Yet again on pb the most vociferous criticism of the removal of jury trials comes from the very same people who want to massively cut public spending and reduce public sector pay and benefits dramati… (View Post)

They are mad if they think 10-20 small increases that people will feel target them specifically is going to be more popular than a simple rise in income tax. And they are unlikely to raise as much th… (View Post)

Lets acknowledge their position in society has changed. In the 1980s their bosses might earn 2x the £60k equivalent and they might earn 3x more than the entry level jobs. Nowadays their bosses can ea… (View Post)

The depressing thing in that article is nearly all (think bar one) of the desired budget changes are simply based on their very short term personal circumstances - i.e. I'm about to buy a house … (View Post)

We need tax rises not cuts, although some tax redistribution is possible. Merging NI and IT is an obvious one that does a bit of both. Some sort of land tax to replace existing property taxes would a… (View Post)