We absolutely don't. We need welfare to go to those in greatest need. The idea that a generation that elected politicians who were happy to spend more than receipts and to borrow the difference … (View Post)

Scream. This kind of comment winds me up. It is not for the defence to lie on their client's behalf and lawyers will almost never do so. The onus of proving guilt is on the Crown. If I or my col… (View Post)

Surely the Burnham effect. I expect him and Labour to top the polls after his coronation. Briefly. (View Post)

My view is that ringfenced taxes are always a silly idea. There is one pot and it needs to be spent as efficiently and effectively as possible. Anything that gets in the road of that should be remove… (View Post)

I recall 40 odd years ago the ratio was that 2 could live as cheaply as 1.47. I always found this kind of thing interesting but it was sadly ineffective as a chat up line. People are funny that way. (View Post)