Tory Conference: I wanted to say they’d said something Libertarian, but so far I can’t.

At least “Zak” (or is it “Zac”, or “Zack”? I think we should care for he is dangerous and ought not to be on the loose) has not made much of a media impact in this Blackpool business so far, so we have some small comfort.

Death duties at £1 million, no stamp duty up to £250,000 for first time buyers. What does £250,000 buy down south now? A Nissen hut or something? I think they’ve got cold feet at the thought of “losing” all that lovely house-transfer-tax. I would mind less if they spent it (all of it) on proper flying artillery-in-space, or “Atomic Sumbarines”, to threaten the enemies of the West, but even the Tories won’t, I suppose sadly.

And what’s this stuff about “non-doms”? (That wasn’t a misprint, was it?) Coffeehouse over at the Spectator has tried to do some sums, and reckons they would at best break even. Why should rich British people who choose to live abroad more or less permanently be penalised for failing to appreciate the delights of Brair-Blown’s stalinist paradise of “plans” and “the future” (just like all the other such ones I fear, like Cuba) ?

Surely, the deal ought to be to get them to spend more of their (already taxed somewhere) money, here? No? Have I missed something?

No, the Tories are still a socialist party as of Monday night.