The Indian trade deal double contributions agreement furore is possibly the most concocted, ridiculous, 2020s furore that the furore mongers of the 2020s have yet cooked up. Actual far right types, w… (View Post)

IHT should be abolished and replaced by CGT on all assets transferred whether on death or at any other time. IHT is an ineffective tax. But IHT is not the same income taxed twice. How much of an inhe… (View Post)

I don’t watch it often, and it’s patchy. Hislop isn’t very funny. But I did watch this evening (prompted by the discussion here). It was a decent one. Jack Dee was on form and Richard Ayoade is a goo… (View Post)

In 20 years time people will wonder why HS2 was ever controversial. They moaned about crossrail calling it a white elephant. Now it’s a core element of London transportation. I remember the people in… (View Post)

Maybe it requires a theory of mind, to understand that some people in this country (roughly half of them) are not right wing, and don’t see the world as right wing people do. (View Post)