Spending cuts

Apparently the coalition isn't even meeting Darling's deficit reduction targets. While this is very bad, it's amusing hearing Labour prattle on about how damaging something is that doesn't even go as far as their own election pledge.

MPs troughing again

So the taxpayer subsidy for catering (including alcohol) on the Parliamentary estate hasn't gone down despite promises it would.

More commentary from Tim Worstall here. In summary, they're doubly taking the piss because those bars should be paying business rates to the council, and the tax payer should benefit from the rent of the premises to a company running the bars.

Meanwhile, they're talking about minimum alcohol pricing for the rest of us...