A duty is a moral or legal responsibility. There is no duty to support a political party or party leaders. On the other hand, a political leader has a duty or moral responsibility to deliver what the… (View Post)

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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)