Peter Rhodes on silent phones, a letter from the taxman and the joy of spending other people's money
Any Questions (Radio 4) erupted in applause when someone suggested a wealth tax. And no wonder. There is a deep-rooted belief in British society that all our problems can be solved by a special kind of money. Other people's money.
I make this prediction. If in her next budget Rachel Reeves decides to tax the rich until the pips squeak, an awful lot of people will open a letter from the taxman and discover that they have become, for tax purposes, rich.
I would love to be able to applaud a dazzling British breakthrough in digital technology. However, having spent a few weeks at the sharp end of BT's Full Fibre/Digital Voice revolution, I suspect it is not going entirely to plan.
