A turnover tax is one of those ideas that sounds clever right up to the point where you notice some firms have huge sales and tiny margins. Taxing turnover rather than profit means businesses can be … (View Post)

ha, from the same article: Another Westminster veteran says: ‘I hope this will finally kill the absurd “Keir Starmer is a decent man” narrative. He’s a shitweasel whose sole political talent is blami… (View Post)

I suspect you are correct, but Labour doesn't make this easy. (View Post)

I didn't say they don't care, more that his status is so low that it is already baked in... the affair doesn't change the perception. Partygate cut through because it was instantly leg… (View Post)

On the lack of cut-through, this looks fairly straightforward. First, it’s not legible. You can’t explain the Mandelson story in a single clean sentence without disappearing into procedural detail. S… (View Post)