Given that the average estate is well below the IHT level, and spouse/civil partner doesn't attract IHT: of the 600,000 odd deaths a year, the vast, vast majority will be unaffected by any such … (View Post)

Or "why pick baboons as your example when you could've picked Bonobos" (View Post)

I agree - it is a classic demonstration of how a local issue can upend everything. I am sure that the congestion charge issue has shored up the Tory vote on the one hand, contrary to the national pos… (View Post)

I'd start with GCSEs for that very reason. SATS I'm less sure about; they need the stress taking out of them because teachers communicate it to the kids which is no good for anyone. But hav… (View Post)

I think that the economic work, and the work in Northern Ireland, was absolutely geared towards "doing good" rather than "being electable", and that was clear at the time. It also… (View Post)