Surprising, and a little frightening, that new homes and education are so low. The neo-feudal gerontocracy is real. Looking at the age breakdowns, pensioners have very little interest in the economy … (View Post)

It's devolution that has meant that Scotland could circumvent all the NIMBY policies of England, and Net Zero targets has led to us now exporting energy to the rest of the UK. Looking at the pla… (View Post)

Eeesht. You know what I think about Indy but Labour have got to be exceedingly careful. If they don't deliver after 14 years of the Tories... I still don't understand why the SNP don't… (View Post)

Too late. The budget was the moment to do that. They can save it in the spring with something really interesting and consequential, like nodal pricing for energy, council tax reform or NICs/IT merger… (View Post)

His stuff on buses is very good. A public good - so everyone can benefit*, an investment - so boosts growth, and users are primarily from lower income deciles - so improves services for the kind of p… (View Post)