I agree with OGH junior. Abolishing IHT altogether and introducing a very low rate assets tax would be a simpler and less objectionable way to deal with the distortion that the exemption of agricultu… (View Post)

Similarly why global warming is such a hard problem for us to get to grips with, because it's happening relatively gradually relative to human decision timeframes. (View Post)

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… (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)