The UK government did not (as the paranoids on here said they would) keep the lockdown controls in place after the pandemic. It was not, as it turned out, a power grab for its own sake by The Authori… (View Post)

IR35 closed down a loophole that tons of well paid City workers were using to avoid tax. Including me at one point. I was earning multiples of my teacher sister and paying barely more than her to HMR… (View Post)

But also a big tough guy who bombs soft targets and likes to say things like "there'll be hell to pay". (View Post)

It's about skill and competence. Some things are hard (eg ending the Ukraine war without selling out to Russia) and some things are easy (talking tough, ganging up with Israel against sundry ara… (View Post)

So long as it's the small boy with glasses he's facing. And preferably Muslim. (View Post)