VAT on school fees was the dry run for ideology over mathematics. They want to “Tax The Rich”, with no thought whatsoever as to 2nd and 3rd order effects on the wider economy. (View Post)

How’s about a little bit more of a contribution to unblocking the Straight of Hormuz, and a little bit less of a contribution to Putin’s coffers in the Kremlin to lob bombs at my friends in Ukraine? … (View Post)

That is Reuters’ framing of the story, yes. He did actually vote against the budget though, in the UK parliament he’d lose the whip for that. You can disagree as much as you like with the policy of t… (View Post)

The question is what Starmer and Miliband are actually going to do about it. Their answer from yesterday is to ban drilling their own oil, choosing to buy it from Putin instead, while whistling into … (View Post)

So Ed Miliband wants to ban the UK from drilling for oil, but is happy to buy refined products from *RUSSIA*? https://x.com/harrietcross_mp/status/2056827039299014719 (View Post)