The Poll Tax is correct in principle, as is property rateable value. The challenge for council tax (as for all things) is to come up with a "Pareto principle" formula (the above are in fact two extremes of one spectrum) that is sufficiently simple and equitable, while keeping the "long tail" (in this case : "what if" scenarios) as small as possible.
So a mixed race child is seventh in line to the British throne Has anyone called the Daily Mail to check that they're okay?
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My favourite story at the moment was Trump saying his dad gave him a million dollars as a youngster,when in fact dad gave him 413 million....and lost the lot.....and he's still losing every year. He hasn't paid taxes for 10 years because he's been cheating everyone. Seems like a nice boy!!!!!? But the New York Times has let Polly out of the bag...…..
Another month and another name change for Chuka's Chickens, who are now calling themselves For Change Now - meaning that they currently have three more names than they do policies However, in having yet another rebrand they have managed to completely ruin their own public image (which, let's be blunt here, is all that matters to them) as doing so has cost them their verified status on Twitter and means that all social media links on their Twitter feed and website are no longer directing traffic to their feed but their original one - which has since been snapped up by a bloke who uses it to post all manner of Hard Britait sludge
Chuka gets to lead his own political party (which isn't a political party), the likes of Joan Ryan and Gavin Shuker get to bitch about Corbyn without facing the deselection process, Anna Soubry gets to continue taking the FBPE mob for a ride...and at no point do actual members of the electorate fit into their plans The fact they want to call themselves For Change Now a couple of weeks after saying they'd support Theresa May in a No Confidence vote makes them more of a punchline than usual
So the first names to throw their hats into the ring to replace the Dire Leader are... ...oh ****ing hell... ...Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey If those are the options, frankly it would be an improvement if the EU really were draconian overlords who'd install a Prime Minister of their choosing
Johnny Foreigner given a bloody nose by the English, says the non-Englishman. Two teams managed by a German and an Argentinian won with goals scored by a Belgian, a Dutchman and a Brazilian.
The full thing is quite funny, if you can stand Shatpiro's horrible voice: Seriously, is he putting that on or something? It makes him sound like a comedy character.
Perhaps if Shapiro also wrote a book titled How To Debate Right-Wing Blowhards he might have been better prepared for Andrew Neil?
The BBC: "We're pulling this episode of HIGNFY at the last minute as Heidi Allen is on it and we don't want to appear biased two weeks ahead of the European elections" Also the BBC: "Let's roll out the red carpet for Nigel Farage on Question Time, even though the European elections take place in two weeks"
