Why didn't they mention spending cuts in the statement last week? Surely that would have helped reassure the markets over the level of borrowing? Unless they are just trying to get around their own g… (View Post)

We ought to be taxing land. (View Post)

But we've gone pretty quickly from being seen as one of the safest countries in the G7 against default to one of the riskiest in the space of a few months? Why? None of those factors would suggest th… (View Post)

Is that dangerously self indulgent? Don't get me wrong I'd love to see the back of the Tories but we're in very choppy waters financially and ordinary people (maybe not the sort you tend to find in H… (View Post)

Ridiculous. That's a tiny part of the problem. The government has chosen to borrow very large amounts and won't provide the figures. Everyone knows the 45p rate is small change. (View Post)