The logic of paying tax, but not NI, on pension income is that, when you paid in, you got tax relief, but not NI relief, on your contributions. Salary sacrifice undermines that, as it effectively del… (View Post)

In the old days, provided you were willing to choose between Labour and Tory, accept the consequential compromises, and had a reasonable degree of ability, you would get a national political career, … (View Post)

Which is back to ideology over pragmatism, and also very weak leadership - an inability to allow other strong players in the team lest they might shine or challenge your own vision. There are so few … (View Post)

One could posit a correlation between more ideological politics and more infighting, on the basis that practical, moderate pragmatic politicians are more used to compromises with others and with the … (View Post)

From the full article, the central point is that it would be wrong to see the NYC win as the start of a big swing to the left, even among younger voters, as some are already suggesting, and that the … (View Post)