Privatisation is… the art of conning the public into buying something they already own and then charging them a fee every time they use it

Pop quiz: 0.8% benefits claimed fraudulently (approx £1.4bn). UK tax gap at least 9% (approx £42bn) …Which one do Tories prefer to focus on?

No 10 believes Police Federation is behaving like a trade union <- about fucking time they did!  http://gu.com/p/3b4mv 

@heardinlondon @mediocredave ooh, I've got one! http://t.co/UzVHdTNE

Seriously disturbing: 10 ways the Tories are set to destroy our way of life in 2012 http://t.co/uvVtgt1w (via @thegreenbenches)

Okay, for the last time the UK is NOT broke! We're the 6th wealthiest nation FFS!! Our deficit is mostly down to city greed & tax avoidance

But if nothing else, the turnout for PCC elections should put a nail in the coffin of Tory argument regarding low-turnout strike ballots.

@soniapoulton @david_cameron UK child poverty now at 4 million, or 1 in 3 children. Vast majority in working families  http://www.endchildpoverty.org.uk/ 

£75 Billion. Say it out loud. £75 billion. What could that buy? How about 2 million affordable houses? No? Okay give it to corporations then

Support Official 2012 Protesters, add a #twibbon now! - http://t.co/DHj4Rhyl

32 die a week after failing test for new incapacity benefit - Investigations http://t.co/dSu3x6SH <- Murder, as sure as a bullet to the head

Seems Fox was something of an outspoken homophobe at Uni. From PinkNews in 2008: http://t.co/Zaz469FV #KnockingOnTheClosetDoor?

If you want to give Clegg a bloody nose then #VoteGreen if you want to piss the Tories off then vote #yes2av …see, you can have it both ways

RT @channel4news: 77% in favour of today's pension strike action. 23% against. http://ow.ly/5tMv9 #j30 <- same 23% that voted Tory perhaps?

Let's not forget that the majority of people who receive Housing Benefit (especially those under 25) are workers. They just get shit wages.

Twisted irony for Atos victims who hanged themselves? -> Olympic volunteers to wear Atos-branded neck lanyards #BitSick http://t.co/F7E7o8gM

No no NO! Don't fall for Tory lies. We don't NEED to make cuts. The sky isn't falling down. This is about anti-welfare ideology #Dispatches

Blair advises @edmiliband to stay on the centre ground …if ever there was a greater incentive to take a left turn! http://t.co/l5xcZx7L

Welfare cuts: Cameron's problem is that people are nicer than he thinks | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian http://t.co/s9bHKRoc #SpartacusReport

USA starts International Peace Day by pledging to veto Palestinian #statehood and ends it by executing an innocent man. #TheWorldIsWatching