The total value of residential property in the UK is three times that of the value of all publicly quoted stocks. The equivalent ratio for the US is 1:1. That one fact tells you everything you need t… (View Post)

I don't count myself as being particularly radical. I would like to see a rebalancing of taxation away from earned incomes and towards assets, but I'm not confiscatory. I want capital gains taxed fai… (View Post)

Celts = Johnny-come-latelies. Things have been going downhill in this neck of the woods since the Beaker People turned up, IMHO. (View Post)

I'd be amazed if there weren't tax cuts in advance of the next election, and the mooted revival of Help to Buy makes complete sense from a political POV. The Conservatives can pretend to care about t… (View Post)

And yet we may predict with confidence that the PCCs will still be around in a hundred years' time. Having created another load of expensive and useless sinecures for over-promoted local councillors,… (View Post)