Tony Blair's legacy

62% of white working class voters say life has generally become worse in the UK in the last decade compared with 51% of middle class white people.

71% of white working class voters believe crime has got worse over the last decade, compared to 66% of middle class white people.

52% of white working class voters thought immigration was a bad thing compared to 33% of white middle class people.

Does any mainstream political party reflect these concerns!?!

Free NHS parking

Could free car-parking at English NHS hospitals be subsidised by the forecast £1.8bn English NHS surplus this year!?!

"We don't think it makes sense to spend money that's currently being spent on patient care - getting people treated faster and better - on subsidising car parks. " - Ben Bradshaw, Health Minister.

Grubby nurses

Nurse guilty of killing patients

Let's hope Lord Mancroft doesn't mention it David!

Alcohol poverty vouchers

When will the Government demand meetings with executives from the drinks industry to offer "alcohol vouchers" to subsidise drinks for the poorest in the community!?!

You, EU unskilled worker!

If unskilled workers from outside the EU should be barred from the UK for the "forseeable future", would unskilled workers from within the EU be barred in an ideal world!?!

Free the English!

Are any services free in England that Scottish or Welsh citizens have to pay for in their own countries!?!

You can't handle the truth!

Why should David Cameron wish to punish Lord Mancroft for describing the nurses who treated him at the Royal United Hospital in Bath as "mostly grubby, [ ] drunken and promiscuous"?

Welcome to the real world Lord Mancroft! Are we supposed to ignore reality David!?!

In other news:

Dramatic rise in C. diff deaths

Incapacity pays!

If the Government is so keen to get people off incapacity benefit and into work, why doesn't it reduce the benefit so it's worth as much as unemployment benefit rather than employ agencies?

Perversely, incapacity benefit even increases the longer it is claimed!

Benefits of the doubt?

How many civil servants face action for the gross incompetence that allowed Melanie Thompson to defraud HMRC of £29,000 in child benefits without any checks!?!

"Her calls were not checked out, they (the Inland Revenue) just said yes and paid her the money."

"In this particular case you are a very dishonest woman and they (the Inland Revenue) are a very inefficient department." - Judge Peter Jacobs.

Who could blame people for stealing from banks if they never locked their safes!?!

Thought for the day

With so many allowances available to MPs that they appear to cover most conceivable day-to-day living expenses, what do they spend their salaries on!?!

En-suite prison cells?

It's disturbing to think that murderers Levi Bellfield, Mark Dixie and Steve Wright could spend the rest of their lives in prison with the luxury of en-suite showers!

Would a hangman's noose have saved the lives of their victims!?!

"Speaker denies harming Parliament"

"The Sunday Times also reported that [the speaker] claimed £17,000 a year for his home in Scotland and £7,500 in costs for using that home as an office."

"Mr Martin has been a very, very good Speaker." - Gordon Brown.

Her Majesty's Immoral Revenue & Customs

Is it appropriate for HMRC to pay £100,000 for data stolen from a Liechtenstein bank by a former employee?

Should British banks be allowed to sell customer data to foreign governments!?!

Greens welcome gas price hikes?

Should green consumers welcome recent increases in energy costs as they automatically increase the rewards for saving the planet by using less energy!?!

Good news for Labour!

Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years

How many of these "highly qualified professionals" are Conservative supporters!?!

Rights and Shackles

Are the human rights of prisoners more important than the human rights of the general public to protection from them?

Would a murderer and rapist have escaped from medical treatement if they had been handcuffed or shackled!?!

Welcome to the Police State!

"Police, probation and local authorities will also be expected to identify and share information about people who are at risk of committing violent crimes."

Action plan targets violent crime

How many new prisons will be built to house these offenders?

Should sentences be increased and tougher!?!

Northern Rocks!

Can Northern Rock staff now look forward to retiring at 55 with a taxpayer guaranteed pension, shorter working hours, more days off sick, more holidays and less stress!?!

Northern Rock to be nationalised

Surrender on terror

"The government rejects any suggestion that Britain is a soft touch for terrorists." - Cabinet Office spokesman

Five students win terror appeal.
"The convictions of five young Muslim men jailed over extremist literature have been quashed by the Appeal Court. "

Looking back in anger?

If £486m of Manchester City Council funding is not spent according to the wishes of one phone call, six letters and twenty-one emails following a month long 'consultation', will mancunians be right to have ignored it!?!