IIRC Europe was on the verge of mass starvation in 1945. Deciding to continue the war to push the Soviets out of eastern Europe would surely have guaranteed the deaths of further millions. (That’s if… (View Post)

It was a huge mistake by Labour to tie themselves so tightly to the “no NI, income tax or VAT rises” mast. Now they’re forced to grovel around in the nether regions of the tax system, inevitably wors… (View Post)

Right to buy is fine. Right to buy with a massive discount on the market value of the property when you’ve already been paying less than market rent for years is simply a massive transfer of wealth t… (View Post)

FPT: I think the obvious question, again, is: if this was the case why didn’t her defence call her psychologist / counsellor as a witness so that this claim of hers could be given a stronger footing … (View Post)

The Greens seem to have gone for the NIMBY vote bigtime: They’ve become the “no to everything” party. No new housing, no to energy infrastructure, no to water infrastructure. (View Post)