Impending mass global-famine related migration aside, it looks like net migration will stabilise well above 100,000, with net migration of non-EU+ nationals no lower than 200,000 (latest figure 350k)… (View Post)

There is a healthy population of PBers who want to go after working-age benefits, and there are a couple of rare old souls who recognise that Britain's problems are so large that everyone will h… (View Post)

The lower rate was introduced so that the system could be simplified by abolishing indexation relief, I believe. So Streeting wants to tax people at full whack on the real value of their assets not i… (View Post)

It's not like anyone on tiktok is going to have the appointment spoiled for them if it is made to Parliament first. I don't see what the gain is to announce it first on tiktok (except that … (View Post)

Ukraine is testing using balloons to carry drones behind Russian lines and so extend their range (when the wind is blowing in the right direction). (View Post)