And what remains of the Tories can hardly be described as hard-right, otherwise they'd be supporting Reform by now. Even their membership is massively pro-Ukraine, with a majority wanting Britis… (View Post)

UC is a lot better than legacy benefits for this - 90% of lone parents have a METR of less than 70%, compared with 60% under the old system. But only about 10% of lone parents have a METR of less tha… (View Post)

Well exactly - NHS productivity significantly improved in the 10 years up to the pandemic, but their wages were cut in real terms. If you were to retrospectively link them, you'd have to provide… (View Post)

I think the offending posts were deleted. They were not mild. (I don't really know if that level of anger is out of character. If so, hope they are ok.) (View Post)

We would have probably had less migration without Brexit, if we're doing one of RCS's alternative histories. (View Post)