For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

Reform VAT. End the exemptions/zero rates that are a handout to high-spenders; use the revenue to protect people on low incomes and cut the 20% rate for everyone. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Reform penalties - end the injustice of 600,000 people who earn too little to pay tax being hit with HMRC late-filing penalties. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/06/h...

Reform national insurance - it's nuts that we tax employment more than any other form of income. And certainly don't increase employer national insurance - abolish it. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/15/r...

Reform corporation tax - the endless complexity punishes normal businesses and rewards game-playing: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/14/h...

Reform the way we tax land to make it more progressive and more economically efficient, replacing the appalling stamp duty with a modern land value tax: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/09/s...

Reform capital gains tax to increase the effective rate on people converting labour income into under-taxed capital gains, but reduces the effective rate on real investment. And cut income tax too. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/16/h...

Reform the Government's inheritance tax reforms so it targets tax avoidance *and* doesn't break up family farms and small businesses. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/08/15/f...

For the rest of the world maybe it could be “The disunited post-republican undemocratic states of America”