They're just part of the wider systemic problem of local government funding - which is most certainly central government's fault, especially the failure to reform local tax (which means, in… (View Post)

Fair enough. But I've had to implement it in real life. It takes a lot of work, because the material has to be checked - some documents do need to be kept e.g. for legal reasons (to prove contra… (View Post)

Article has a huge error in it ab initio. It confounds devolution and federation. (View Post)

So is Mr Johnson. You now have to pay for his lucubrations. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13038525/BORIS-JOHNSON-Rugby-doesnt-risk-young-peoples-lives.html (View Post)

Quite. Leon and I don't always agree but he's absolutely right in being amazed PBers aren't watching this more closely. It's a very immediate symptom of local government collapse … (View Post)