What Lord Sewel gets up to is none of our business

"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality" - Oscar Wilde View this email in your browser The summer silly season is upon us and with a shortage of proper news, the tabloids are feasting over the revelation that Lord Sewel has been filmed taking cocaine with prostitutes. Humiliating for him and his family? Yes. But this has little bearing on his political morality, so is it really any of our business? Elsewhere, we look at the truth behind the cost of prisons. With Michael Gove facing up to 40% cuts to his department it is likely he will look to privatisation of certain services as a possible solution. But statistics published by Gove's own department show private prisons actually cost the taxpayer more than state prisons. Latest Articles     What Lord Sewel gets up to is none of our business   On Jul 27, 2015 09:45 am The ancient, reliable English mixture of protestant moralising and lewd childish jeering has taken over the summer silly season. Read more... »       It's official: Private prisons cost taxpayer more than state prisons   On Jul 27, 2015 12:11 pm The MoJ's own stats show publicly-owned prisons do more with less - but will Michael Gove listen? Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   What is the state of customer satisfaction in the UK?   On Jul 15, 2015 01:31 pm The latest measure of customer satisfaction in the UK shows that it remained flat in the first half of 2015. Read more... » More than half of Brits are harmed by other people's drinking   On Jul 13, 2015 12:04 pm More than half of Scots and three-quarters of people from North West England are harmed by another person's drinking, according to a new report released today. Read more... »   Opinion Formers articles     Trade Union bill is 'an attack on all working people' The Tories' latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared. Read more... »   The urgent need for the UK to raise its game on number and data skills Can we ever get to a position where people across the UK are proud of their fluency with numbers, and where no-one will say unashamedly that 'I can't do maths'? Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     NASUWT raises key issues for teachers at world congress The NASUWT took a delegation of teachers to the 7th Education International World Congress in Ottawa, Canada between 21 and 26 July 2015. Read more... »   Pest control "key" in managing the effects of climate change A Natural England report commissioned from organisations including the RSPB, has suggested pest control such as the "killing of foxes" as one of several "key adaptation actions" to assist "priority species". Read more... »       Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences