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I'd start with having stock. Next up, I'd employ staff that make the stock available instead of showing you the website on a tablet and telling you to order online.

Amazing when you move house though. Lots of micro businesses use them as well.

I read this thread in unread post order. You can see the misery growing post by post.

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I don't think they like us in Leicestershire.

Rib of beef and a 5lb ham for us.

Pretty much, all my pay rises were promotion rather than inflation related. Ive probably never had a inflation related pay rise, but ive given them out. These days, public sector pay has risen to the point where its very comparable to typical private sector jobs. Teachers earn more than Architects for example, then get the pension on top. Unfortunately, the private sector is one blob and many in public sector think that we are all on 6 figure salaries reserved for 'tech' jobs, finance or banking. The majority of white collar workers struggle to get above £50k at any point in their career.

Promotions and professional qualifications were higher than inflation. Had I stayed at the same 'band' then they would have been above inflation for 2021-2024, wages shot up after COVID probably 7-8%. Below inflation 2008-2012, most people weren't getting much at all. Then probably tracking inflation for the other years. Typical benefits got cut in 2008 and never came back as well. We did get our mileage rate put back up to 45p a mile which was a result.

I took at 25% pay cut in 2008 and my wife 40% We were grateful to remain employed. The offer of 0 or 1% each year would have been the better one

I'm cheating, I had look it up. That being said, the last government wasn't as right wing as the opposition and press wanted people to believe, they did many things that were broadly similar to what Blair, brown, milliband or Starmer would have done.

Lavish? Bit of stretch, I just said record levels. You could edit headlines for the BBC. Depending on where you are on the laffer curve then reduced taxation can increase the tax take. My guess is that we are getting to the point where increased taxation will not earn the government more, but will have the opposite effect. In your examples, I would question if the productivity levels in the NHS being 2019 levels if the funding has increased is the cause or why the transport option has been removed under the current government when it was provided under the previous one. One to take up with your Labour MP would be my suggestion.

You must have missed the record public spending part of my post... Cameron kept public spending high, intervened in the markets in banking and housing, introduced the national living wage and had the Brexit referendum. Austerity reduced the deficit after the crash but public spending still went up. I've said previously that this government is mothballing infrastructure projects and other capital expenditure in favour of wage increases. This along with a poor housing sector is messing up construction at present. I hope they start finding the cash for some proper investment projects.

Are implying that the previous government adopted lassez fairer policies?

We have gone from record spending on public services and benefits under the Tories to a government that wants to increase it further without much plan to improve how any of it works. I had to Google cognitive dissonance, but whilst it may sound to you like it applies I'm pleased to say in this case it does not.

I've used the NHS, public transport, the police, bin collections etc for 43 years on and off. So I think it's safe to say that I, like every other person in the UK (I may be reaching here) rely on public services. It isn't any better now and we have a worse economy as a result.

Horses for courses, but I much preferred it before when more people were working and taxes were lower. If the economy was crap, what on earth is it now?

The first thing the government did with the economy was talk it down in the attempt to score cheap points. It was the start of the rot in terms of their useless approach to the economy.

Cooper stated he watched all of our Championship games and knew our best attributes. He then went on to drop the best performers from that season and change the formation entirely.

One was a friend of a friend. All 4 were in the car were mothers of young children. Awful story that's barely made the news.

It would be fun. But not claridge scoring against palace fun. More Cosby duck race with the kids when your duck didn't win fun.

If he was on the bench last night, he would have been on for JJ no doubt. Much better than trying to play BDCR there.

We treat them like idiots as we know they will turn up anyway. Same as the home fans.

Not if 'seperatists' make it impossible to carry out mining works safely.

There lots of ways entering the UK is illegal. We wouldn't bother with passport control if it weren't.

There are some sources that say that crime is less often reported. All the crime stats are down though, we just hear about everything. I suspect the majority of crimes didn't make it past the local paper traditionally, whereas now everything is national.