Re that Daily Mail story. About 32 million people pay income tax, which is about half (just under) - so it would be fair to estimate that most of the remainder get more out than they pay in, as do so… (View Post)

Re the polls, apart from the Tweet using RCH rather than RCN, my biggest take is that don't know is the biggest number in each of the approval for handling the strike categories - most people don't h… (View Post)

What is more, the lack of building means: 1 - we have just about the oldest average age of housing stock in Europe; and as a result 2 - have the least energy efficient housing stock Governments have … (View Post)

Given that we import about 50% of our gas - pulling out of the European market for gas will not be the best idea. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/articles/trendsinuk… (View Post)

The chances of us re-joining the EU (or most EU countries allowing us to do so) is nil in the short to medium term. Thus, strictly speaking, Brexit will not die. Other policies, not strictly Brexit d… (View Post)