All the more so when nothing they do actually makes it better because they are in denial about the underlying issue which is that our current social welfare model is fundamentally flawed and has with… (View Post)

Don't would be my short answer. You already qualify for pension years for lots of circumstances where you don't actually pay NI. Full time housewives etc. Just make the state pension truly … (View Post)

Replace Employer NIC with a headcount tax. Get them to pay the equivalent of employers NIC on both employees and IR35 contractors. (View Post)

There is no bedrock. In the medium to long term the whole system is unsustainable as long as we keep expecting the State to do everything. We are now so very far removed from the original welfare sta… (View Post)

Lots of people did just that in the 60s (which I accept is outside of your 50 years). There were the famous examples who made the news like the Roling Stones but they were only the most obvious publi… (View Post)