FPT That only works if the government can argue that bringing in the IMF was essential because they need a huge foreign currency loan, which as I have argued they can't. It just about worked in … (View Post)

No, because: a) all our government debt is in our own currency, so a big foreign currency loan wouldn't help us b) unlike Greece or Ireland, we print our own currency - if we want more, we can g… (View Post)

We should absolutely be a soft touch on tax for HNWIs because of the non-taxation benefits they bring to the country. This is always a difficult point for socialists to grasp, but they aren't ju… (View Post)

I can see John Prescott, John McDonnell or Joe Stalin leading those mobs at their respective schools (assuming Prescott wasn't playing truant of course). Oddly I can't see Mrs Thatcher, Nig… (View Post)

I was often being criticised for being such at school (and similar, like "know-it-all", and "too clever for own good") and oddly I took it as a compliment. Certainly it didn'… (View Post)