I'm no economist, but if there is money available to spend on tax cuts (which there isn't, of course) then surely it makes more sense to spend it on raising the threshold at which people pa… (View Post)

Rocco Forte, on R4 just now, is overjoyed at the budget, so all must be fine. I've asked him if I could stay at one of his hotels for a while without putting the money up front, and promised tha… (View Post)

Rachel Reeves had a good line in response to Kwarteng: "You've replaced levelling up with trickling down". (View Post)

Tricky. If you're really at a loss, I'm happy to look after it for you. (View Post)

So, huge tax cuts for the richest 2%, lots more dosh for wealthy bankers, inflationary measures on house prices, tax cuts for wealthy foreign shoppers. Oh, and threats to those on UC if they can'… (View Post)