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This political thread descended into reasoned discussion. :)

Which therefore means by definition that Tory governments spend more on the public sector. [Taxation receipts, due to stealth taxes (rather than headline lower rates of income and corporation tax) from both Labour and Tory governments in the last 21 years, have risen .... therefore tax cuts...

Some contradictions in many recent posts. Apparently Conservative governments HAVE ALWAYS borrowed more year on year than Labour governments. As a matter of fact, other than paying interest, that goes on public spending. But we are also told on repeat that Conservative governments shrink the...

Housing is the biggest issue which needs addressing. A lack of supply over the last 21 years, under various governments, compared to the huge population increase and natural division into smaller family units, has driven the spectacular property price increases in Southern England. For those...

The big daytime LBC shows by O'Brien especially, but also Fogerty, who pretty anti Tory. Mair has joined from Radio 4 and he has an impartial reputation. George Galloway has had long term slots. Agreed that there are right wing equivalents also. Overall the LBC formula is to have a...

I love your posts on politics, tax or societal matters. About the only person posting on NSC who's weighs up every issue, and isn't bitter with either a love or hate for Corbyn or May. A bit like the lady who called 5live yesterday at midday from Birmingham. A committed socialist, she works...

After 17 years and some band 'promotions', in reality £28,000. Hourly rate gross £14.35 and just in hand £10.52. For many years now the pension is not the guaranteed 2/3 final salary non-contributory scheme it once was - 9.3% of wages are taken in employees contributions to the NHS scheme. The...

The head of my daughter's former school called the latter Velcro Parents.

Quite right too. Your hard graft and entrepreneurial brilliance built it into the empire it is.

Are Labour only proposing this for large companies? Large companies often like share schemes, to encourage retention of staff. Small companies are rarely in favour, as they want equity to remain within their family.

But why give nursing students a debt in the first place? They work on wards etc for much of their intense vocational training (a different world from those undergraduates with vast holidays and occupation of the student union bar), heading towards an invariably very modestly paid profession...

Agree with you. Nursing students should get tuition paid for, plus a bursary. As it was. The problem with bringing Scotland into any public finances discussion (nursing, uni fees, dentistry) is that it receives £10.6B per annum more for public spending than England on a comparable per capita...

NSC threads about politics always are. Always Tory haters versus Socialism haters. NO ONE has ever listened and changed their embittered views one jot, the arrogance.