Ed Balls Explains Latest Weird Hand Gesture

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013

Gillard Will Go Down as Worst PM Since Rudd | Spectator Australia
Was Spending Review Worth the Effort? | Mark Wallace
Learn English or Lose Benefits | James Forsyth
CSR: What Really Matters | Iain Martin
Osborne Meets His Waterloo | Speccie
Bitter Kevin Maguire Repeats Himself Again and Again | James Harvard
Where Were the Cuts? | Jeremy Warner
Unite: The National Union of Willy Wavers | Dan Hodges
Brave NHS Critics Are Social Pariahs | Alex Wickham
Guardian Can’t Understand Why Young Aren’t Socialists | Toby Young
Dave and Ed’s Gillard Lesson | Tim Shipman

Ed Balls Explains Latest Weird Hand Gesture

While pretending to be a sick as a dog at all the mean spending cuts, Ed Balls let the mask slip on Sky News earlier. Look at little Chris Leslie’s face, lovingly admiring his clever boss.
It’s all a game…

Via Liar Politicians.

Tory Uproar as Labour’s Toby Perkins “Flipped Osborne Finger”

Watch closely for the reaction of the PM and the Tory benches as Osborne asks Labour about their spending plans. Cameron’s face turns to shock as he and a number of other Tories point towards Labour MP Toby Perkins, sitting on the third row. From the video it is not clear why. Tory MPs are adamant this afternoon that it was because Perkins “flipped Osborne the finger”.
As Bercow intervenes you can hear a Tory MP shout “it’s Perkins!”. Guido is told that a Tory MP then passed a note to the Speaker making the allegation against Perkins, Bercow then ripped the note up and put it in his pocket. Perkins’ office are currently refusing to comment. All very parliamentary…

Seriously Selous?

Maybe he should have his expenses docked until he learns how to spell?

Via Chappers.

Labour Regicide

He must be wondering about other Labour leaders who could have been ousted just before an election for someone more popular. 

Treasury Info-Graphic: How the Money Will Be Spent

Plus welfare, obviously…

GRAPH: Cuts By Department

Pickles shows himself as the “model of lean government” with a 10% cut, alongside Grayling and Maude, while the Chancellor leads by example.Hammond and May get off lightly…

This is What Austerity Looks Like

The Chancellor has revealed how much the UK will spend in 2015/16: £745 billion. For the first time we have an accurate picture of the widespread devastation that Osborne’s austerity agenda has wrought:

At the next election, the Coalition will be spending £76 billion more than Labour were five years ago.

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