Government: The Final Frontier

One of the truly awful things about conference this week was music used for the video photomontages – all three of them – that they insisted on playing before the leader’s speech, all three of which were to the tune of the most vein-opening soft rock I’ve ever come across. Personally, I’d never heard of… Continue reading Government: The Final Frontier

I enjoyed conference shocker!

People who know me may have noticed that by halfway through autumn conferences in the last few years I have become very sullen and withdrawn, wandering around the halls of the conference centre muttering darkly under my breath. The truth is, in recent years I’ve come to loathe party conferences. They’ve increasingly become worryingly close… Continue reading I enjoyed conference shocker!

Land Value Tax – Towards a Fairer Society

A guest article by Dr Carole Tongue and Dr Dinos Kyrou, of the Professional Land Reform Group. “All taxation is theft”. The quote from political activist Lester Neil Smith (also a writer of science fiction), has been used by the right wing and those who oppose distribution of wealth for decades. Ironically, those who support… Continue reading Land Value Tax – Towards a Fairer Society