The other thing of course that has been completely dodged is local government funding. Council tax is completely broken and outdated and the system disproportionately benefits some home types over ot… (View Post)

He can do sober and serious. He is absolutely appalling at selling a vision. He could be announcing the magic gun policy that would get the economy booming, fix the NHS and education, give us a world… (View Post)

This is pretty much where I am too. My big ask of Labour was that theyd at least go some way to trying to tackle some of the structural problems. In some ways they sound like they mean it, but as wit… (View Post)

Not particularly. The question, IIRC, was will she be the Chancellor at the next election. The only way to close down speculation in response to a question like that is by giving one answer. Yes. If,… (View Post)

I am sympathetic to what the Blair government was trying to achieve with expanding access to university and I think it absolutely has a role to play in driving social mobility. At the same time I kno… (View Post)