefit payments!?!

Celtic National Insurance

Why does Britain help fund Ireland's healthcare system by repaying National Insurance contributions made by Irish citizens in the UK who subsequently return to Ireland!?!

Those National Insurance contributions should be retained by the UK as they cover their "protection" whilst in the UK. They are not a savings scheme!

How many other countries receive these sorts of payments from the UK? I bet the UK doesn't receive any such payments!

Food Price Hikes

When will charities such as "Save the Children" suggest that the best way the "poor" can cope with rising food prices are:

• Get jobs!
• Cut alcohol consumption!
• Cut the smokes!
• Have fewer children if you can't afford them!

PS They can thank Gordon Brown for higher food prices thanks to his policies that have destroyed the value of Sterling in the last twelve months!

G20 - The Big Question.

How much money do we need to borrow to stay in power as long as possible!?!

Update: $1trillion!

Jackie does Dallas!

What's the big deal about Jackie Smith's husband watching porn films, the real scandal is that MPs are allowed to claim any films on expenses!

Dunfermline Rebuilding Society!

Why should English taxpayers be expected to save another failed Scottish financial institution?

Advertising against teenage pregnancies?

If you are a pregnant teenager, would you really want to give up your chance for the following benefits by having an abortion?

• Jump to the top of the council housing list?
• Welfare benefits such as Income Support, Child Tax credits or Sure Start Maternity Grant?
• Childcare?

Nuffin 'appened at school!

Is the reason so many school children have nothing to say about their school day because literally nothing happened at school that day!?!

Far too many schools are still struggling to get more than 30% of their pupils to be awarded A-C grades at GCSE....