Gordon’s triumphant return to YouTube

Even Prezza has been taking the piss out of the PM’s inability to pull a human-looking face; but that hasn’t stopped Gordon getting back on the internet broadcasting horse. Our election broadcast has been trailed on t’internet ahead of going out on TV tonight, and it’s actually rather good:

While we’re on [...]

Future Jobs Fund = better employment rights now

As I might have mentioned (once or twice) I started work at Salford CAB this Monday. So far I’ve spent most of my time reading up on the CAB approach to advice on a range of issues, ahead of actually Advising some Citizens next week.
One thing that’s struck me is the slightly depressing, but inevitable, [...]

Excellent energy news from Europe

When I was working at Community Legal Advice (I’m gonna keep linking to that, ‘cos it’s a useful place to get help if you’re having issues with your bank/landlord/boss) and people called about problems with debt, I would ask them about all their expenses to check for any debts they hadn’t mentioned. If debt collectors [...]

Blogger wars

I said this yesterday and I’m going to keep saying it: you know it’s a slow news weekend when ‘Damian McBride doesn’t like Tories, and Paul Staines doesn’t like Derek Draper‘ is on the front page of BBC News.
Just in case you’ve not been following this one (hi Mom), here’s the short version. In January, [...]

In other news

You might have seen an interview with Gordon Brown in the Guardian today: I’ve blogged a response over at LabourList, have a look.

Discrimination is fine as long as it benefits…men.

I blogged about ten days ago to criticise Raf Sanchez for his suggestion that forcing people to retire at 65 is laudable if it means more jobs for us twentysomethings. Imagine, I said, if someone said the same about forcing women out of their jobs to make more room for men.
Turns out someone had. I [...]

Discrimination is fine – as long as it benefits the young

Raf Sanchez, who was a friend for some of the time I was at university and editor of the best student newspaper in the country, seems to have been picked up as the Times’ token student. He has an article in their comment section today which will ensure that if anyone else in the country had [...]