As you've already said, an extra tax free allowance for pensioners will sort that out. NI scrapped (Ers and Ees) Additional allowance of (say) 50% the PA for pensioners (so about £6k more). Inco… (View Post)

Correct. Not being able to command a majority would be MORE of a reason for a GE, not less. Ismael has set it out better than I. The Lascelles principles apply, and therefore if Truss went for it, KC… (View Post)

None. I was running with a hypothetical asked by BenPointer. Truss won't call a GE this month. It won't happen. I don't bet (ever) but I'd feel safe putting my house on her not ca… (View Post)

You can. May did it on the night of... was it 17th January 2019? She said that the confidence of the government needed to be tested and if Labour didn't oblige, she would let the LD or SNP propo… (View Post)

If the TV documentaries are to be believed (I think the Crown mooted it, and the one with Lindsay Duncan yonks ago now briefly skirted around it), Thatcher considered it as a way to 'stop' … (View Post)