The biggest mistake labour made was to rule out rises in income tax In the present climate 1p on tax and maybe 2p on highest rate would have been far less controversial and raised many more billions … (View Post)

I wouldn't go that far but placing it somewhere else in Downing Street seems fine (View Post)

Gordon Brown handed pensioners a 75p per week rise and it stayed with him You can be certain the media will focus on the elderly shivering in their homes this winter, and of course labour will win th… (View Post)

Good afternoon Interesting piece in the Guardian on the winter fuel allowance and the politics https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/08/rachel-reeves-winter-fuel-payment-pensione… (View Post)

Your last sentence shows everything that is wrong with today's conservative party (View Post)