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Month: July 2006

  • The what and why of land value taxation

    I must learn to curb my enthusiasm about the Conservative Party. Contrary to my post earlier today, it would appear that the Bow Group’s proposals today (which can be found in full here) are not in fact a land value tax at all, merely a property tax and that going by the comments on ConservativeHome,…

  • So that’s what he calls it…

    Tommy Sheridan’s only vices are apparently sunbeds – and Scrabble. I bet he’s great at triple scores though.

  • The difference 100 years makes

    Just under 100 years ago the Conservative Party, from its position of strength in the House of Lords, went to war with a reforming Liberal Government on the issue of land value taxation.  Now it is the latest thing in Tory fiscal reforms. I’ll blog about this later, but all in all this is something…

  • Jack Straw: not a cretin

    I feel a bit bad about calling Jack Straw a cretin in my pledge yesterday.  What he said about theyworkforyou was certainly stupid, but now I’m anxious that people are going to write him abusive messages, which wasn’t my intent at all. So if you do sign the pledge and write him a letter please…

  • A curmudgeon writes

    8 years ago, when I was elected sabbatical Communications Officer of LDYS, one of my first acts was to scrap the “agony aunt” column. Now I see it is back again. The good news is that, being written by Lord Bonkers, it is less likely to descend into a series of in-jokes that only certain…