Trouble is that shelving long-term virtue for immediate sugar rushes has been the democratic will of the people... if not forever, certainly for a long time. I have the figure of 40 years floating ro… (View Post)

The rational thing is for pensioners to pay tax on their income in the same way as everyone else. But as we saw with the WFA debacle, rationality goes out the window when it comes to pensioners. I co… (View Post)

Two thoughts on this. Once you discount London and GM and all the places without a useful bus service, this is a bit more sizzle than sausage. Given the choice of being the one bestowing goodies or g… (View Post)

Probably less harmful, though hardly cost-free. Which was part of the point, of course. Basically, Hunt and Sunak were both extremely nasty pieces of work in the second half of their time in office. … (View Post)

And if you want an example of how it's not trivial to relocate, consider what the Prime Minister has said about moving to the base of his new job. (View Post)