A figure that most voters would dream of, that’s your political problem. Take a look at the household income distribution if you do not believe me. Somewhere along the line conservatives forgot how t… (View Post)

Politics is all about priorities and context. Making a feature of tax thresholds for the well off (however poorly designed) is not good politics today. It’s the sort of thing you do in budgets not el… (View Post)

Surely it was both bad economics and bad politics. With public services widely seen to be on their knees tax cuts for the super rich were a mad political move. (View Post)

I’ve always been convinced that the Lib Dem’s could have been far tougher and extracted far more out of the coalition. The AV referendum was a poor avoidable outcome. They had the Tories by the short… (View Post)

This has been by some margin the worst government in my lifetime. Somehow managing to be depressing, chaotic, incompetent and nasty. It’s time to get the buggers out. Move heaven and Earth, hold your… (View Post)