I know I've said this a zillion times, but no doubt it will need saying many zillion times more: the elderly are not getting rises in line with inflation. The very poorest - those entirely dependent … (View Post)

Various idiots, including Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, although to be fair the government is right to point out that a lot of the problem comes from things totally outside the UK's co… (View Post)

Yes. The triple lock is a daft policy in the long term, because of its ratchet effect. It should be abandoned as soon as politically possible (which may be never, unfortunately). However (and there's… (View Post)

Because the party went bonkers. (View Post)

At first sight this looks to be a good and well-balanced budget, given the starting position. (View Post)