Well two things that Thatcher did in 1983 was subsidise the nationalised mining industry and have a top rate of income tax of 60% for people earning £32k. (View Post)

Lower house prices and fewer foreign holidays have various economic, social and environmental benefits as well. But there are millions of people who think they need higher house prices and/or think t… (View Post)

I notice Mike was equating the Red Wall constituencies with deprived, urban areas. A mistake. The Conservative gains of 2019, and in particular the Conservative voters within them, tend to be neither… (View Post)

The UK became a "don't out it off, put in on", "because I'm worth it" society with an economy where rising house prices and consumption rising faster than production bec… (View Post)

I made a quick comparison of the swing between the 2020 Trump vote and the Yes vote and it looked like the swing was largest the more GOP a county was. There's certainly a significant number of … (View Post)