Tommy G

For a nation to try and tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle

New Audi A6 e-tron looks lovely, if you're pockets are deeper they are doing an S6 E-tron. 400 miles of range too.

The Sara Sharif murder case is appalling, what horrible people exist.

Yep have to agree, saw it last summer on a plane so will watch again this weekend with less distractions. Superb

I think the point is any proposed rises in Ers NI will not hit ''the middle class administrator on £175K'' whatever that means, but the majority of people in the £20K-£60K bracket. That makes them a ''b1tch'' per your definition. Odd

Course it isn't. If you had a budget of x% for payrises for staff next year that will just be cut by the amount they change the Ers NI rate. They expect business to ''thrive'' and want to attract investment to the country, then don't do daft stuff like this. Ers NI increases will have a direct impact on privtae sector earnings if it goes up - fact.

These aren't new rules, these are the rules for the Capital Goods scheme which have been around for ages. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/capital-goods-scheme-notice-7062#vat-incurred-before-registration Para 13 if you're really bored.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/oct/12/eton-among-elite-private-schools-set-to-cash-in-on-windfall-from-new-vat-rules Another ill thought out policy going from bad to worse, coupled with the exodous from private schools being double compared to what was initially expected. So net net, this is looking like it will cost the Government more money than it will actually generate. The Guardian is even turning on them!

It’s not scaremongering this time, there’s going to be some hideous repercussions if you have any kind of wealth, big or small. There would be skids in my pants if I was sitting on a decent SIPP between 55-60 right now.

FA’s will be swamped with pension withdrawal requests probably! What a shit show.

I was on about the area! But yeh, the park is ok for a few hours….on par with twinlakes

Just been to wicksteed park in Kettering, makes Leicester seem desirable as a comparison. What an absolute dump that place is.

Lob half in. If you are prepared to ride it over 5 years you will be in the money. Faffing about with fix term savings just mean you about beat inflation

Just thinking about Ben Nelson’s dad harassing Oxford fans now

This is housekeeping and a tweet to generate clicks. It’s a nothing story. Should know better from a “financial expert”

Shouts of “you don’t know what yer doing” from the terraces

Lenders spooked ahead of an uncertain budget. Fiscal loosening will push rates up, misery for the homeowner etc etc

Got quoted in our cottage for £5-6K, wasnt even that much. They are just so expensive.

Agreed - but I think my first point stands, whoever becomes leader will just be the warm up act for a few years time

I think whoever is made leader out of the two won't be leader come the next election anyway. Party leaders have a limited lifespan. I think the current lot have already p*ssed off the elderly, I'll wait for the fallout of the budget - and unless they are successful over the next few years they will be out due to lack of popularity, just look at what has just happened to the conservatives. Labour aren't popular, they received a lower vote share than any party forming a post war majority government - look at the opinon polls already 100 days in? It won't need to be a massive success of any opposition to get in next time, in fact the tactic would be to watch the self implosion.

Two price increases in a year, I read a first class stamp is approaching £2. Knock on effect is charities who rely on the post for Christmas cards for example. I'd encourage anyone to drop a tenner off at your chosen charity this Christmas even if you don't want any cards. Fvck the Royal Mail

This is it in a nutshell.

I'm not a climate change denier, I was merely pointing out there have been plenty of deadly hurricanes in past decades. So save your copy and paste article for someone else.

Thought Braybrooke would rip it up, maybe his injury has caught up with him a bit.

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it