That's typically how capital investment works. It's impossible to spend that much that quickly - and it's much more cost efficient to have a long term programme of investment than the stop-start nons… (View Post)

Agree - I disagreed with BartholomewRoberts definition of investment in that previous debate - it was far too narrow. But from a political perspective something that restrictive is essential to ensur… (View Post)

France/Netherlands/Sweden all have a signifcantly higher tax burden than we do, and their economies have on a per capita basis grown faster than ours over the last 10 years. There isn't much of a cor… (View Post)

Yes, you're right about some hospital work being in that area - but there is serious definition creep when it comes to preventative policy. Preventing someone's Type 2 diabetes from killing them is s… (View Post)

Being a social democrat and wanting the government to be fiscally responsible aren't exclusive. (View Post)