Posted by: flashsays on: 2010-08-23
I was banged up in a cell last week. Luckily it was a stunt and I could walk free after 60 minutes, but the incarceration made me start to understand how incredibly hard life is for prisoners in solitary confinement. I arrived at a church near Trafalgar Square and introduced myself. A volunteer led me [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2010-08-17
It emerged last week that the credit reference agency Experian is in talks to do a deal with the Government to try and unearth benefit cheats. It would earn a “bounty” for each person it exposes. To my mind, this is a pointless exercise and full of flaws. Experian already have a contract with the [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2010-05-08
This is not the article I intended to write. I had planned to analyse how well each of my local parliamentary candidates responded to a question I sent them – but that hardly matters now. A fortnight before last week’s general election I emailed each of the candidates to ask for their policies on health, [...]
