Ed Miliband was rightly rejected in 2015. His government would have been a car-crash. And it wouldn't have made the political problem of EU membership or free movement "go away" either… (View Post)

It feels like we've waited years for this budget. (View Post)

Poverty porn. Like Gaza, it's an indulgence of (largely) middle-class progressives so they can feel good about themselves at dinner parties. Traditional Labour MPs who actually worked for a livi… (View Post)

I think increasing welfare spending by £4bn a year to pay even more to families with more than 2 children on universal credit is mad. And nor do I think it "lifts (people) out of poverty"; … (View Post)

I have much sympathy with this but I'm astonished the government is planning to raise taxes solely to give it to those with large families on universal credit. It's entirely a sop to the La… (View Post)