The catch is that, by allowing higher rate taxpayers to defer the income until they aren't paying higher rate any more, it's a potentially hefty bung to people who, over their lifetime, don… (View Post)

It's the other shoe dropping from Red Wall theory. The Conservatives played a short-term blinder in the late 2010s, by going socially more conservative. That added a decisive slice of Red Wall v… (View Post)

The key thing about Russian trolls is that they aren't doing the old Radio Moscow thing of pushing the Communist line on everything. They don't push a single line. Collectively, they push l… (View Post)

In summary, everyone would like a better alternative to Starmer. Partly because he isn't very good, and partly because having a PM hang around this long is boring for political hacks. Trouble is… (View Post)

Wanting the Premiership should disqualify you from taking the role. Unfortunately, not wanting the job (which I think was the case for Starmer) doesn't help much. (View Post)