Meanwhile, in "bet this won't be on the front pages" news, A senior official at the UK's economic forecaster has said he does not believe the chancellor was being misleading when … (View Post)

Trouble is that that taxes serve (at least) two purposes. One, as you say, is to signal disapproval- in extreme cases to punish bad actions. That is totally reasonable. See taxes on tobacco. The othe… (View Post)

By a fairly small amount, though. Let's catastophise and say a million very rich people leave. That will only move the median down by half a million people, and in a bit of the graph that's… (View Post)

Not entirely the government's fault. The media landscape is much more infotainment and opioniotainment than it was under Blair and Brown. And the market for messaging that is even vaguely sympat… (View Post)

There were a lot of policies like that between 2010 and 2024. Some of that is due to the recent tendency of the Conservatives to appeal to the worst instincts of the 'selfish oldie' segment… (View Post)