The problem isn’t that income taxes are too high, although they are, in relation to wealth taxes at least. The problem is housing. Even stratospheric incomes don’t get you very far in London, and the… (View Post)

Maybe just Vyborg, then. The Russians should hand it back, if not to the Finns then to someone who can govern it better, like Suella Braverman or Prince Andrew. Same with Königsberg. (View Post)

Truss and Kwarteng are both smart though. It’s just that Truss is smart and mad, and Kwarteng is smart and meh. Cleverly and Braverman are both quite stupid. I’d say stupider than Raab and Patel, act… (View Post)

Didn’t Russia offer Karelia back at one point, and the Finns said, nah - it’s too fucked up now. Something like that. Who, of rightful mind, would be born on Russian soil? It’s a failed state. (View Post)

It’s genuinely hard to say. Is Truss - Kwarteng - Cleverly - Braverman even worse than Johnson - Sunak - Raab - Patel? What about Johnson - Zahawi - Truss - Patel? One of these combos is the most dis… (View Post)