But first year unpopularity should be a sign of painful radical reform which will pay off in the long term, as it was, rightly or wrongly, in the Thatcher years and in the coalition government. Inste… (View Post)
I DO understand the maths, and the data in the study doesn't really justify the clickbaity headline or the sweeping statements in the introduction and conclusion. It isn't entirely invalid, but, as i… (View Post)
Is the government really thinking of equalising the tax rates on dividends and employment income? They don't seem to realise or care that companies pay dividends out of post-tax profits whereas wages… (View Post)
True and there are two other problems with them. They complicate our already disastrously uncompetitive tax system and because they don't count as government spending they disguise the level of gover… (View Post)
True and there's another vital reason why we would have much higher immigration from young Europeans than you'd expect given the relative incomes - the magnetic pull of London as Europe's business an… (View Post)