My approach is: 1. Stop looking for easy hits. There aren't any. If there were, they'd have been taken already, 2. Concentrate first on the obvious anomalies and the ludicrously high marginal rates o… (View Post)

Have you actually looked at the make-up of the figures? Yes, arithmetically 0.5% of the total 'wealth' of £15,000bn is about £76bn. But that includes private pension pots - are you seriously suggesti… (View Post)

Really? How? (View Post)

1. We're desperately trying to encourage people to save more into their pensions. Breaking the promise that they would grow tax-free would be disastrous in that respect, as well as exacerbating the p… (View Post)

To be fair, the Aussies were specifically asked to screw us. Can't blame them. But Liz was a lady in a tearing hurry, much as Boris was in a tearing hurry in 2019. Unsurprisingly, if you prioritise e… (View Post)