Self-citing, because it's always the most reliable source: I know it's surprising that there are 86 Labour MPs in the provincial South and East, but there are an awful lot of seats in that … (View Post)

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)