Yes, no point in a narrow asset base - it just encourages avoidance. Having a very small percentage (0.1-1.1%) on a very large asset base is the way to go. It generates 3.6% of national revenue. Evas… (View Post)

Income tax comes off comparatively well - only 36% opposed to a rise. Interesting that people really hate borrowing more. (View Post)

As a veteran of the "are you exactly my sort of socialist?" debates, can I advise you both not to go there? One never wins, and just ends up feeling unnecessarily divided. (View Post)

A good deal of wealth is inherited - it'd be interesting to know how much (including increasing value of inherited assets). This can be presented either as "enabling people to look after th… (View Post)

Perceptive para in the New Statesman analysis of the announcements yesterday, which relates to Philip's column: "Politically speaking, Johnson is surely right to believe that mounting NHS w… (View Post)