I was earning £975 pa as a mathematician in Slough in 1965. Forecasting the demand for Dulux paint using dynamic programming and Bayesian updating. Also using Markov chains to predict changing market… (View Post)

Very good points. So increasing income tax by 5% for basic and higher rates will raise about £40b. But it will reduce GDP by about 0.8% losing about £7b in all taxes. So net gain is £33b against a ne… (View Post)

I think there is a good case for reducing the rate of VAT and increasing the rate of income tax. This would help poorer people and stimulate the economy. Reducing VAT from 20% to 15% would cost the T… (View Post)

Yes Labour's share has dropped by 36% (from 34.7% to 22.1%) Conservative's share has dropped by 28% (from 24.4% to 17.7%) The result is that the Labour majority of just 15 in Hendon becomes a Tory ma… (View Post)

These are the 27 Tory seats North Somerset Earley and Woodley Tatton Croydon South Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Chester South and Eddisbury Leicester East Epping Forest Windsor Runnymede and Weybrid… (View Post)