Someone like me, a retired person in their early 60s with a large occupational pension that takes my income to not far below the higher rate threshold. I'm of the generation that was given a grant to… (View Post)

It's stretching it to assume that the LDs are always better placed to win in the seats where they came 2nd to the Conservatives in 2019. Take the latest YouGov (19% Lab lead) and apply UNS to your ex… (View Post)

If Labour did crash the car, it was because they didn't anticipate in time that someone was driving at full pelt in the wrong direction of the motorway, but neither did pretty well every other countr… (View Post)

Yet in the NZ PR system it's the potential coalition support that matters, and the potential left coalition is just a tiny bit behind the potential right coalition when all the parties are aggregated… (View Post)

I recall that when council tax was first introduced, second homes attracted a rate of only 50% of normal council tax on the grounds that they placed far less of a demand on local council services. Th… (View Post)