Yes, the welfare safety net should apply to child 3, and 4, etc. But the main problem we have here is that the majority of people in receipt of the welfare safety net are in work. That's no long… (View Post)

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)