politics

"We send our representatives to Washington so that they can work for us.  When they get there, they work for big business" - so said a Time Magazine reader shortly before Obama was elected.  It felt exactly the same under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - far far from the old Labour who represented the working class, these politicians enjoyed being wined and dined by bankers, owning many houses, picking up £30,000 for an after dinner speech.
So it is always interesting to see what's happening in USA.
Who’s really spending big in DC?

The Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) has reviewed the Party Manifestos on voluntary and third sector involvement in public life.
It is worth repeating here:

Labour Party extracts || Conservative Party extracts || Lib Dem extracts

Today at the supermarket we saw rather a lot of very smart convertible cars. Drop-top jaguars and mercedes, roaring porsche and TVR. I'm sure I read somewhere that there's a recession on.