One never really knows what goes on behind closed Cabinet doors but clearly the speed of the former Housing Minister’s exit is an illustration of the Governments desire to put the ‘mojo’ back into housing.

By all accounts Mr Prisk was doing a reasonable job but the high command thought that this was not good enough.  Perhaps they are right. Continue reading →

As ridiculous as it is kicking the rich is a very attractive sport at the moment and the Lib Dems (aided and abetted by the Labour Party who do not want to be left out of the game) are spearheading the charge.

It is absolutely clear, as night follows day, that there seems to be an unseemly scrabble between Labour and the Lib Dems for the left wing mantel to try to establish a perceptible difference between them and the Tory Party. Continue reading →

Bless him; our somewhat elderly (perhaps scholarly) Trade Minister, I think, has exceeded his ‘sell by date’ by a good margin.  I think the nurse needs to come and administer the medicine.

Land Tax, have we not been there before with rates?  This system was reformed by the Tory’s to create the Council Tax since each person has a responsibility for paying towards local community services rather than just the landowner. Continue reading →