Joe Southwood
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Universal Discredit: The Tory Disgrace
Ian Duncan Smith will not be neatly preserved by the pickling jar of time. His undoubtedly scaly skin will be further distressed from him being the third Tory Titan to fall to Blair. His already bald scalp will be stripped tighter by his sweetheart’s scandalous salary. His grisly cackle will be encapsulated by his fairytale accolades and achievements. But the dash that will finally turn the sweet cucumber into a bitter pickle will be his implementation of universal credit.
By Joe Southwood5 years ago in The Swamp
Greene King IPA Review
IPA, Greene King, Bury St Edmunds: When Greene King IPA won Champion Beer at the Great British Beer Festival, the crowd booed louder than they cheered for any other prize winner*. Evidently this 3.6 percent bitter is not particularly favourable with the so-called professionals. The drinkers, alternatively, love it: this IPA is the fastest selling cask beer in the UK; being the official beer of England Rugby, the recent Six Nations tournament has only served to push its sales further still*2.
By Joe Southwood5 years ago in Proof
NHS: Bring Out Your Dead
The NHS has again found itself on the front cover of the national press; just as before, for all the wrong reasons. Theresa May's Conservative party is pursuing its ideological drive to sell off all assets, strip back funding, and flog any services it can. With NHS spending growth the lowest it has been since 1955—a meagre 1.3 percent per annum, well below the four percent historic average spending growth—the Tory plan is coming to fruition. As an institution, the NHS has become a victim of its own successes in the past: an ageing population, increased awareness of the hazards of smoking and obesity, and a push for a healthier society with schemes such as the 'Change4Life' and '5 A Day.' Because of this, additional funding is evermore vital to the globally unrivaled social health system; yet the Tories are set on a war against the NHS.
By Joe Southwood5 years ago in The Swamp
