Pt 1. will bring in revenue from people who, trust me, can afford it.
Pt2 will stimulate growth. The less well off are more likely to spend the extra income rather than squirrel it away, leading to an increase in VAT revenue, and increased income for retailers. They might even start a business.

And predictably the knocking articles appear out of nowhere! 😂

Free of course in almost all of Europe. The U.S. is rapidly becoming a third world country. It’s only a matter of time before the next major pandemic comes along and Trump tells you to sniff bleach, and RFK tells you to chew vitamins.

And five times higher on Threads. Seriously.

They’re already coming to Britain.

That’s a bit of a leap. Another Grenfell? Seriously?

It’s possible to be an effective front bencher without having designs on the leadership. It’s also possible to be an effective front bencher without having what it takes to be a good prime minister.

That won’t happen.

Oddly, when my wife returned to London from Suffolk last weekend the windscreen was cover in bug splatter. That’s the first time that’s happened in ages.
And today I left the French windows open for an hour, and four wasps came inside for an explore. That’s also unusual. Has the fight back started?

‘Move seals a deal to create a fund the Trump administration says will begin to repay roughly $175bn provided to Ukraine’.

Way less than $175bn was provided to Ukraine’.

Pathetic on so many levels.