I think the two-child cap is bad policy and results in bad outcomes. But I also think that fiscal transfers are a bad way to combat poverty, and yet another example of a failure of Blairite ideology.… (View Post)

Interesting you use the word victim there. It came to my mind, but in a different way. I wondered about the connection with the change from 'victim' to 'survivor' and whether that… (View Post)

Plus also, for all the inefficiency of the MoD, Britain doesn't have zero defence capability for the money spent, and it demonstrably has more defence capability than many countries that spend l… (View Post)

Also, in terms of the public's willingness to support increased Defence spending I think people underestimate the public and excuse the politicians. We can see other European countries, not just… (View Post)

Defence Resource DEL increases from £37.5bn in 24-25 to £42.0bn in 28-29 an increase of a total of 12% over 4 years above inflation. Defence Capital DEL increases from £22.7bn to £31.5bn over the sam… (View Post)