Learning to manage multiculturalism
This week David Cameron’s Conservatives were forced to address the policy area that dare not speak its name: immigration. Cornered on BBC Two’s Newsnight programme, David Cameron averred that immigration over the past ten years had been too high, but that the concerns people had on the issue were not to do with race and [...]
Tax cuts for the poor
Remember Flat Tax? This is the idea, all the rage a couple of years ago, that the tax regime should be simplified to a single, low, flat rate, and that all (or most) allowances and exemptions should be abolished. The main exception would be a generous personal tax allowance (much higher than we currently enjoy [...]