There is a theory that our lack of productivity growth over the last 15 years is actually due to the lack of a nasty bust. Lots of stagnant businesses clinging onto existence, very low unemployment r… (View Post)

Only because the country is so London-centric. I think we should plan our transport infrastructure around our population centroid, which is roughly between Leicester and Tamworth. Then wait for the e… (View Post)

Agree. The way it is set up at the moment makes it a regressive property tax that makes poorer parts of the country less attractive and contributes to the housing imbalance (along with IHT and CGT al… (View Post)

Energy prices are a funny one - domestic electricity is roughly in line with other European countries, gas is actually among the cheapest (half the price that is in the Netherlands, for example). Unl… (View Post)

I don't think anyone is arguing against that. It's just an effect of this law that people sitting down in a coffee shop to discuss how to protest Trump might get arrested because they didn&… (View Post)