Author Archives: Angela Lloyd

When the 5p carrier bag charge came into power in England, no one could have foreseen the total confusion it would cause. People have taken extreme measures to evade paying five pence for a plastic bag in their own supermarkets, from taking shopping home in trolleys, to thieving Bags for Life, people have appeared toContinue reading “Losing Your Mind Over A Carrier Bag”

The government is looking into cutting free school meals for infants at lunchtime. The Liberal Government of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman launched free school meals for children from poverty-stricken families in 1906, and by 1914 children were given free meals once a day. Nourishment for school children is extremely crucial, the problem is, it’s costing theContinue reading “Free School Meals Could Be Cut”

I quite like Jeremy Corbyn’s Political sketch, however, on the other hand, I dare say it could in fact look a bit like a Punch a Judy show, even though David Cameron had to be on his best behaviour, and that I like even more. It’s all about the people (men, women, children), the citizensContinue reading “Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliamentary Sketch”

Thousands of young people could be blocked from claiming tax credits and housing benefit so the Tories don’t have to pay them to EU immigrants. The Government wants to put an end to people coming to the United Kingdom claiming welfare until they’ve lived in the country for four years. However, EU regulations stop governmentsContinue reading “Insufferable Strategies”

Iain Duncan Smith should stand down following disclosures that his department produced a leaflet about sanctions comprising made up quotes ascribed to non existent benefit claimants. There was an investigation into the use of sanctions by the work and pensions committee, which announced in March this year, and after being caught out so publicly itContinue reading “Iain Duncan Smith Should Stand Down”

The statute must be altered so that people can be assisted to take their own lives without having to schlep off to Switzerland. Sir Keir Starmer who was in charge of drawing up directions that spelt out how people who took steps of empathy might stay away from prosecution for aiding someone who wanted toContinue reading “Law On Assisted Dying Must Change”

Anne Robinson may be worth an estimated £50 million, but that doesn’t stop her from foraging for food in a bin. The Weakest Link presenter gets into the Freegan spirit by helping to hunt for out of date food that has been thrown away by fancy supermarkets. In the BBC documentary Britain’s Spending Secrets, AnneContinue reading “Anne Robinson Absconds with Food”

Researchers have widely known for more than a decade that the pharmaceuticals we consume are inclined to turn up second hand in wildlife. Occasionally this can have dreadful results. Chemical hormones in birth control pills, for example, pass into the urine and are set free through municipal sewage plants into the environment, where they canContinue reading “Your Fresh Fish Evening Meal Now Comes with a Measure of Prescription Medication”

Kensington Palace, the home and workplace of Prince William and Princess Kate, have written to the press imploring them not to issue pictures taken by paparazzi, who have been going to increasingly great lengths to get images of Prince George. A line has been crossed by the paparazzi over the last couple of months, andContinue reading “Prince George is Being Dogged by Paparazzi”

Thousands of Polish people working in Britain are expected to take part in the first ever migrant workers strike in this country later this month. The protest, proposed for Thursday 20th August, is the outcome of talks on Polish Internet forums by people irate at immigrants being held responsible for Britain’s financial difficulties. The unofficialContinue reading “Thousands Of Polish Employees To Take Part In The First Ever Migrant Workers Strike In Britain”