The point is not to give anyone more money. It is to remove the bizarre incentives and cliff edges. We already give unemployed people money. Probably more than £12k in many cases. (View Post)

Someone earning £30k / year today takes home just over £25k of that after tax and NI. With a UBI of £12k and a flat rate of 50%, they would take home £27k. It is just a matter of setting the right ta… (View Post)

This might sound awful - but if Biden genuinely has dementia then he might be better off not treating the cancer. (View Post)

Just the once for me. It was late October and the first snow had arrived. All the locals wimped out at the tree line as they weren't equipped for or used to a white-out (good Scottish conditions) but… (View Post)

If it had been written now, would it win? (View Post)