There is an obvious case for suggesting that politicians and minor royals like to associate with billionaires because they don't have enough money themselves to live the lifestyle they think their status entitles them to.

It’s not unusual to see Guardianistas and the like bemoaining the fact that Britain spent the oil money. If only we’d saved it all like Norway we’d have a huge wealth fund!

The Treasury exhibits a narrow focus on tax receipts and interest rates.

One Treasury source said they expected the OBR to “kitchen sink it” – making a significant downward revision to productivity forecasts in one go rather than taking a more piecemeal approach.

There is some resentment at the present method of financing social care because people see it eating away the savings they hoped to pass on to their heirs and successors and they want someone else, the taxpayer, to fund it instead. 

Sure and there are lots of things that can be proposed.

The future is always a mix of gains and losses, and for the UK there are some fairly clear trajectories where life is likely to get better, but also areas where challenges will deepen.

If we could just bring in a touch of that awful reality stuff to those arguing for a Wealth Tax.

During the early years of the New South Wales colony, rum became a prevalent currency due to shortages in coinage.

A land link, bridge or tunnel, connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland would enable land transport, road, rail, or both, between Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK and Continental Europe.

One of our constant - consistent - insistences is that a value of markets and capitalism is that they kill mistakes.

We’re old enough to remember that book and also young enough to remember that book.