This is the relevant passage from Town & Country magazine, naturally. Not sure how wise it is to remind Trump that an acre of England is sovereign US territory... (View Post)

The Indian economy is really suffering at the moment due to Trump's tariffs. The value of the Rupee has been sliding for quite a while. So I guess there's a clutch of countries (5th-7th, I … (View Post)

Why do you think the Republic doesn't want Irish unity? All the polling evidence suggests that voters in the Republic think that the cost will be worth it, or they make-believe that Irish unity … (View Post)

Child benefit is that payment, albeit at a lower rate to the state pension, and now means-tested (introducing an anomalously high marginal rate of taxation for parents between £50k-60k, which distort… (View Post)

Means-testing will reduce the return they get on saving for their retirement. It would be entirely rational to save less in response. It's not a binary thing where they will not save at all, but… (View Post)