Anti-social media. It's a cesspit of completely unrestrained hatred. (View Post)

What we're seeing at the moment is the immolation of local authorities that were badly mismanaged and/or dabbled in property speculation out of desperation. But they're only the vanguard, of course. … (View Post)

Stop treating capital gains more leniently than earned incomes. Land value taxation. Death duties on the bulk of estates. A higher rate of VAT on luxury spending. There's simply no means left to pay … (View Post)

Most people will say that (and tell the same thing to pollsters) but it ain't true. They really want someone else to pay for everything. The normal target is the rich, variously defined as billionair… (View Post)

Yes, we know this, but the large majority of pensioners are homeowners - and both they and the rest of the grey vote (their ageing offspring, most of whom also managed to scramble onto the housing la… (View Post)