On topic: what on earth is this 'new kind of association with the EU unlike anything we know today'? Sounds awfully like utter tosh. (View Post)

R & D tax credits for small companies had become a bit of a scam, as anyone familiar with the subject will confirm. I only need to look at the number of emails I get from dodgy 'consultancies' of… (View Post)

His rating is not too bad given the circumstances. I'm pretty sure it's not going to collapse in spectacular fashion like that of his unlamented predecessor. Instead his approval is necessarily going… (View Post)

Yes, the low paid (including poor pensioners) are being especially badly hit: inflation driven by food and energy, which are non-discretionary spending and which form a disproportionately large part … (View Post)

And the UK's inflation-linking is still RPI, is it not? So, even worse. (View Post)