It does sound like an invitation, on the face of it, for disappointed social democrats to stick with Ming Vase Labour. The cost of the state pension is enough of a bone of contention; imagine the col… (View Post)

I wouldn't be surprised if there were, well, no surprises at all. The Labour campaign appears to be dialling the old maxim about Governments losing elections rather than Oppositions winning them up t… (View Post)

At what point in the wealth transfer process is it permissible to complain, exactly? We know full well where the money to rescue middle income pensioners from paying more tax will come from, and it w… (View Post)

The issue with the policy for me (and, I suspect, many of the rest of us) is that (i) it's yet more support for pensioners at the expense of everyone else (because I think it's safe to assume, as per… (View Post)

Our local Tory MP declared that he was standing down in January after about 82 years, yet there's still no sign of a replacement candidate being announced. Local associations must also be at least pa… (View Post)