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I've seen this said a few times, and I don't buy it. Sure, without Scotland politics would swing (further) to the right in this country, but the balance between the parties would be re-asserted within a few years around the 'new' middle ground I'm sure.

The author has said it was flawed from the start, because the wrong population estimates were used. An alternative need-based system would still give Scotland an above-average per capita government spend. What do you mean 'led by'? Who is proposing a majority SNP government? If you split North...

The Barnett formula is pretty problematic, but I suspect not for the reasons you think. The biggest problem is that the initial implementation was done using incorrect estimates of population, which has lead to the current situation where government spending per capita is higher in the other...

This is bitter nonsense. Unless you live and work in somewhere like the City of London, the area you live in is probably being subsidised by another. It's how functioning nations work - the areas with high concentrations of economic activity transfer funding to those with low concentrations. If...

The problem is, if you boil down any political party to this kind of trite soundbite, you can make them sound however you want. The Tories, cutting benefits and taxes, putting the burden of the deficit on the backs of the poor. The Tories, making sure Britain is "open for business". Both have...

I agree, they are a load of horse shit, clearly written by someone sitting in a £2m+ house with a chip on his shoulder. Many objectors to the 'mansion tax' claim it's about the imposition on the asset-rich, cash-poor but it seems to me that really they are just ideologically opposed to taxes at...