Most of us can get used to dysfunction in the busy and familiar setting of our day-to-day lives. But a change of scene offers a different perspective.
William Gladstone once complained that the Liberals were washed from office by a “torrent of gin and beer”. Tory MPs fear they face a similar – if smellier – fate if the Government doesn’t get tough on the water companies.
Both the short and long term implications of this rise are baleful. Demography is destiny – and the Government should act.
Conservative messaging implies an implicit belief that there are no major state functions ripe for reform in any fiscal repair.
Success is most common where donors have focused in terms of the countries with whom they work on a long-term basis.
Effectively, for much of the population, UBI would merely take their money and then give it back to them. What’s the point?
In the second of three articles, the Weston-super-Mare MP sets out plans on tax, housing deficits and debt to help achieve inter-generational justice.
To the extent the opposition parties have proposals, they offer wildly unrealistic timescales – and neglect to mention the huge increases in household bills they would necessitate.