Truss went about things in an idiotic, stupid, hubristic way, ignoring the OBR and the rest, but at least you could see, from her own idealistic perspective, what she thought she was trying to achiev… (View Post)

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)