My instinct is that the Tories haven't much further to drop, as all their supporters who were inclined to defect already went in last year's rout, and the Lib Dems will flatline because the number of… (View Post)

A lot of the complaints about COVID measures fall into two categories: the wisdom of hindsight, and fundamentalist libertarianism (from the same sort of person who's still bitter about indoor smoking… (View Post)

I challenge the assumption that inefficiency and mismanagement is somehow a primary driver of the disaster in the public finances that we face. It's clearly not irrelevant, and doubtless in some case… (View Post)

Unfortunately you get poor value for what you do pay - public services aren't up to much in many areas - and housing costs are horrendous. The existing settlement is still quite good to you if you ar… (View Post)

Unquestionably higher rate tax relief needs binning, but so does the triple lock. I agree that it's going nowhere though. The bloody thing is sacrosanct. Nothing short of a full-blown Government debt… (View Post)