Unfortunately we need to raise taxes because we are overspending by seriously dangerous amounts and this government, despite its large majority, has proven incapable of controlling or reducing public… (View Post)

Scotland is a serious complication in this. The Fraser Allander Institute has pointed out that increasing IT by 2p and cutting NI by the same amount would cost the Scottish government about £1bn a ye… (View Post)

The SNP stopped the teaching of economics in State schools the best part of a decade ago now. This was uncharacteristically foresighted of them. If Scotland is ever to vote for independence the fewer… (View Post)

I now have a petrol Jag which replaced my diesel Jag after a RTA at the beginning of this year. The diesel was the bigger car (XF v XE) and the tanks are approximately the same size. What I have been… (View Post)

I remember that happening when I was speaking to our French lawyers for an arbitration we were doing in Paris. Every time I would ask for the person I wanted to speak to in my best schoolboy French a… (View Post)