Agreed. Better to simply integrate NI into income tax. NI for employers would need to remain or find another source of tax to replace it. (View Post)

I think a better solution is to tax it, and free bus passes. If you are poor it will cost you nothing. If you're well off, you pay 40% tax or more. (View Post)

Yes it has ended. I was at it. Disco the first night 'til 1am. Karaoke the second night, Glee club the third night. Quite exhausting but morale very high. Packed. And Bournemouth at its sunny be… (View Post)

The national polls of the Lib Dems are grossly misleading. Not wrong but misleading. The Lib Dem share is very lumpy by geography. Very low in most places but very high were Lib Dems are active and i… (View Post)

.. Yes the people who hate the Tories don't want anodyne. But that's what they'll get until after Labour are in government. It won't motivate them to vote Tory. Once Labour are in… (View Post)