A letter in today's Hull Daily Mail:

Dear Editor,

On Saturday, it was a privilege to be part of a good crowd at Hull’s Bedroom Tax demo, near the BBC. Ours was one of 50 demos that day in cities across the country, with more to come.

It’s a horrible, penny-pinching move by the ConDems – not on their friends in high places or rich mansions – but on some of the poorest in society, affecting the poorest areas across the country.

At a time when people are losing jobs – with another 600 axed at Hull City Council under Labour, to add to the 1400 lost under the LibDems before they lost power - an attack on people in council housing and on benefits is not what’s needed.

I hope Hull City Council take note from the Greens on Brighton and Hove Council – and look seriously at their pledge that not one person will be evicted due to the so-called Bedroom Tax.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Deane
Hull and East Riding Green Party

Note the words "50 demos across the country". According to the BBC there were at least ten. Doesn't have quite the same ring, does it? Then the Hull Daily Mail numbered our gathering at "More than 60 people". It wasn't a lie, because c.350 is, as reported, more than 60. But it doesn't have the same ring, does it?
Brighton Council, controlled by the Green Party, has vowed not to evict families that fall into arrears as a result of this vindictive, anti-family tax.
Dundee Council, controlled by the Scottish Nationalists, has promised the same. If all councils agreed not to make their tenants homeless this act of class warfare would fail.
They won't.