No it isn't. I admit it's mainly an American cultural import but people increasingly have very little idea that slavery existed outside the transatlantic slave trade. It increasingly seems to be bein… (View Post)

I think the problem with slavery (so far as I can tell) is acknowledging that it existed outside of the transatlantic slave trade 1500 - 1900. (View Post)

The fall in house prices was some welcome news the other day. With wages going up by 6% that should mean a nice rebalancing of the earnings to prices ratio. 5 years of earnings growth at 5% p/a and a… (View Post)

I'm just saying that being the most odious shit on pb means you aren't likely to prove very persuasive. He's the standard bearer of cold, cynical realism. Apart from when it comes to the Tories. Who … (View Post)

The truth is people simply don't die often enough for inheritance tax to be of much value. What we need is something that can be paid every year like a land value tax. (View Post)