Michael Crick looks set to seriously undermine the police log version of events at seven…
Very droll from Gordon’s old Chief Whip…
Via Kevin Maguire
Newsnight must not exactly be the most relaxed place to work at the moment, and the cracks showed as the Beeb’s favourite communist hero-worshipper Paul Mason lost it with Andrew Neil:
#Newsnight leading on Europe. Should it not be leading on Mitchell and #plebgate
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) December 18, 2012
Mason went on to delete his tweet and say sorry:
Apologies to @afneil for my rather intemperate tweet earlier
— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) December 18, 2012
Tetchy…
Tory MP Alec Shelbrooke’s 10 Minute Rule Bill to introduce a welfare cash card for benefit claimants, especially those on JSA (but excluding disability payments and the basic state pension,) has gone down like a cup of cold sick with the left this afternoon. The food stamp 2.0 would see restrictions placed on booze, fags and Sky TV et cetera, and ensure the safety net was just that. Shelbrooke told the House earlier:
“This is about benefit distribution and spending, not benefit allocation. It encourages responsible spending by welfare claimants; ensuring taxpayers’ money is spent wisely and for the purpose it is intended. Delivering Beveridge’s vision of a temporary security net by using benefits to create a society of strivers”.
A poll commissioned by Demos found that 59% of the country support the move…
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