If one can persuade oneself one is “punching up”, one can be out and proud about one’s own bigotry. (View Post)

If IHT is abolished, one might expect a fall in the value of farmland, as it would cease to be of use as a tax shelter. (View Post)

I’d expect them to win 2-3% overall, 10%+ in a handful of seats. (View Post)

For once, I have some sympathy with the government. They get the blame for rising inflation, but no credit for falling inflation. In reality, both the rise, and the fall, are the result of external f… (View Post)

Net worth will include debts. The single mother on benefits, if we retain IHT, gets £1.3 m, rather than £1.5m, which is no big hardship. The banker on his big salary may be in line to inherit nothing… (View Post)