MikeL

Most people who are really hard up are spending most of their money on food (no VAT), rent / mortgage (no VAT) and energy (5% VAT). So a 5% cut in VAT will hardly help them at all. It's hard to imagi… (View Post)

Surely the biggest advantage of freezing energy bills rather than giving handouts to the public to pay for higher bills is that it keeps the inflation figure much lower, in turn: 1) Saving the Govt a… (View Post)

The thing is that nobody has a clue what will happen. Current energy bill handouts are £400 for everyone, an extra £650 for everyone on benefits, a further extra £150 for disability. Truss could simp… (View Post)

Not sure if there is still any confusion re this latest poll. Per The Times: Techne poll: Con MEMBERS: Truss 48, Sunak 43 Con VOTERS (Voted Con in 2019): Truss 47, Sunak 41 All voters: Truss 36, Suna… (View Post)

The thing is that despite all the rhetotic, Nadine has actually been very soft on the BBC. Osborne froze the Licence Fee for six years, and made the BBC take on the cost of World Service. That was a … (View Post)