And that's the problem. Politicians are terrified of broad-based visible tax rises. And the results of elections over the last generation or two show why. It's why Jeremy Hunt no doubt thou… (View Post)

This is the same article, I think; Badenoch 'respects Rupert' Lowe. https://bsky.app/profile/rolandmcs.bsky.social/post/3mnzlzi5wtc2w And it can't be a gaffe, because Kemi has told us … (View Post)

But Badenoch and all robust-but-not-fash Conservatives have a choice. Stop the left by backing Farage, or stop Farage by backing the left. Unless the polls move a lot, that's the choice. It may … (View Post)

To be fair, there are loads of examples in history of moderate patriotic right-wingers siding with the hard right because they think it's more important to keep the left out. After all, the hard… (View Post)

Holding the parcel when it finally starts to explode. We have had decades of kidding ourselves that we can have the sort of society we want with the taxes we are happy to pay. And fair play to the po… (View Post)