About third. I have sympathy for the header, but I would frame it as two items: 1 - The West establishing an internal consistency with its values, in a way that fits in a changed world. 2 - Recasting… (View Post)

Agreeing with Bart again on the first point - one simple reform of IHT would be: 1 - Transfer liability to the recipient. 2 - Treat anything received as income (debatable over which year (year of dea… (View Post)

As suggested in the article, these are SERPS Second Pensions, which are on top of the state pension but afaics still state payments - with no "PAYE-type" system existing to collect any tax … (View Post)

Flagging up a new weekly long-run podcast on the Israel/Gaza continuing situation, from the Telegraph - from a team overlapping with that which has done "Ukraine - the latest". I've be… (View Post)

FPT: I think all three of Casino's point's are moot, and perhaps verging on the fantastical. Maybe a suitable agenda for around 1994; this is now 2023 :smile: . 1 - As you say, Public Secto… (View Post)