Do we want a hospitality industry so much that we are willing to increase other taxes or cut other spending to subsidise it The belief that not taxing an industry to the point of collapsing it, is a … (View Post)

No “These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have a *range* of others. At reasonable prices.” (View Post)

A question for the PB hive mind - A problem in the U.K. is the taxation of business on existence/turnover rather than profits. The counter to purely profit based taxation is that many large businesse… (View Post)

The oil and gas from the North Sea is neither cheap nor plentiful. The cost of renewables continues to drop. And offer real energy independence. (View Post)

Japan has three stage solid fuel “space launchers”. And has for years. These are ICBMs, essentially. Japan has multiple metric tons of “civil” plutonium, large quantities of “military grade” plutoniu… (View Post)