Am just home and catching up on developments. The decision to gerrymander the triple lock (which I didn't think the Tories would dare to do) and to make the new slab of NI applicable to the earn… (View Post)

You can't wriggle out of the problem that easily or the Government would already have done it. There aren't enough staff to operate the whole existing hospital network and a large string of… (View Post)

BUT I PAID MY TAXES!!!!! Some whingeing old people write... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/06/pensioners-have-already-paid-their-fair-share-in-tax If they don't get the full whack … (View Post)

They've already said they'll oppose the NI hike as a tax on jobs, to be fair. But there's simply only so far that a party that's in favour of higher taxes can go in moaning about … (View Post)

I should imagine that one of the first questions in said press conference will be something along the lines of "How is a 1% NI hike possibly meant to bail out the NHS and transform the funding o… (View Post)