Reforming the Council Tax system and thereby strengthening local Government finance and accountability is a no-brainer. We all have to accept the world has moved on from the 1991 revaluations and we … (View Post)

Okay - I'll play. We'll get everywhere valued - do we do banding again or try to be more precise? At 1%, our property tax (if you treat Council Tax as such) would be more than doubled. At 0… (View Post)

Heath got 119 out of 277 possible votes, a damning indictment along the lines of the IDS defeat in 2003. After that he had no choice but to go. Thatcher had 130 votes and the momentum. (View Post)

I suppose without Trump "we" would spend all our time complaining about the "shitshow" of the last decade of Conservative Government. Compared to that, Reeves has hardly got start… (View Post)

It's time to demonise the civil service once again. I don't remember any of this desperate soul searching during the long Conservative years of neglect and decline. I wonder how much was wa… (View Post)