Percentage of tax collected by Local Government: UK - 6% France - 14% Spain - 24% Germany - 32% Quoted in The Rest is Politics (members only - version for the Great Unwashed sahould be out tomorrow):… (View Post)

An excellent example of not-joined-up policy. TLDR (there are complications): If you clean it up the Environmental Agency threaten to sue you. If you put sewerage into it they leave you alone. A nice… (View Post)

I used to see that around nuclear when I was a member of MSF whilst working in Telecomms. The Union is there to protect its members, so I would expect Graham to defend oil/gas, whilst also promoting … (View Post)

There were several notes re Telegraph the other day that they long imagined "Margot Leadbetter" as their typical reader. That fits - maybe ! Given that Margo Leadbetter aka Penelope Keith i… (View Post)

Talarico is turning the "patriotic vs unAmerican" rhetoric of the Trumpist-right on its head by drawing on Texan history in the competition for the Texas Senate seat. It's a little eas… (View Post)