They say that in the City of London, the most expensive sentence is "But this time it's different!" So, bearing that in mind, I am going to say it anyway - this time, it's differe… (View Post)

Back to Tax, if I may .... I know someone who lives in Scotland but commutes over the border to work in Newcastle. Will he get taxed at the new higher Scottish rate, or the lower English one? Is he t… (View Post)

Sorry, @Peter_the_Punter, I have only just seen your (entirely justified) objection to my misuse of the subjunctive earlier. I am ashamed of myself for having upset you so! (View Post)

The Local Elections will be held in May, and the Tories are going to get slaughtered. All the anti-Government sentiment of the last few years is going to boil over, and even the mildest critics will … (View Post)

I think it goes down as the Shortest War in History - the full might of the British Empire -v- a somewhat uppity local Sultan. A few shells from the Royal Navy and the whole show was over after, I be… (View Post)