On topic, I wonder if the political advantage of people finding NI somewhat obscure (making it easier to raise NI than tax) is working against Sunak here - people register "He's doing somet… (View Post)

I've lost track of how many colleagues, friends and relatives either have it or have just had it, None of them have died, most say it was moderately nasty but over in 1-2 weeks. OK, we can cope.… (View Post)

I actually like driving and have done it all my life. But when I lived in London it just seemed pointless, so I sold the car - from Holloway, I could get almost anywhere faster by public transport wh… (View Post)

A tax on land in general balanced by a reduction in council tax would be sensible - it would concentrate minds of land bankers to do something with the land. You'd need the council tax reduction… (View Post)

By the way, those of you who are actually Labour members are welcome to a session that I'm hosting online with Rachel Reeves tomorrow - PM me if interested. My CLP do a monthly online discussion… (View Post)