But that cleaner on minimum wage is also getting clobbered by the tax system, paying effective marginal rates of, what, up to ~70% on much of that income compared to having a job with fewer hours and… (View Post)

The £100k-£125k isn't the only ludicrous band, either. We also have the £50-£60k child benefit withdrawal and, of course, the benefits withdrawal when moving to work, which makes low paid work b… (View Post)

97 was the first GE I watched on TV - I was mid-teens. Quite a first election to see... As a good young Daily Mail-reading Tory, I thought Portillo was the obvious future of the party, so it was quit… (View Post)

Off-topic, just seen that I got tagged as a lefty/Labour stooge a few days back. I've voted Lab at a GE once, out of six I've voted in. The same number of times I've voted Conservative… (View Post)

There was a time, not so long ago, when "paying with my watch" would have meant handing it over as a form of barter! (View Post)