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The Investigatory Powers bill passed by 444 votes to 69. The only parties not voting in favour were the SNP and Lib Dems.

Tory capitulation to NIMBY forces is one of the defining features of the last 15 years. Most of the structural problems we face are at best exacerbated by it, and at worst caused by it.

Captured by NIMBYs, plus bought into the same fantasy as Miliband. We shouldn't forget Nick Clegg either. In 2010 he dismissed investment in nuclear power because it "won't come on stream until 2021-22" Short termism everywhere.

You don't need "emergency base load" you need "total base load replacement for 3+ days when dunkelflaute hits". That's going to be expensive however you cut it. 3000GWh of batteries. 100% CCGT backup. Whatever. On nuclear, Sam Dumitriu has a interesting piece on why nuclear is so expensive in...

Not just any minister! Part of her responsibilities included anti corruption! It's also very Interesting how Starmer immediately binned Louise Haigh, yet it took weeks of this before Tulip finally "resigned". What an absolute shower of shite.

Agreed on the issues. I fear that Labour are almost certainly going to fuck up planning reform. All of the noises coming from Rayners direction point towards simply tinkering with things, not the sort of sweeping reforms we actually need. I hope I'm wrong. As for energy, even if MCP is the...

Bond yields are indeed rising globally, but the spread on Gilts is also widening. Much of that is attributable to the UK economic outlook, and specifically to the various missteps of the current government.

The UK and the EU already have one of the most comprehensive free trade agreements in the world. Trade in all physical goods (assuming they meet the usual rules or origin conditions) between the UK and the EU are already quota and and tariff free. Membership of the single market might bring...

The question itself doesn't use the phrase "freedom of movement", so I'm sceptical that people will make the leap to unfettered freedom of movement as it was pre-Brexit. The responses from EU respondents are quite interesting: Suggests that the EU folks participating in this thread aren't...

Sky are reporting that the Police were suspicious because she sent them a photo of the stolen phone which was taken after the reported theft. She was caught because she was calling relatives on the "stolen" phone without changing the sim. Not just corrupt, but incredibly stupid.

I don't agree with you on much at all, but on this... we are fully aligned.

Respectful possibly, but yeesh, that was a depressingly ill-informed debate. The number of backbenchers who clearly hadn't read the bill was alarming to say the least...

Changing the subject, the assistive dying bill is up on Friday. I'm curious what this thread thinks. I'm supportive in principle but I think that: a) bringing it as a private members bill, sponsored by a deeply unimpressive MP who doesn't seem to have thought about it in much detail, drafting...

This is right. It's inexplicable that Labour decided to make "unpleasant" changes that are minuscule revenue raisers, or actively harm their primary focus of driving growth, rather than pulling one of the big levers. On public appetite for tax raises to fund public services (the NHS in this...

You could google? Dunno if that fits your definition of "high" or not, but given the MOE is likely +- 3%, I'd say everything from VAT to inheritance tax is a wash.

Amusingly, Dan Neidle has updated his take: which aligns with what I was saying on the previous page. I'm all for extracting more cash from the Clarksons of the world, but this policy ain't it, chief.

Because raising it can actually reduce revenue. Various explanations for why this is the case, but all relate to behavioural changes. You could probably get away with raising the rate if you introduce indexation. No idea why the Treasury are reluctant to do that.

Imagine thinking the QT audience was indicative of anything... see post above for polling. edit: I did quite like the lady who announced she was starting to think Labour doesn't actually know what it's doing. How did she come to that conclusion, I wonder? It makes financial planning slightly...

I struggle to think of a more sympathetic causes than old people freezing to death. On farming, 57% of all voters, and a plurality of Labour voters think farmers should be exempt from inheritance tax, and a majority think that farmers would be justified in going on strike by withholding...

Your position doesn't alter the fact that the IHT policy disproportionately impacts a demographic that the public is sympathetic towards, don't actually impact the rich landowners like Clarkson and co, and raises comparatively little revenue. It's not an efficient way of spending political...