Social care already is means tested, isn't it? As for the rest, healthcare for working people is pretty cheap, because most don't really need any. The people whose healthcare is expensive tend to be … (View Post)
And that's the problem. Politically, this is democracy working as it should. Government does something, gets hideous negative feedback, reverses it. That feedback may be stupid or ill-informed. In th… (View Post)
Given the amount of hot air Farage emits, it's a surprise that he thinks we need the coal as well. (Really, it's part of nostalgia for half-remembered good times, isn't it? And it's not going to brin… (View Post)
I tend to agree. And if it's a 2033/4 election that is the competitive one, the strategic questions becomes a bit clearer. For Reform, it's how to hand the baton on to someone who isn't Nigel. None o… (View Post)
And even that strains credulity a bit. By 2029, he will be offering himself as PM at the age where he will soon have to declare a personal interest in the Winter Fuel Payment policy. This is not Amer… (View Post)