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Can't set social policy because of some fear of people buggering off like they may or may not have done 50 years ago. Taxes need to go up. Loopholes need to be aggressively enforced. If someone genuinely does want to go and live in Bermuda or Monaco, bon voyage. My guess is that vanishingly...

Then, are the thresholds the problem? Surely it's possible to collect higher levels of taxes without providing disincentives to make more money

The way I would try to explain my thoughts to Owen Jones would be this. There's an election coming up where the country will be faced with Menu option 1 - Conservative Government. Initially under Sunak, but likely soon under Truss, Badenoch or Braverman. A government which is likely to...

If you're making the point that it's positive that there are credible, high profile voices in the media which don't represent the policy positions of either main parties, then I agree with you

That is obviously untrue.

It will be impossible to improve the economy significantly in the short term. Not without rejoining the EU or doing some sort of Biden style stimulus, both of which he's wisely promised not to do. What he can do, is win the election, then offer stability, competence and compassionate social...

I just read the article and I disagree with most of it. I think Owen has his heart in the right place. But he's working on the assumption that a labour majority is a foregone conclusion and that Starmer has a fair media landscape to work with. Starmer is right to continue to jump through the...