VAT on everything is a fair argument. But this is VAT on something very specific and targeted, mostly for ideological reasons rather than attempting to raise revenue. It’s red meat to an activist bas… (View Post)

There’s at least one campaign group, and the private schools have deep pockets. They were already planning to try and tie the government up in court over the change, using human rights legislation, a… (View Post)

Yes you’d absolutely need to do both. Getting rid of all the cliff edges would be hugely beneficial, and 20% tax relief on pensions is still significant. The £100k cutoff in particular, removing clos… (View Post)

As some point, Xi will start to take an interest in what’s just over his northern border. Lots of minerals there, would be a shame if anything happened to them. (View Post)

Sending one of the military’s single most valuable human assets, trained over a period of years and at extortionate cost, to serve on the front lines of the meat grinder. What could possibly go wrong… (View Post)