I applauded the childcare for 1- and 2- year olds, but I hadn't realised it didn't apply to high earners. That's pretty stupid. Not only for the reasons Nick points out, but also becau… (View Post)

The general ambivalence to the monarchy over the course of my lifetime has been hard to detect due to the genuine respect and reverence that the Queen was afforded. (View Post)

You're missing the point. The point of all this isn't out of love or sympathy for the higher paid, it's to incentivise the higher paid to do more work, thereby providing a) more high v… (View Post)

I'm normally pretty cool on government giving out massive sweeties - because ir's not a giveaway, it's a redistribution, and though there are strong cases for redistribution, redistrib… (View Post)

Well it might, but that's an awful lot of tax that the UK is not taking because of the disincentives to earning more money. The result of which is that those working 5 days a week for not that m… (View Post)