It's not just people on very high incomes; I've noted that the propensity to work full time decreases rapidly from about £50,000 up if they have a partner. Consider salaried GPs. People val… (View Post)

I also thought it was a myth until I cruising 30k into a marathon and suddenly... It was terrible and that 12k was the worst hour (and quite a bit) of exercise I've ever had. It's different… (View Post)

Yes, fair enough. I was thinking in highly simplistic terms of just removing all these universal benefits and making cash transfers to poor people. But policy by policy, some of them are more efficie… (View Post)

In case it kicks off and someone gets injured. That will cost the firm much more than any shoplifting. (When I worked there, "someone" tackled a shoplifter as they ran out. This smashed a w… (View Post)

I'm not sure about that - the analysis so far suggests it doesn't have much of an effect on Scottish taxpayers. That doesn't mean there isn't a big risk. Part of the tolerance tha… (View Post)