Remarkable to see the conversion of some on here to wealth taxes. Fantastic to see. Wish I could bottle whatever led to this change of heart. (View Post)

For per capita spending you would need to double it. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD?locations=CH-GB (View Post)

You have to hope he's waiting for it to actually be announced. And memo to Labour: don't call it a tax on young people. Call it a tax on workers. (View Post)

FPT As the link notes - a few extra billion from privatizations doesn't change the overall arithmetic. It wasn't luck - > better judgment & not being ideologically driven to privatis… (View Post)

It's not hindsight when the Cabinet Office are warning in 1980 this is a bad idea, when having a national oil company was part of Labour's 1983 manifesto and when the Norwegians made a diff… (View Post)