http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/water-giants-make-2billion-profit-4703371 Water giants make £2BILLION in profit - but SEVEN of them didn't pay a penny in tax 4/5ths of this planet is covered with water. Yet some private companies, many of them ultimately foreign owned , make £billions in profits selling an essential commodity to the people of this country. Without water, we would all die and these privately owned companies are very much aware of that simple fact. The great obscenity of the privatisation of the water companies, is that a government took what the nation already owned, sold it to their friends in the city, who then offered shares for sale to a few small "investors" and control of the water industry to a small number of large corporations who have been milking the profits ever since. It is a gross perversity, that companies can make huge profits from the sale of water and collectively pay little if any tax. There are certa...
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lord-hanningfield-claims-fiddle-expenses-3489778 Lord Hanningfield claims he had to fiddle expenses to look after his CHICKENS Chicken enthusiast: Lord Hanningfield Hanningfield, a former Tory frontbencher, was sentenced to nine months’ jail in 2011 over the last expenses scandal after being found guilty of falsely claiming for overnight stays in London. But he was out in less than three months and returned to the Lords the following year after repaying £30,000. "kicked out of Parliament for a year and forced to repay the money " If we actually put these thieves in prison for a while, it may deter other MP's and Peers stealing money from the taxpayers of this country.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/food-banks-lord-freud-blundering-3222149 Tory Bedroom Tax minister questions why hungry people go to food banks Welfare Minister Lord Freud Posh Tory Lord Freud first attracted my attention in July of last year, when I saw an article in the "Independant" under the heading of "Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze." Perhaps he should have had a quick read of this Blog of the same date date "A patronising out of touch Baron" (http://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-patronising-out-of-touch-baron.html) It seems that this political dinosaur with the privileged life has learned nothing in the last 12 months.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/shaun-tuck-merseyside-police-probe-1916890 Police probe footballer who encouraged riots and bomb attacks on mosques Shaun Tuck called for All the mosque’s in England to be bombed or gassed out and Muslim children to be beheaded Why are the police only "....considering taking criminal action against him under the Malicious Communications and Public Order Acts." ? If he were Muslim, he would be labeled as a radicalised Jihadist and already arrested under counter terrorism legislation. The double standards of the "authorities" is making a deteriorating situation even worse.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/suicide-bedroom-tax-victim-stephanie-1883600 Stephanie Bottrill was found dead on Junction 4 of the M6 motorway at the beginning of the month aged 53 and explicitly blamed the government for her actions. Stephanie Bottrill and her house in Meriden Drive, Solihull Already, the usual suspects are churning out the divisive comments designed to rubbish Stephanie Bottrill and her son. Headlines in the story leaders, and many remarks in the comments sections of the articles are quick to point out that "she was offered smaller accommodation" and "the council offered a relocation package" or "she declined the alternative as unsuitable". None of the commentators of course bother to report that Stephanie had the auto-immune system deficiency Myasthenia gravis, an illness which weakens muscles, and was on constant medication. Nor do they mention that she was not in receipt of any disability living allowance as ...