Stuartinromford

And also with you. Beyond a certain point, you can't keep blaming the poor buggers who try and fail to run the country well. Maybe the job as currently configured is essentially undoable. As an analo… (View Post)

Early 2000s were pretty much perfect dependency ratio, I think. Children of the baby boom in the prime of their careers, relatively few children or pensioners. That scenario doesn't help us now. With… (View Post)

Much easier to do if you stay in opposition. Ask the Liberal Democrats. The sweet spot for any insurgent party is substantial gains that don't give you majority control anywhere. The May 2025 campaig… (View Post)

There's the one that British voters tell nearly all the time: "we don't want taxes cut- if anything, they are too low" (see this graph here, doubt I trust the people who produced the webpag… (View Post)

It's not totally clear (it's a speech, not a report with numbers that anyone else can check), but it looks like that's £40 million of capital spending being cut, so not even £40 million a year compar… (View Post)