Like with most forms of tax, the government / Treasury seem to approach property tax through the narrow lens of raising £s rather than behavioural incentives. We want to maximise labour mobility. So … (View Post)

Wouldn’t it be something if the Labour Party once again became the party of workers! You know, labour. Not holding my breath… Meanwhile some of you may recall I tipped Raducanu at SPOTY at 20-1. A sh… (View Post)

The generation that bequeathed us student debts, crumbling Victorian infrastructure and a crippling housing shortfall, a hollowed out military, the climate crisis, that pissed away the North Sea wind… (View Post)

I'm not old enough to remember how the poll tax situation developed. Was that a slow burn that then exploded? What was the trigger? As much as I think this policy is immoral and wrong (albeit in… (View Post)

No, “we” may see those yet. It’s the whole crux of this dispute. Are we all “in it together?” Or are we gonna just hammer workers to protect the fortunes of non-workers. As a political movement, feel… (View Post)