I've criticised Rachel Reeves harshly today, but fair's fair, I'm going to applaud her for doing something good that will make a difference to my local area. She's allocated £20m … (View Post)

It makes perfect sense if you assume the government's core agenda is more control over the people. ID cards will further that, a functional justice system does not. (View Post)

Agree, completely. An awful lot of businesses fail simply by not being able to manage the basics - Amazon wins because you can order something and there's a 99% chance it'll turn up next da… (View Post)

Removing the exemption for small packages has been tried elsewhere and resulted in customs delays, angry recipients, and smaller suppliers simply refusing to ship to those countries. And it has no me… (View Post)

That's the fatal flaw with this policy. Anything that sells in quantity (ie, the 'cheap tat') will just be moved to a local warehouse. So UK retailers/re-sellers don't benefit. Bu… (View Post)