Mark Turley
The Canary
United Kingdom
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In a country with food banks and hospital closures, it's getting harder to tolerate football's excesses [OPINION]
What exactly are you supporting? → Read More
Not bad work if you can get it. Failed PM David Cameron charges £12k for dinner and a photo.
The price of failure? → Read More
Jeremy Hunt may have kept his job, but now cancer treatments are under threat
The NHS winter crisis has seen Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt come under heavy fire. He was expected to lose his job in the cabinet reshuffle of 8 January, but reportedly refused to go. Now a threat to key cancer treatments should see the pressure resume. Cut after cut Since the 2010 election the Coalition and Conservative governments have pursued an agenda of ideological austerity. They’ve cut… → Read More
Look away Theresa May! Even the right wing press are making fun of you now...
Didn't that go well! → Read More
He's driven the NHS to the brink of extinction, but Jeremy Hunt is set to be promoted [TWEETS]
Prime Minister Theresa May will attempt to boost her failing government with a cabinet reshuffle on 8 January. A quarter of her cabinet are expected to be moved or sacked. And there are many people up and down the country hoping that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is one of them. > There are 1.3 million NHS staff praying for the same result for Jeremy Hunt in the cabinet reshuffle Please RT if… → Read More
The Conservative Party is too ashamed to publish its membership figures. Here's why...
Former Conservative Party chairman, Grant Shapps has pleaded with his party to share its membership figures. He said the party needed to show “transparency” even if it is “embarrassing”. According to some Tory commentators, this is a very apt description. Dwindling support Grassroots support has been deserting the Conservative Party for some time. In 2013, it was reported that membership had… → Read More
Do right-wing Brexiteers have no shame? Check out the bulls**t they're promoting now [OPINION]
What does Brexit mean to you? It’s a simple question. And despite the current, polarised climate, it’s also one all sides of the political spectrum can answer. After all, many on the left had argued to leave the EU for years. Yet Brexit’s right-wing figureheads – the likes of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Nigel Farage, along with their media supporters – have turned the issue into an exercise… → Read More
The Daily Mail was savaged in parliament. Its response was pathetic. [VIDEO]
Who? Us? → Read More
Christmas has come early for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour, according to a new poll [TWEETS]
'Tis the season to be jolly! → Read More
Two days, two Daily Mail headlines. Spot the difference.
Should you tell them or should I? → Read More
Theresa May's Brexit 'breakthrough' doesn't last, as her ministers fight like rats in a sack
Brexit means Brexit? → Read More
Even The Telegraph warns it's game over for Theresa May, unless she delivers on Brexit now [TWEETS]
Since the referendum of June 2016 returned a narrow win for ‘Leave’, Brexit has dominated politics. That vote caused David Cameron to resign and Theresa May to assume office. As a result, dealing with the issue has been May’s main challenge as PM. Now it appears that Brexit will also cut her reign as Prime Minister short. And even her closest allies in the press are predicting it. Shambles Over… → Read More
Jeremy Corbyn's latest video proves what a unique political period we're living in [OPINION]
He's onto something. → Read More
With no sense of irony, George Osborne launches an appeal for hungry children [TWEETS]
Remember him? → Read More
North/South divide? Think again. National inequality is far more complex than that.
A new report by the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has identified areas with the worst prospects in the UK. And its study of national inequality has turned up surprising results. Especially for those still clinging to the concept of the ‘North-South divide‘. The Watford Gap The boundary between Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, known as the ‘Watford Gap’, has traditionally been given social… → Read More
The corporate tax avoidance scandal keeps growing, and now it really has reached 10 Downing Street
Theresa May has faced criticism from many angles during her time in office. Now her husband Philip is proving to be a source of embarrassment, as the tax affairs of a company he works for have come under increased scrutiny. Broken promises May came into power promising ‘a country that works for everyone’ at the Conservative Party conference of 2016. She even spoke of inequality and said she… → Read More
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp shows that even the football world gets the need for political change
Outspoken manager of Liverpool Football Club, Jurgen Klopp, has revealed his political views in a candid interview. Speaking to The Liverpool Echo, Klopp strayed from football matters. And his words put Tory attitudes to shame. They show how even members of the moneyed elite can and should have a social conscience. ‘On the left’ Premier League football is awash with money. The involvement of… → Read More
Guess who Philip Hammond's stamp duty cuts will really help?
As part of his autumn budget delivered on 22 November, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a change to stamp duty. The ‘floor’ for this tax on property purchases was raised from properties worth £125,000 or more to £300,000. Hammond declared this would address the UK’s housing crisis and described the policy as: > a measure that will help a million first-time buyers, saving them around £1,700… → Read More
The Tories are so desperate, they're openly nicking Labour policies now
Whatever happened to strong and stable? → Read More
First the Foreign Secretary. Then the Chancellor. Now the Home Secretary’s piled into the cabinet bust-up.
Prime Minister Theresa May has struggled to hold her party together over Brexit. She has suffered attacks from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Chancellor Phillip Hammond. As May tries to hide the split in her cabinet, now Home Secretary Amber Rudd has ripped it wide open. No deal The most recent spate of Tory in-fighting began on 9 October, when May announced a Brexit White Paper in the… → Read More