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I had a relative call me recently and ask, “What the **** is a Snap Election?” Now, this may seem a simple question, and possibly even laughable, but it does seem to sum up many of the concerns I have about the rush towards what will be yet another contentious and polarising...

In the run up to the election you could have been forgiven for thinking that there wasn’t really much choice between the main parties. The sideshow appeal of UKIP attracted a lot of attention, but that sometimes seemed to be a horrified form of disbelief in some quarters....

If the Chancellor has his way, at least another £25 billion pounds will be cut from the UK budget in his quest to overcome the UK’s deficit and bring it back to a surplus. This isn’t the first time the figure has been bandied around – it has been forecast by a number of other...

A whole extravaganza of new rules and legislations went live with the New Year, and while this is nothing particularly new, there are some particularly odd things floating around on the radar this year. We’re not talking here about how as a business you can now get fined for...

As I was walking into my local post office to send off assorted parcels to my extended family around the country, I was confronted with angry headlines on tabloid newspapers. They were urging the Prime Minister to adopt a hard line on immigration, using language like “Draw a red...

So, the Autumn Statement has begun, but I have to admit I’m furious about the statements surrounding the decision to increase the pension age at an even faster rate than before. Some incredibly broad brush justifications were rolled out for this that seem to suggest that a cookie...

I found myself in something of a dilemma while looking at the papers this week. I have this cherished mental image – perhaps foolishly – of being a generally reasonable and moderately self-aware individual. Moreover, I generally tend to have a default position of repugnance...