India wants people to stop using cash and go digital Tough stuff from India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. Yesterday he announced that, with immediate effect all Rs500 (about £6) and Rs1,000 (£12) notes were to …
Donald Trump: not fit for Scotland? Trump’s victory is awkward for all sorts of people. However of all the politicians in Europe my guess is that it is Nicola Sturgeon who is having the worst …
Don’t think too much about it When I interviewed Nick Train of Lindsell Train on 24 June this year I felt I should ask him about his views on how Brexit might affect markets He …
You have probably been very busy worrying about the US election and about Brexit. So my guess is that you may not have been paying much attention to local politics. Neither have I. So I have …
Pensioners’ benefits, such as bus passes and winter fuel payments, should be means-tested Poor George Osborne. He’s barely been gone for three months – not even long enough to really get his speaking career going …
Philip Hammond: should replace stamp duty with capital gains tax The list of taxes that need reform is a very long one. But there is one tax that has been at the top of the list for well …
I saw this sign on a visit to Culross on Sunday (if you are ever in Fife, do visit – it’s lovely). It irritated me, so I photographed it and posted it on Twitter with …
Why not pay part of wind farm profits to those living nearby? Wind farms do harm their neighbours – there is “some evidence” that they cause “significant annoyance” thanks to “excessive noise”. That is the …
The gap between asking prices and selling prices in Knightsbridge is £170,000 It is with a small sense of relief that I offer you this link to EstateAgentToday.co.uk. It tells the story of the central …
During my children’s half term I drove over 1,000 miles around the UK, mostly on the motorway. Along the way it became oddly obvious that you really can make a reasonable guess as to how …