Trouble is that governments have a nasty tendency to try and call revenue spend "investment" and pretend it's like capital spending. Gordon Brown was a master at this, and it's one of the r… (View Post)

Rather OT, but I've spent today venturing into the exciting world of Solar PV, batteries and dynamic pricing. I'm staying at my in-laws, who about 12 months ago had about 3kw of PV and a 5kw battery … (View Post)

Trouble is, it "works" in the short term as a revenue raiser - but at a tremendous long term cost, which means more strangling of the productive sector of the economy, and less growth in th… (View Post)

They are actually insane. Taxation should be on consumption, not work. Employers NI is particularly pernicious as it's effectively income tax, but disguised so people don't notice it as much. Effecti… (View Post)

How can you buy votes in a secret ballot? The voters might just take your money, and vote the wrong way, the double-crossing swine. Given than governments of all stripes pretty much everywhere dole o… (View Post)