Indeed. And what is the Government's latest wheeze for trying to deal with this? Why, sub-prime mortgages for housing benefit claimants. What could possibly go wrong? (They don't give a flying fuck a… (View Post)

The system does not work for most people if their incomes are stagnating for decades on end whilst the wealthy continue to get better off. What this implies is that the cake is still getting bigger b… (View Post)

Average real wages in the UK will still be lower in 2026 than they were in 2008, analysis released by the Office Budget Responsibility (OBR) projects. https://www.newstatesman.com/chart-of-the-day/20… (View Post)

Also true. A lot of Conservative seats are potentially vulnerable to the LDs in the event of large scale tactical voting, although at a guess I'd say that the best predictors ought to be a combinatio… (View Post)

Probably not by much. Broadly speaking, in rural areas (except in North Wales and the very far North of England,) you vote Lib Dem to get rid of the Tories. Everywhere else you vote Labour. I know th… (View Post)