Fixing (ie abolishing) SDLT is a much bigger win than fixing council tax, for all that council tax is a really badly designed tax. I wouldn't be shocked if the growth unleashed from fixing prope… (View Post)

Have we run out of roofs yet, that we need to plaster panels over prime farmland? Huge commercial solar schemes are almost the exact opposite of what the UK grid needs anyway. The contribute loads of… (View Post)

Saying its a dog whistle is very much playing the man rather than the ball. She is right - the electric grid is a complete mess, and the ballooning amount of cash disappearing into constraint payment… (View Post)

On a purely procedural note, one "resigns" as a member of the Commons by appointment to Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead because you cannot be working directly for the crown, … (View Post)

In a theoretical world, if you evaporate the water, there is potentially quite a lot of cooling available, via the latent heat of vaporisation (this is how big industrial cooling towers work, I used … (View Post)