BTL wouldn't be needed if there was an adequate supply of Local Authority homes available to rent. I'd agree, of course, that in some (?many) areas the demand for council houses exceeded the supply. (View Post)

I must say that in my retail pharmacy days I liked VAT. Apart from anything else it required one's books to be kept up to date. And Purchase Tax, which preceded it and which could be changed overnigh… (View Post)

One of the first things the Tories did after winning the 1979 election was to almost double the standard rate of VAT from 8% to 15%. (View Post)

Never assume anything about a person's background. Only comment if you know. (View Post)

I think I learned that when I was about seven. I wasn't quite sure about the significance of small, or indeed absent, balls at the time though. (View Post)