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Steve Taggart  During Daily Politics this week a rude banner appeared behind presenter Andrew Neil's head while talking about the juniors doctors' strike. He was interviewing an MP and a doctor in front of a photograph of the recent protests against Jeremy Hunt's recent plans for the health service. Unfortunately for the TV producers the picture featured an image of a woman's genitals. The poster, which was carried in London last month during a march was captioned "an anatomy lesson...

By Lee Carnihan  Who creates 97 per cent of the money in our economy?  If you said the government or the Bank of England you're wrong. It's not a trick question but there’s more to it than meets the eye. The answer depends on which money you're talking about. If you mean the coins and notes you take out the cash machine, then yes, the Bank of England creates that "real" stuff. But that only accounts for three per cent...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed that the new government jet was purchased “just to piss junior doctors off”. The news broke after junior doctors voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action due to ‘unsafe contracts’. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt stated that the doctors' decision was "very, very disappointing" as he boarded the new A330 wearing a beachcomber hat and Hawaiian shirt. He added that he “put forward a very fair offer for doctors”...

Ben Fogle’s new programme “New Lives in the Wild UK,” is actually a Crowdfunded initiative, to dump him in the most isolated place in Britain, and leave him there once and for all. Mike Salisbury, 33 Exec Producer (well that’s what he told Ben) said: “He promised he would spend a year on that castaway island for the cameras, and then settle there for the rest of his life, but he hasn’t been off our screens since. “Our algorithm indicated...

By Steve Taggart The cost of offshore wind power could be reduced dramatically due to floating wind turbines. They could be generating power in UK waters by 2020, much cheaper than the cost of new nuclear. There are a number of designs in development and the race is on to prove that this floating technology can be a power source for states who have access to a coastline. Countries would anchor wind farms near their major cities and numerous places...

By Steve Taggart After the sickening attacks in Paris, there have been many calls for the west to attack IS in Syria, but the conflict in this brutal civil war is larger than just ISIL. Understanding the history of this conflict is important as it let's us see the background, to the cycle of death, that appears to be never ending in this region. The death toll rises everyday and sadly there seems no end in sight.

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  I loathe George Osborne with a passion I reserve only for the devil's disciples themselves (cite Boris Johnson, cite Boris Johnson, cite Boris Johnson). For six years he has removed the heart from the British economy, selling off the only profit making parts of the public sector to university chums at the heart of the crisis that crippled the public purse in the first place. Austerity has accompanied growing national debt and weak economic growth, house prices are...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Cameron is itching to get involved in the Syrian conflict, and he reiterated this point again during today’s PMQS. But all-out war has already broken out in the Labour ranks. Only hours before PMQs Ken Livingstone, recently installed to evaluate defence policy, said Kevan Jones, Lab, the Shadow Defence Minister, who has suffered with depression, might need some psychiatric help. Ken then refused to apologise for his comments afterwards until Mr Jones did first, he...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Ahead of the ONS latest report on the highest paid jobs in Britain new research has found 12.5 per cent of jobs in the UK pay over £50,000, but just 5 per cent of candidates are seeking premium salaries. Job site CV-Library looked at roles advertised between 1st November 2014 to 31st October 2015 and discovered that over 189,000 of the 1.5 million jobs offered a salary of over £50,000. Furthermore, data from the same...