Well, if one lot of criminals learns enough in prison to stay out of prison, then the future value of prison as an academy of excellence in crime will gradually degrade, so younger criminals won'… (View Post)

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A more sophisticated version of Pension Credit is needed, so that people who just miss out on qualifying don't end significantly poorer than those who do qualify. Does anyone know just how much … (View Post)

It will be interesting to see how the recent large-scale immigration alters our politics. It seems unlikely that, even if they survive, our traditional political parties will remain in their historic… (View Post)

There's a difference between: not pretending that government finances are OK; and presenting the problems with wall to wall gloom without any hint of how you're going to tackle them with a … (View Post)