Morning all :) Rather like the Northern Rock crisis showed our dependence on a viable banking system and the inherent risk to both economic and social order from a failure of that system, yesterday's… (View Post)

Not actually true, the number of libraries has fallen from about 4,600 in 2002 to about 4,000 now so not perhaps the widescale closures implied. Libraries were to a degree protected by statute and th… (View Post)

Perhaps but that's how the debate has been framed for three or four decades. Direct taxation can only go one way as raising taxes is akin to selling your grandparents. After the July 2024 election, I… (View Post)

Gorgeous afternoon here in East London - a very pleasant autumn day. (View Post)

Yes, the problem is these are local council elections and the last time I looked it wasn't Newham or Bromley or Richmond Councils who set the stamp duty rate. There's also the other small problem a) … (View Post)