I confess to being worried. Everyone, Jeremy Corbyn included, knows Theresa May will have a bigger majority after the general election than she has now. Suggesrions
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In February I suggested that those who commented regularly here were offering opinions that were far too well reasoned, and important, to be consigned to
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I am spoke at an event in Brighton this afternoon. The wax organised by Andrew Simms of the New Weather Institute and in its words it
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I had real problems listening to an interview on the Today programme this morning. I think it was John Humphries interviewing a person from Scottish
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The French election is a relief, a source of inspiration, a cause for concern and straightforwardly worrying all at the same time. It’s a relief
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Theresa May says the election is about Brexit. Leading EU opinion says it will make no difference. I happen to think the EU negotiators are
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Following discussion on tax and GDP over the last day or so (see here and here) Prof Charles Adams of Durham University has done some
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Prof Charles Adams of Durham University played with the data I used yesterday to show the relationship between tax and GDP and recast the data
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The following comes from the Rev Pail Nicolson of Taxpayers against Poverty. He asked people to ask their candidates: Is it fair that: ​…​the regressive
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