Industry lobby group dislikes tax on industry. Knock me down! The privatised utilities had a collective bed wetting exercise before the windfall tax in 1997 as well. (View Post)

If I can take issue with something in the forum post: "Her policies were not Thatcher or Howe-like, they were a return to the earlier 1970s of Wilson. Callaghan and Heath." Callaghan stood … (View Post)

HS2 is fundamentally about capacity not speed. Also nobody should shed a tear for Euston, it's a rubbish station, looked even worse last time I was there when network rail had shoved cheap wood panel… (View Post)

The fact that people still believe the way to sustained growth and productivity is through tax cuts is frankly depressing. (View Post)

I have to say having a debate from Sydney with someone from Essex about what is and isn't a big deal in Australian politics is certainly novel! Do you Wikipedia an overseas nations' political parties… (View Post)