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I'm not sure I agree. As far as I can see, that's not the case in other countries, so it's not a hard and fast rule for capitals, and even the London situation is one that was based on temporary usage of 'up' on the railway system. It's not therefore a strict rule, but surely a once common...

There's also a huge difference between considering after the event, whether more information would help to avoid the vacuum being filled with hateful conspiracies, and what Farage did. He was actively participating in filling the vacuum with lies, and encouraging others to do the same.

I don't know. He's a cowardly racist, but clever enough to hide behind "just asking the question" weasel words. He's come away thinking he's won, and people who like him will think the same. He's not as bonkers as Trump, but for the media, it's a similar phenomenon. With Trump, they just didn't...

14 years down the line, you'll have a Keir Starmer poster on your wall ;)

With VAR we probably would have won it. And the following season we'd have won it if there wasn't VAR :)

The problem was that it was mostly bathwater and very little baby. There are certainly plenty of benefits to home ownership, but plenty of research to suggest that right to buy left very few people better off. I sadly don't see how you could ever get a law that required what would be a huge...

Right to buy is a lovely idea in theory, but it's just caused so much damage to the housing market, and is a significant reason that the government is "handing money over like sweets". Many people got discounts so high, that they added up to more than they'd ever paid in rent, while over 40% of...

Means testing state pension would be an absolutely suicidal idea for Labour. It would not surprise me if the budget does contain some "tough" measures, but their does seem to be a lot of info in the public domain about the plans. Pretty much every economic editor in the media, and all the big...

I think he saw the irony, rather than it being ironic that it was him saying it. He suggested that welfare reform, and lower welfare bills, is something that he, and the Tories, support - and that he was now expecting Labour will be a lot less likely to make changes.

It's ironic that Hunt also claims the backlash to the WFA means testing, will make it harder for Labour to reform or reduce the welfare bill.

If you're posting on a politics thread, you're probably not who the "politics" of the black hole is aimed at. After the Tories milked the 2008 global crash for years, and used it as an excuse for austerity, Labour clearly wanted to throw a little back, in the hope that it would still damage the...

I've never said it was a great idea, or that it was good politics (although I am impressed at how many right wingers have found a conscience - comparing posts on this thread, and the VAT on school fees one is certainly an eye opener). I gave someone else a few more stats, and info about...

I'm part of a facebook group for gig goers, and some of the people there were involved, and were non-too happy. Some just thought it was odd, whereas one said he was so uncomfortable he didn't go in. I think apologies, and refunds, along with lesson learnt would go a long way. I am not sure the...

Initially, it was around means testing being inefficient in the context of WFA/Pension Credit. I am assuming that you mean inefficient in the way it's usually used with means tested benefits - that the cost of means testing outweighs the benefits. If you meant something else, or were using it a...

Because they keep putting money in, but it rarely pays out?

"Can we not just have a consensus on here for once and ALL of us agree that taking £200 or £300 off someone who is on less than £11k per year, is fucking outrageous? Is that so hard for you lot to accept? Do you really have to come out with all sorts of whataboutery to try to deflect from this...

It does not prove they are ineligible, as I explained. But it does support the argument that they are not the most in need.

Even the government's own stats are all over the place - with take up as high as 80% on some measures. They also have the takeup of "people" as a lot less than the takeup of benefits, which means the unclaimed benefits could be around half the average that keeps getting quoted. You then have...

For a start, it's an estimate because they just don't know everything about everyone. There was an interesting experiment that was undertaken early in the coalition, where they worked out a group of people they "thought" were entitled, and just put the money in their bank account. After 12...