There's no low-tax solution to a society full of old people that need looking after, and nobody will dare to prioritise productivity and consumption over the inflation and preservation of asset wealt… (View Post)

I would bloody well not. And the likelihood is that they are going to find some similar way to rig the market, because they are as frightened of the enormous grey vote as the Tories are - and would d… (View Post)

No, it's completely logical. The entire point of the original Osborne scheme was to hyperinflate the asset wealth of the Tory core vote, whilst maintaining the pretence that the Government gave a fly… (View Post)

What's the point when that group - the majority of the retired who own their own homes, plus their middle-aged heirs - are so numerous and electorally powerful? Of course, the rest of the political e… (View Post)

Granny has dementia and can't be left alone for her own safety. She comes to live with daughter and son-in-law and their two kiddies. Which half of the couple sacrifices their career and becomes a fu… (View Post)