Mansion tax
Lefties should cherish trendy London while they still can
London is a bad thing. Everybody knows this now. Britain has had enough of London. Ed Miliband failed in part…
My rich leftie neighbours must be in a state of psychotic denial — or stoned
The ‘I’m Voting For Chuka’ posters in my rich neighbours’ front windows pushed me over the edge. There is nothing…
I don’t want to be a mansion tax migrant
The super-rich can shrug off Labour’s big tax idea. People like me will be forced out
Left-wing populism is on the rise - and may take Ed Miliband to No10
Would-be leaders of the left are harnessing the mood of angry populism
Ed Miliband’s 100 days – and the first Ed Balls Budget
There will be tax rises to suit every taste. But the people he’s expecting to pay will probably just leave
Why my friends love the idea of a nasty, stupid mansion tax
I see all the flaws with a mansion tax, I really do. And yet some little piece of me, some…
Fight Thomas Piketty or face a mansion tax
The postman at the door is stooped by his burden like an allegorical statue of Labour Oppressed by Capital. His…
How mansion taxes will make us all poorer
Mansion taxes may be inevitable – and will make us all poorer
My mansion tax solution: hit rich foreigners. But no one else
I am surprised no more attention has been given to Martin Vander Weyer’s suggestion in The Spectator two weeks ago…
A windfall tax on monster basements could solve London’s housing problem
The mega-rich are best housed behind high fences, on wooded estates patrolled by dogs; that way, they don’t have to…
