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Bear in mind I’m replying to you and making general observations about people of the left generally (including close friends of mine). We’re addicted to cheap labour in this country. A government has to turn around and be willing to take on the costs of ending mass migration and be open with...

Norway had to introduce exit taxes to get around its wealthy people leaving. Wealth taxes that people like Gary Stevenson espouse just don’t work.

I’m trying to be empathetic to the underfunded argument. If your population grows by 12m in 26-or-so years as it is projected to do so between 2010-2036, do you think that could have an impact on a state’s capacity to actually provide essential public services? Sweden has the most...

In that case, I apologise. Why did you choose Scandinavia as your example? Are you willing to hold positions that some would consider ‘far right’ on immigration in order to ‘save’ the welfare state?

It’s not limited to the political left as a whole. There’s elements of the neoliberal right who champion mass immigration for cheap labour and ‘economic growth’. I mentioned ‘the left’ specifically is because they tend to be much more comfortable shouting public services are systematically...

In your view, what are these limitations? To say it has nothing to do with tax collection is either dishonest or splitting hairs. The Consolidation Fund has a balance sheet to maintain, so whilst it creates money ‘out of thin air’, there still has to be credits into the system to maintain a...

One thing about the Scandinavian countries is that they have comparatively more draconian immigration policies than we do. We wouldn’t describe Scandinavia as multicultural either. Sweden has ‘remigration’ policies and Denmark has anti-ghetto laws that have been described as ‘far right’ on this...

Why did you share it then? It just seems like you’re avoiding the question that I posed to you in the first place: is there any limitations to government spending? The impression I’m getting from you, is that your answer is no and there isn’t any limits and any external factors are essentially...

The paper you shared, what do you think that means in practice… Do you take it to mean that in practice, a sovereign currency issuer can spend whatever it likes with no repercussions? How far does this actually go?

For what point specifically? You don’t really have a right to call anyone an air head when your solution to any and every issue is more government and more funding. I made an observation on positions that people like yourself who just don’t see a limit to government spending. Be it welfare, the...

To be fair, he harshly treated at Chelsea first time around, they were top at Xmas and after they wobbled they dumped him for Tuchel. He was used by Chelsea. With Everton, it’s a tough one because even Dyche struggled after a while and it’s taken a club legend in David Moyes to get Everton...

It’d too soon for him imo. He’s got a good thing going here and deep down, he probably regrets leaving Derby prematurely where he could’ve built something great. He needs to rebuild his reputation and a promotion with us is the start of this. If he can get us up and keep us up like Howe did for...

Haha yes indeed, most people’s political outlooks are generally a sum of their past experiences and are well meaning! Both sides of the aisle. As long as it’s never personal, the disagreements are fine by me! The off topic section can get quite personal at times!

The attitudes of old Labour grandees toward long term benefit claimants would be considered ‘far right’ today. This something people like Frank Field who still had that vague connection to Old Labour actually understood. The problem I have when talking to people of the ‘left’ generally, is that...

There was always going to be one smart arse! 😂 Grimes is one of the best players in the division and we signed him as a one off. We’re not going to build a team of 29 year olds on the bench. If we did, that’d be really dumb.

Two separate topics. In a recent poll, 4 in 10 Gen Zers are considering quitting work to live on benefits, often citing mental health. That clearly risks benefit boom that isn’t fit for purpose. That clearly isn’t what the vision that Nye Bevan would have for the welfare state - the old...

Yes and those political choices have implications. I’d love to see tax cuts and a government unfreezing tax brackets. It’s forced people into higher tax bands and disincentivises work for many people at the lower earning thresholds. Markets are sensitive to ‘unfunded’ government expenditure...

We have a year option apparently, so he would have 2 years left.

The public purse was also in a far better state… I’m no mystic Meg, but before the election I did say that the reason Labour won’t be able spend lots on policy areas it traditionally likes is for the same reason the markets punished Liz Truss’ ill-fated government for unfunded tax cuts. The...

… the Birmingham stadium also probably won’t happen! 😂