@MrJohnNicolson Totally agree. She was clear that in voting she would curb equal rights, and it is impossible that a leader setting government agenda she wouldn't actively or passively curb things further.
Humza was clear the other way and was right to win.
@theiaincameron It has also boasted 'you can shop here without having to go into Glasgow' for possibly 700-800 years (when it was granted royal market burgh / trade rights ๐). I genuinely wonder if that trope has continued since then.
@theiaincameron Joking apart, I love Kirky dearly - it has a truly enviable cafe culture (that similar towns talk a out and aim for but never quite achieved), it is historic, and in 2026, still liveable.
@Jeremybtc Fair question - it's because most oil users can't just cut their use by 20%, so they start chasing it on price. Demand is 'price inelastic' - if you increased the price of a particular chocolate bar then conceivably demand would drop proportionally. But not oil.
@spectatorindex If you make 10% on 100k, you need to pay 3,600 in tax. If $106,400 becomes your new investment baseline on which you're taxed, then this measure taxes a little more over the years but not much. (Because currently the capital gains baseline is pegged at the original 100k.)
@theswansjr Yes, and it applies even more strongly to the distortion of stuffing money into real estate. Huge inflation, transferring money from average people to those with people with capital ...
$100T of speculative money (about a third of total). Bitcoin could ideally eat that up.