Inflation in the 80s was kick started by the Thatcher government's (Howe was Chancellor) decision to increase VAT from 8% -15%. Tax increases are passed on immediately - tax reductions (e.g. the… (View Post)

Conservatives lost 44% of their seats in Wales which had an election that, unlike in England, covered all the country. (View Post)

If BJ stays then the locals next year will see the Lib Dems getting a massive boost from success from district councils which are much better hunting grounds for them (cf. Somerset and Westmoreland) … (View Post)

But collective bins are an idea that could be useful in some areas of Britain. (View Post)

Granddaughters aged 12 and 10 with their friends, raised €500 for Ukraine with an orange juice (they live in a village surrounded by orange trees) and cake stall at the village festival in Melegis so… (View Post)