The maths is essentially correct, although it doesn't take into account national insurance for a £37k taxpayer. Income tax accounts for about 28-30% of government revenue. What this underlines is tha… (View Post)

Well, they need to hire @RochdalePioneers to write for them. (View Post)

Given it hit over 50°C in Turkey last week, and much of Europe is now boiling in the Summer - including ours being about 5-6°C warmer and drier than it used to be - you'd think they'd be more interes… (View Post)

All that matters is getting to a new energy source that doesn't chuck shit into the atmosphere, just as we moved from wood to coal to oil in the past - we move on again. That's all that matters, and … (View Post)

It seems that, fundamentally, civil servants and policymakers in London object to farmers actually farming. (View Post)