If the minimum wage continues to rise by 50p an hour annually, a full-time minimum-wage worker could cross Scotland's £29,527 intermediate-rate income tax threshold in just over two years.
Best anecdote in Carol Thatcher's book about her father is when Sir Denis boarded a train at Paddington in which the only empty compartment was reserved for Rosewood Psychiatric Hospital.
Denis travelled alone and in comfort as far as Reading when "all these chaps piled in", accompanied by a male nurse, who counted them before the train moved off.
'One, two, three, four ... who are you?"
"I'm the Prime Minister's husband."
"Six, seven, eight, nine..."
The Government claims that closer ties with the EU would boost growth.
How disingenous.
There is no reason to suggest that we would not face the same low-growth, low-productivity future as France and Germany if we were to rejoin.
Rather than face facts, Burnham hides his head in the sand.
My latest for @CityAM👇
Britain is £3 trillion in the red.
The amount we pay on servicing this debt is absurd. We must get ourselves into a position where we can spend sensibly on defence, education and healthcare without further indebting ourselves.
This requires tough cost-saving measures.
But is Labour up to the task?
My latest in The @DailyMail👇
Every academic claiming Scruton was a fraud or a pseud or "massively overrated" or whatever has roughly the same bio - "Age: 39. Deputy assistant interim professor of theory (part-time), University of Gravesend. Author of Was Thatcher Pure Evil? (forthcoming). Patreon..."