Tuesday, 30 July 2013




That ‘Right Leaning Think Tank’

    The BBC more often than not will reveal to us, in the interest of transparency and impartiality, that a think tank is right leaning. It is a rarity to see left wing think tanks or charities similarly defined. I have yet to hear The New Economic Foundation so described despite being not just left leaning but out on the fringes of the loony left, the Resolution Foundation or … Continue reading 

Lax On Tax

    Kebab Time has some taxing questions for Labour…I wonder if the BBC has any…though Labour’s Margaret Hodge threatening legal action if the BBC asked any questions about Stemcor’s tax affairs silenced them pretty quickly….that and the fact that they weren’t very keen to ‘kebab’ her any way. Kebab Time posts this from the Times: Will Hodge be demanding Labour cough up some of that £24 million they took … Continue reading 

Smart Meters

The Energy and Climate Change Committee published its thoughts on energy companies and pricing today which the BBC has concentrated on….but the ECCC also released its latest publications on smart metering.…they will cost us £12 billion…but save us £18 billion….because that’s the way government, publicly funded ,computer projects always work…they always come in under budget and save us money…don’t they? The BBC has been running quite a few studies looking at … Continue reading 

Green Stealth Tax

    Just been treated to Nicky Campbell talking to Ed Davey about energy companies in relation to the Energy and Climate Change Committee’s highly political statement that the companies are not doing enough  to make company profits transparent. Campbell fully accepted that statement and didn’t challenge it in the slightest and only wheeled in Ed Davey to confirm the statement and back it up with yet more government waffle.   … Continue reading