Ah, one of the quaint traditions of "British" politics, like the King's Champion and the Chiltern Hundreds. (View Post)

Er, two percentage points more. Not 2% more tax than before. More like 10% more tax, very roughly. Cue howling from the Tories on behalf of their pensioner clients? And a lot of pensioners don't have… (View Post)

Presumably, Labour would put the scanners at the exit of the barber's. Not the entrance. (View Post)

Excellent point. Perhaps Wales too? But IANAE here. (View Post)

Also, means testing would mean that the well off would campaign even more ferociously against the State Pension than they do in the media they control - and this works right down to PB itself, where … (View Post)