No it could not. The money wasted on carbon capture and storage is a lump sum amount, whereas IHT is income every year. Much as I dislike the decision to waste time and money on CCS, your making your… (View Post)

In Ireland there's a saying that the best three things about teaching are June, July and August - the months of the summer holidays. Traditionally this would have been so schoolchildren would be free… (View Post)

For a party that made a huge advance at the GE, has the luxury of opposition, and with the new government enjoying the briefest of disappointing honeymoons, the Lib Dem polling has been really crap. … (View Post)

Reportedly Starmer has been pushing for US approval to allow Storm Shadow strikes into Russia, and it is also being suggested that supplies of the missiles were being held back so that they would be … (View Post)

I think it's fair to say that Britain currently faces bad choices and worse choices, both politically and economically. So any budget could reasonably be criticised in numerous ways on political and … (View Post)