Well indeed, which is why the solution is not to repair the ship but tear it all down and rebuild it. Build a new ship and transfer onto it when its built, rather than trying to patch up the existing… (View Post)

National insurance is not an insurance either, its a tax. People have a lifetime of NI credits. Just set contributions based on income tax, problem solved. (View Post)

There is no contributory element already since you get NI "credits" for being unemployed and living on welfare. There is absolutely no reason to have NI exist to have contributions. Just se… (View Post)

If it meant abolishing NI I'd be OK with standard rate going to 28% in the first instance. But yes, it really can and should be lower than that and if done that would be a tax cut for working pe… (View Post)

No, it doesn't. Labour only polled 20% of over 70s in July anyway. The polling collapse is because they've lost working age voters who were supporting them, not just pensioners pissed off a… (View Post)