In a lot of ways NI doesn't make sense - but its continued existence does act as a political check on any efforts to means test or otherwise limit the state pension, simply because so many peopl… (View Post)

It really isn't. There's loads going on every night. In the last few months I have gone to the theatre multiple times, spent many great evenings in the pub, gone to several gigs, gone clubb… (View Post)

That's largely because of the way that borrowing is measured, with various wrinkles created by accounting conventions (eg treatment of student loans, accruals vs cash accounting methods). The de… (View Post)

I'm getting FB ads from the Labour Party written in Comic Sans! I've torn up my membership card. (View Post)

Not many surprises there, a decent enough Budget I thought but won't change anything too much. A bit of help to the Tories from the NIC cuts probably, but I can't see it shifting too many v… (View Post)