NI MP expenses

UnionistLite comments on his excellent blog that one solution to the troughing of Northern Ireland MPs might be, in part at least, the end of multiple mandate. He’s right, of course; I would extend that one person one mandate principle all the way down to...

Just too many Irish players in the Lions squad

Alan Quinlan’s selection over Tom Croft to travel to South Africa  is a ridiculous decision, and one which will bite the Lions team in the ass in South Africa. Tom Croft showed his mettle during the Six Nations in a way that should have made the blind-side...

Sod the 50% rate. Concentrate on the borrowing

This is not a soak-the-rich budget, and the portion of it which would actually tax the rich hard will raise just over a billion in revenue – that’s against a £650 bn borrowing spree. This is an attempt to sweeten the deal for the sort of people who trade...