I think George Osborne could well turn out to be right that the granny tax row will blow over. Presenting it as taxing the grannies to fund a tax break for his rich cronies looks unsustainable to me. The personal allowance is a key part of the tax system. It is the “zero rate band”, [...]
Water, water, everywhere And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. [Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner] [The cover of "Water for Life", the Dec 2011 white paper] I am waiting for some enterprising newspaper to come up with a photograph of what that idyllic scene currently looks like (dried-up [...]
How much longer? A Muslim solicitor, born of Pakistani immigrants in Yorkshire, she is about to be 41. She fought the winnable seat of Dewsbury for the Tories in 2005, but managed to lose votes, so that Labour hung on despite dropping from over 50% down to 41% – the BNP gained the most votes. [...]
The earlier article looked at John Krebs’ background including his involvement with the Food Standards Agency. This article looks at the recent report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology (which Krebs chairs) on science advice to ministers. It is a breathtakingly arrogant document: 64. … Chief Scientific Advisers (CSAs) should [...]
I am not quite sure: journalist, intellectual. Wikipedia describes him as a philosopher who writes for a general audience. That seems wide of the mark to me. I tend to notice his contributions to City AM, the weekday freesheet for bankers and their ilk. His bio at the Cobden Centre claims he got a PhD [...]
