Fairy tale taxation policies

I had almost forgotten to comment on this: Charles Kennedy is to drop the Liberal Democrats’ commitment to increased total taxation in favour of a more flexible strategy which matches Labour’s spending but still makes the rich pay more. The Lib Dem leader and his economics team are determined to abandon the position they have… Continue reading Fairy tale taxation policies

Lib-Lab-Landery

A bit of cross-party co-operation I can wholeheartedyl endorse, the Labour Land Campaign and the Liberal Democrat Association for Land Tax and Economic Reform (ALTER) have jointly published a leaflet setting out the principles of land value taxation. You can read it here (pdf) – it’ll only take a couple of minutes.

My head hurts!

Okay, so, we’ve clearly established that Lib Dem MPs are being a bit daft opposing new laws to devolve pub licensing to local authorities, right? Well, it turns out (well, it’s news to a lily livered southerner like me), that in Scotland – where they already have liberalised licensing hours – Labour have just reneged… Continue reading My head hurts!