Low tax would be lovely if we could afford it, and the bond market would stand it, and we had a young working age population with no pensioners. High performance economy sounds fab. We all love mothe… (View Post)

In Kew and Richmond a couple in weeks ago it was like Hezbollah posters in the Bekaa valley. (View Post)

Of which only council tax (within tight bounds) and road maintenance are actually within the local authority ambit. They could have named schools, social care, bin collections, planning, housing, par… (View Post)

Streeting Down, surely? (View Post)

I think that’s exactly the sort of thing that has driven it. No coincidence the big surges came after the financial crisis and Covid. Risk aversion. The Japan story. (View Post)