I wonder if IHT is unpopular partly because people see a big pre tax amount and then they see the tax being taken away in one big lump leaving them with a lot less? Taxes that are less visible or tha… (View Post)

One of the things that gets you IT that works as intended is keeping the scope constrained, so you build "a website that works for the DVLA" (a manageable task) and not "a comprehensiv… (View Post)

Cynically, I suspect that even if he is jailed before the election (which as others have pointed out will likely not happen), many of those 52% will find a reason why in fact they are still OK with v… (View Post)

I was just listening to a bit in the Ezra Klein Show podcast (where he has been covering things from a left wing Jewish American perspective) where he suggested that attitudes to Israel tend to depen… (View Post)

Nobody has been an election winner in the Blair mould in either party in those 16 years, able not only to persuade the public enough to get a convincing win but also able to execute well enough when … (View Post)