It also disbenefits some at the bottom end, low earners who won't get their tax-free allowance re-rated. It would have been more equitable to put 2p on the basic rate and increase the tax-free a… (View Post)

The problem is we never review the effect of legislation. C2W should have been reviewed to make sure it was delivering what was intended. (View Post)

The approach to Russia/Ukraine has always looked to me like spheres of influence. Russia can invade and occupy the Donbas, America gets to willy-wave round the Caribbean. Presumably grift is involved (View Post)

What is arguably needed is for the US to walk away but to disengage, allowing Europe to continue supporting Ukraine. Their continued meddling is not in anybody's interests, apart from Russia (View Post)

We need a land value tax, so they are taxed on the value of the land they are banking. And/or planning permission with a hard deadline. Use it or lose it. (View Post)