You have two choices there. 1) train your own, within the Civil Service. You will lose a bunch to private industry, but just train more. 2) Pay more for specialists who demonstrate actual skills. Whi… (View Post)

On taking responsibility - who has he fired now? (View Post)

Unorthodox sources for funding a Lamborghini? You mean he got a job, PAYE and saved up to buy it outright, without a loan? (View Post)

IIRC the UK defence budget is something like the size of the US Marine Corp. While they have an advantage of leveraging the procurement of the other services, the disparity of what we achieve is pret… (View Post)

1) You can tax and spend in a balanced manner - your borrowing costs will be low. Markets don't have a problem with this, though your growth projections will be lower. 2) You can tax and not spe… (View Post)