That won't tell you much, unfortunately, because they government is always tinkering with things like capital allowances and asset lives, which very few people really understand or care about, b… (View Post)

Rawnsley is good when it comes to understanding internal Labour Party machinations, but, like so many political commentators, useless on economics and finance. In fact, probably worse than useless - … (View Post)

I don't think it is. Central government often overrides local government in this country, for instance in planning inquiries, or the whole Government-GLC row in the 1980s. Those institutions may… (View Post)

Yes, it's one of those careers, like music or professional sports, where most make next to nothing and a very few make gigantic fortunes, particularly from film rights, etc. (before they are can… (View Post)

You could also have mentioned the £12 billion/year in routine EU contributions we no longer have to make, the £8 billion/year that we can now spend as we see fit, and the constant danger that a smoot… (View Post)