Tag Archives: Conservative

Value for money – we have won a battle not a war.

Posted on October 8, 2016 by henry tapper

The FCA Consultation Paper CP16/30″Transaction cost disclosure in workplace pensions” is a very good piece of work and allows IGCs and Trustees to know what their members are paying to have their pension pots managed. It unlocks one of the … Continue reading →

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A sad year – when only Tories count.

Posted on September 27, 2016 by henry tapper

I am going to the Conservative party conference, I am not going to the freak show in Liverpool and I don’t even know when the Liberals are convening. I have limited time on my hands to understand Government but I … Continue reading →

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Walk walk walk – not talk talk talk

Posted on July 14, 2016 by henry tapper

I have just read an article by Sophie Baxter that puts numbers to the failure of David Cameron to create a one nation Government. It explicitly draws parallels with Cameron’s oration to the nation on entering #10 six years ago. It … Continue reading →

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This dread butcher and his fiend like queen

Posted on July 1, 2016 by henry tapper

  My blog yesterday likened the mail between Sarah Vine and Michael Gove  to Lady Macbeth winding up her husband to kill the King. For Duncan (or better Banquo) read Boris – though I had no prescience that but minutes after I published … Continue reading →

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Time to move on?

Posted on May 13, 2015 by henry tapper

This election was brutal. Gregg McClymont knew his fate but Steve Webb’s defeat was a shock to us all – sadly electors don’t wear pension goggles. Just as we were resigning ourselves to BAU,  David Cameron announced Ros Altmann’s appointment … Continue reading →

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Pensions, benefits and taxes – the political illusionist’s playthings (ace guest blog from Ruth Gilbert)

Posted on May 6, 2015 by henry tapper

Perception is reality.  The reality is perception will drive voting choices. Voting choices will drive a reality which does not match the perceptions. We think we’re wise to this, but still we get blind-sided and the surprise is rarely a … Continue reading →

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Labour in a kilt? – Pensions, politics and plagiarism

Posted on April 21, 2015 by henry tapper

The SNP’s manifesto is a pretty shameless cut and paste of labour party policy. If your hit single was covered by your biggest rival and it was they that got the royalties when it went to #1, you’d be pretty … Continue reading →

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Does Lady Altmann get our vote?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by henry tapper

The Guardian is reporting the Conservatives intention to elevate Ros Altmann to the House of Lords and make her minister for consumer affairs. She will not of course get our vote as she will be unelected- but she has flagrantly … Continue reading →

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Getting to grips with the changes in politics

Posted on March 31, 2015 by henry tapper

When asking how people would vote yesterday, Krishnan Guru-Murthy encountered confusion and bewilderment. In his words “I have never seen before so little idea what to do”. The ideological certainties of left and right are confused by political marketeers targeting soft votes … Continue reading →

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The value of the triple-lock,

Posted on January 5, 2014 by henry tapper

No doubt there will be many commentators who will sneer at this promise of Cameron’s. I will not be one of them. Continue reading →

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