Of course their solutions are half-baked and politically unsaleable, so they almost certainly won't happen. Merging NI with income tax is a good if unoriginal idea, but it will either be ruinous… (View Post)

Actually -30 is about the average approval rating for PMs since the 1970s when pollsters started asking this question. As a country, we are an unappreciative lot. Or we have a habit of picking shit P… (View Post)

Only if you believe it to be repeatable. Self defence refers to anticipated future injuries, not past ones. Israel's appallingly complacent border security let the terrorists in - it should have… (View Post)

Also driving away the most productive members of society. Which they've been doing since they came to power, but they'll just do it even more, especially if Mad Ange takes over. (View Post)

Have you looked for it, or don't you want to find it? In the UK, the top 0.1% (roughly the top 30,000–35,000 earners) are responsible for approximately 12.7% to 14% of all income tax revenue (ar… (View Post)