I would go further and introduce a large element of land value tax. Helluva lot of academic literature and modelling on this. It's a no brainer. But capital property value is certainly better than the current state of play. Your political reality point is very valid though.

It's astonishing how incapable they are off geopolitical strategy.

So you can headbut someone off the ball in rage over nothing and not get sent off? Ok then...

Dempsey turning on beast mode

I kind of agree, but I can imagine Toonie's response would be that the impact of your backs is much less relevant if pack is being dominated, going backwards or tiring. *see Ireland v Scotland last 10 games*

Brilliant read Ed as ever, thank you.