Part of the justification for this change is that it’s grossly unfair that some of the poorest parts of the UK pay more in council tax than Westminster residents do. (View Post)

Lot of kite flying on property taxes in the press today clearly. Looks like different Treasury officials have been briefing the Guardian & the Times on the various policies they want to stab in t… (View Post)

Making the housing market even worse by imposing yet another huge transaction tax on the seller as well as the buyer would be a bold move certainly. I suspect the Guardian is simply wrong. (View Post)

No, the Guardian article is very, very confused about this proposal. As I said yesterday, it really looks like the journalist asked ChatGPT for a summary and then copy & pasted its confused outpu… (View Post)

The Twitter games are very funny though. Trump has ceased posting in ALL CAPS (I believe) since Newsom’s team started this particular campaign: I suspect it has struck a nerve. (View Post)