Indeed. One of the thing which frustrates me about Labour government - the last lot were just as bad - is an apparent blindness to the fact that people (and indeed businesses) respond to things which… (View Post)

My wife has been particularly upset by it. Our youngest is nine and went off to a drama and dance holiday club this morning. It took some persuasion on my part to get her to allow her to go. (View Post)

You might not go for a 20% cut in income. But there will be many people who try quite hard to keep income under that level and choose to do less work as the amount they earn approaches the threshold.… (View Post)

There is a scenario in which the Russian situation in Ukraine worsens, and Chinese support for Russia is increasingly conditional. In that scenario, the absence of troops in Russia's far east st… (View Post)

Bloody Claire Balding is bloody awful. She doesn't appear to actually like sport - she's trying to make everything into a human interest story. I mean, I don't mind a bit of backstory,… (View Post)