She has described herself as one. She was born in London but brought up in Nigeria and seems to have returned to the UK to do her A Levels. From Wiki: During her parliamentary maiden speech Badenoch … (View Post)

And I suspect the very highest earners use tax breaks to be on much less than that. (View Post)

I'm not so sure how the "spending less" thing works out, most of the things I like to do cost money. And I won't save much by stopping going to work: I have a 4-mile commute, make a packed … (View Post)

Actually prices only rose by 0.1% last month. The increase in inflation is because prices *fell* in Nov last year, so when they scrolled off the annual figures, annualised inflation was always likely… (View Post)

Also, it makes sense to have different sized councils, so that council officers can learn how to run a small council before moving to a bigger one for career development (View Post)