Make the state pension equal to a certain number of hours at the minimum wage which is equal to the personal allowance. Everyone is then all locked in together. (View Post)

My image for today is taken from grid.iamkate.com You can see that electricity prices were stable while a lot of decarbonisation happened on the grid up to 2019, but prices really took off as the glo… (View Post)

Ukraine would be the best defence for Europe in my scenario. If they were willing to take advantage of Russia fighting in Estonia to attempt to retake occupied Ukrainian territory it would leave Russ… (View Post)

This is bad news for all of us. The Trump administration is giving up leverage that it had before the war to get back something we already had before the war. It means any meaningful restraint on Ira… (View Post)

I don't see anyone talking about cutting the pension, just not increasing it as an ever greater share of national income. And the hole Britain is in is so large that the country is way beyond ch… (View Post)