As a teacher I agree that the nurses settlement sets a reasonable compromise balancing wage demands with the need to control inflation. Not sure why Keegan didn’t offer it to teachers tbh. In fact I … (View Post)

Well said. A saying involving pots and kettles came to mind when I read CR's post, but then I realised that (a) I'm probably pretty much the same colour as both the pot and the kettle mysel… (View Post)

Thanks - often claims are made about the impact of taxation on people’s movements, but it is useful to have some data to see the impact in practice. (View Post)

@SouthamObserver is, I suspect, right on the tactics though. Having watched the Tory party do this many times, one truism is that each level of response and counter-response will get less attention. … (View Post)

I’m not sure what I think of the Labour attack ads, but this does seem a little far fetched to me. Tory attack dog: “We should make a poster attacking Labour before the May elections, just like we al… (View Post)