Tim Worstall It adds that the current system of council tax should be replaced with new rules including “a revised form of property taxation to make it more efficient (through basing ...
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Tim Worstall It adds that the current system of council tax should be replaced with new rules including “a revised form of property taxation to make it more efficient (through basing it on undeveloped land values), targeting wealth”. OK, very good, inching towards proper land value taxation. However, the policy paper says that even as [ Read More ]
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Henry Hill I recently discovered a couple of interesting articles in the Telegraph, one recent and one less so. Each of these outline proposals - an old set from the Conservatives in 2007 and a post-riots set from a Telegraph columnist - for creating a Territorial Army-style police reserve force. I was originally going to [ Read More ]
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Tom Newham Here’s a revolutionary idea: not all politicians are awful human beings. Well, one might argue that all human beings are awful - and yes, we probably are. But politicians are no worse than the rest of us. Like all humans, politicians are essentially over-developed monkeys - selfish, petty, greedy, narrow-minded neanderthals. This would [ Read More ]
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John Redwood Jealousy is a mean minded emotion. There is too much of it about in the UK debate. So many participants think the answer to our problems is to find people with more, and take it off them. Many politicians belong to this school of thought. Councillors usually put up the Council Tax. When [ Read More ]
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Henry Hill I recently discovered a couple of interesting articles in the Telegraph, one recent and one less so. Each of these outline proposals - an old set from the Conservatives ...
Published on 17:05BST, 30 Aug 2011 0 Comment
Tom Newham Here's a revolutionary idea: not all politicians are awful human beings. Well, one might argue that all human beings are awful - and yes, we probably are. But politicians ...
Published on 17:05BST, 29 Aug 2011 1 Comment
John Redwood Jealousy is a mean minded emotion. There is too much of it about in the UK debate. So many participants think the answer to our problems is to find ...
Published on 12:00BST, 28 Aug 2011 0 Comment
Lex Ferenda I was going to write a few thoughts down regarding the aftermath of the riots. I am concerned that the Government seem to be happy to allow the Courts ...
Published on 10:09BST, 27 Aug 2011 0 Comment
Lynne Featherstone Am I bovvered? That was the gag line from Catherine Tate – and we all laughed. But there was nothing funny about the real life representation of lots of ...
Published on 18:58BST, 26 Aug 2011 0 Comment
Tim Worstall The number of degree students ending up in low to lower-skilled jobs has grown from 9pc to 17pc over the past 18 years, a fresh analysis by the Office ...
Published on 12:05BST, 25 Aug 2011 0 Comment
John Tyler Why the call for investment in infrastructure and wealth transfer during difficult economic times, when there are real solutions for very real problems available with the aid of good ...
Published on 18:44BST, 24 Aug 2011 0 Comment
