Ask a politician what taxes are for and you’ll get the fairy-tale version: they fund schools, hospitals and keep the bins collected. Lovely. It makes us feel that every pound we hand over is a moral contribution to society, rather than just another reason we can’t justify £20 for a steak sandwich down at the local pub.
The Economists Can’t Agree
But economists can’t leave anything simple. The conventional crowd argue that taxes ...
If you’ve spent any time propping up a bar in Britain recently, you’ll have heard the gospel according to pint-fuelled patriots: asylum seekers are living in luxury hotels, being served three-course dinners, each armed with a shiny new iPad and a bottomless pint of lager all on your hard-earned taxes. Of course, none of this is true. But when did truth ever get in the way of a story told between mouthfuls of pork scratchings?
Who’s ...
Yes, technically a government can leave the European Convention on Human Rights. You just give six months’ notice, like quitting a gym membership. But instead of cancelling a spin class, you’re walking away from seventy years of legal stability and dropping yourself into the same company as Belarus and Russia. Not exactly the global alliance anyone sensible is queuing up to join.
Peace and Devolution in the Firing Line
The consequen...
A Hampshire man has been killed after what police described as a “tragic and confusing interaction” with a roundabout late on Saturday night.
The deceased, Wayne Lexley-Yannon, 42, was struck by a lorry shortly after leaving JD Wetherspoons, where witnesses say he had been loudly explaining geopolitics to anyone within three tables. A self-described “patriot” and unemployed warehouse operative, Lexley-Yannon was reportedly under the ...
Demonstrations broke out yesterday after part-time conspiracy theorist and general psychopath, Frank Nuthouse, announced he had been "violated, disrespected and cancelled" after being politely refused entry to a mosque yesterday whilst wearing a head-to-toe Union Jack suit and cradling a dented can of Special Brew.
Cultural Warrior
Frank, who describes himself as a “Cultural warrior for weal Britain,” was reportedly attempting to "do ...
