Never believe something until it’s been officially denied. Bet on 2027 and 2028 for the election, after the new PM fails to get anything that looks like reform past his activist MPs who are like herd… (View Post)

Free tickets to U18s for County Championship matches would help. It’s always sad to see literally hundreds of people in the ground all summer. (View Post)

The russian oil refinery fires have now spread all the way to Siberia. Today’s smokeshow is at Tyumen oil refinery, located over 2,000 km away from Ukraine. https://x.com/revishvilig/status/208094380… (View Post)

As was discussed on here earlier in the week, it should be relatively straightforward to arrange for most foreigners to be deported to their country of origin to serve the majority of their sentences… (View Post)

Current IHT receipts appear to be in the £7-8bn range, depending on the source. That’s something like 0.6-0.7% of all tax receipts. https://www.theaccountant-online.com/news/uk-inheritance-tax-receip… (View Post)