He's just aping Trump's style. Is it stupid and puerile? Yes. But being serious has not helped the Dems much either. (View Post)

Indeed: and it's also why the Chagos "deal" is simultaneously worth £3.5bn and £35bn. (View Post)

100% this: a sensible level of IHT, much more broadly applied would be by far the most sensible thing, and means we could dispense with the ridiculous number of exemptions we've created. (View Post)

On the young drivers with passengers thing, from my telematics auto insurance company, I can tell you that if you have three or four eighteen year olds in a car, it's about 10x more dangerous than on… (View Post)

Both numbers are correct. If you add up the numbers for every year, and add a reasonable estimate for inflation, you'll get to £35bn over the course of the deal. And if you look at the net present va… (View Post)