Fascinating to read that Ming Campbell once beat OJ Simpson in the 100m. (View Post)

The “human capital balance” is skewed in the UK. There are more “chavs” per head than in other Western countries and so pre-tax earnings distribution is also more skewey. Thats one theory, anyway, It… (View Post)

UK taxes are very badly loaded on middle class wage earners . Hardly anyone else pays tax. Taxes don’t necessarily need to go “up” they need to go “broad”. Perhaps this distinction is not meaningful,… (View Post)

I just paid a bill for some hallway lights in a flat I have in London. Total bill was something like £150, of which just £3 was for actual electricity, the rest comprised standing charges. What the h… (View Post)

Did they have decent instincts? I haven’t really seen evidence of that. Moreover, Starmer gave Rayner the Housing job when he must surely have known that she had no real clue on how to deliver. (View Post)