The scandal that there are no grammar schools, though on the German Gymnasium model, thereby avoiding the crudity of the 11-plus. (And the scandal that there are no O-levels for the most academic pupils once they get there.) The scandal that there are no technical schools, of which there were never anything like as many as there should have been. The scandal that the special schools are still in t...

A scandal in Italy: A scandal in the United Kingdom:

The breast implant scandal was "an inevitable result" of "paralysis" at the healthcare regulator, according to the editor of The Lancet, who has accused it of having a "do nothing" attitude.

Britain's expenses scandal claims another victim Michael Martin, the speaker of the British house of commons, has resigned after being criticized for his handling of the ongoing lawmaker expenses scandal. He is the highest-profile politician to resign so far.  The widening scandal began after the Daily Telegraph obtained a disk detailing expense reports by parliamentarians including tenn...

Thank goodness for sleaze This week has seen the return of a good old fashioned sleaze scandal. It beats the hell out of all this talk of economic meltdown and job losses. This latest scandal is a variation on an old favourite – cash for favours. This one involves the Lords (unelected), fake

Back in February I began to write about the scandal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. There two judges have admitted taking money from the operators of private juvenile detention facilities in return for providing them with a stream of new inmates. The first post is here and you can find them all here. Pennlive.com explains another twist in the scandal: familes were charged for their children'...

Piers Morgan, the former tabloid newspaper editor, was yesterday pulled into the phone hacking scandal after an influential website linked him to the phone hacking scandal.

As Republicans and Democrats squabble over who is most corrupt, the American people become more cynical about the entire political class.

The hilarious Daily Show with Jon Stewart take on the expenses scandal.Poor old Douglas Hogg and his moat get a fearsome shellacking.And you know what? By golly, by gosh I think they have finally hit upon a decent name for the scandal. Scamalot.The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cScamalotthedailyshow.comDaily ShowFull EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical Humor

As the campaign for the European elections draws to a close it is apparent that the three main parties have been embroiled in the appalling Westminster expenses scandal leaving the field open to the minor parties who see this as their great opportunity to make headway. Not only have they benefitted directly from the expenses scandal but they have also found that no major party is focused enough