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The Tories’ obsession with “small government” ruined Britain.

Conservatives are obsessed with minimising the size of “the state”, cutting back on budgets, scope and workers in government departments. Over their 13 dreadful years in power, this was their misguided guiding principle.

Who’s telling the truth about the £22bn “black hole”?

Before I get started, hi, I’m back.

Also — I wrote this over a week ago but somehow managed to lose it and gave up. But I found it again, so here it is!

Helping the Voiceless is not a game

Do you watch The Voice? Perhaps you’re more of an X Factor fan. Or maybe you’re a Pop Idol purist? Either way you’ve probably at least heard about the concepts of these shows. Essentially a group of judges/coaches/mentors listen to some wannabe-pop-stars auditioning…

Vote of no confidence

A petition asking for Parliament to debate a vote of no confidence in the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has received almost 220,000 signatures at the time of writing. Petitions receiving over 100,000 signatures are supposed to be allocated time in the House of Commons, and a…

MPs should have performance targets

Infamously, there’s no job description for being a Member of Parliament. They broadly have a remit of representing their constituents in Westminster, but how they go about that is all very vague. If, as a constituent, you contact your MP with a question or concern…

Tories falling apart already

MPs are superficially “debating” the Queen’s Speech in Parliament this week. What’s really happening is that they’re using the so-called debate to allow every MP to say something, even if it’s largely irrelevant.

Lottery loser

So that’s it, then. Some of the votes still have to be counted but the important results are in. The Nasty Party have their majority; Miliband, Clegg and Farage (rhymes with marriage) have quit, and we’re in for five more years of unnecessary cuts (both to welfare for the poor and taxes for the rich)…