Also, anyone who helped unseat a potential contender can keep their criticism to themselves. I met up with a 'friend' from Portsmouth this week who had the temerity to suggest the race would've been … (View Post)

What I'd have done is let the failed banks go to the wall, but reimburse the individual customers so nobody lost out through no fault of their own. (I suppose there arises the question of what to do … (View Post)

Very OT: I have to get a flight from 'London' Stansted. The airport is, of course, in Kemi Badenoch's seat, but it got me wondering: just how many airports are now in Tory constituencies? Not many. B… (View Post)

Indeed. A lot of people don't seem to get the point about Universality. If it exists alongside a whole load of other complicated benefits the very point of UBI is nullified. It's why I'm very sceptic… (View Post)

And the best solution would be UBI (offset against tax for higher earners) and completely abolish most existing benefits forever. 'Means testing' would effectively be built into the taxation system a… (View Post)