It is not legitimate. Using a relative measure means someone can be perfectly well-off but because others are even better off the former are deemed to be 'poor'. And if those even better of… (View Post)

Ironic that the 'BBC Verify' post in the live feed about the two child benefit cap and poverty uses the bullshit 'relative poverty' measure. (View Post)

Yep. Like soaking the rich, taxing betting firms excessively just means they go overseas. The VAT shift (I think the threshold falls from £90k to £30k) is going to be bloody awful. I've cunningl… (View Post)

The public? Who cares what they think. Foolish delayers of justice. (View Post)

Not to mention at the national level both times it's been Labour that's been besotted with inflicting ID cards on the electorate. (View Post)