R4 is pro-government? (This a genuine question - I haven't listened to R4 for years, but it was never pro-government when I listened. It was never pro-government during the Labour years either, … (View Post)

And yet it's not entirely an illusion. In my experience, white collar bosses, while embracing a certain amount of WFH, also wish their employees were largely where they could see them. This isn&… (View Post)

Well yes, but a tax is pretty demotivating too. Neither are good systems. Tuition fees are basically far too steep. I kind of support tuition fees being *something* - not least because you value more… (View Post)

Well it wouldn't be a debt, but she'd be paying more tax. It's not obvious she'd be any better off (though of course details to be determined). In effect, the current arrangements… (View Post)

Because if no-one fights them from the Conservative side, the Conservatives will lose. It isn't 2012 any more. The world has got a lot weirder because the left have been fighting a culture war w… (View Post)