Even if the ID cards cost was in next year's budget, it's largely one-off setup costs. Whereas VAT-free leccy is going to be ongoing in practice, if not in theory. (Go on- when is the time … (View Post)

One of our other cognitive biases that leads to bad government... Having a single ID that you can be confident everyone has is likely to make the country work better and save the country money; you r… (View Post)

Alternating policy will do that. (View Post)

In the short term, politics beats government. In the longer term, government beats politics. The catch is that, in the long term, all political careers are dead. (And if we're still in a hole in… (View Post)

One of the concerns about Burnham is that he will be better at politics but worse at government that what went before. We went through this in 2022, didn't we? Cutting prices this way gives most… (View Post)