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[Sly]

5 hours ago, reporterpenguin said:

Sunak's last PMQs as leader of the opposition shows how much better suited he has been to that role than he ever was as PM.

 

He's found a dignity and distinct sense of grown up professionalism since swapping sides of the house. And he's to be followed by either Jenrick or Badenoch...

He most likely needed that chance to get his feet under the table without the pressure of sweeping up the mess of those before him.

 

I still believe he was the best of the bunch and wasn’t a bad person. 
 

He might be a multi billionaire. However he is more relatable than Cabbage girl and  Boris. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

Currently enjoying the Twitter comments beneath Martin Lewis's post about inheritance tax on pensions.

 

As always, high on drama and incredibly low on understanding, with massive emphasis on how this has ruined their lives. "This has literally halved my children's inheritance!"

 

This is British culture now isn't it? Claiming you've been f***ed over, sometimes with good reason, but often with none at all

[David Hankey]

1 hour ago, kenny said:

No, that will be used to offset NI and salary increases.

I thought as much. Giving with one hand and taking far more away with the other, as per usual.

[Lionator]

25 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

I thought as much. Giving with one hand and taking far more away with the other, as per usual.

As opposed to cut cut cut cut 

[Sly]

Reading between the lines on this, if you run a business, you’ve been screwed? 
 

So they’ll either reclaim it by rising prices to maintain profit margins, or cutting costs, lowering headcount, or quality? 

[Sampson]

1 hour ago, Sly said:

He most likely needed that chance to get his feet under the table without the pressure of sweeping up the mess of those before him.

 

I still believe he was the best of the bunch and wasn’t a bad person. 
 

He might be a multi billionaire. However he is more relatable than Cabbage girl and  Boris. 

I’m not having any revisionism on Sunak. His campaigning during the election was vile, repeating outright lies about how much certain things would cost, demeaning trans people, treating international institutions like the ECJ as bogeyman. Just because he’s not as cruel as Jedenak or Badenoch or as weird as Boris or Truss, doesn’t make him still not an awful leader, and he is still incredibly weird and unrepeatable even for a billionaire politician

[Sly]

2 minutes ago, Sampson said:

I’m not having any revisionism on Sunak. His campaigning during the election was vile, repeating outright lies about how much certain things would cost, demeaning trans people, treating international institutions like the ECJ as bogeyman. Just because he’s not as cruel as Jedenak or Badenoch or as weird as Boris or Truss, doesn’t make him still not an awful leader, and he is still incredibly weird and unrepeatable even for a billionaire politician

Likewise, I could say similar about Starmer 

 

We can all acknowledge that none of them tick every box, for everyone. It’s one of the things people will always disagree on in life. 

 

What’s your opinion on today’s budget @Sampson? 

[leicsmac]

13 minutes ago, Sly said:

Likewise, I could say similar about Starmer 

 

We can all acknowledge that none of them tick every box, for everyone. It’s one of the things people will always disagree on in life. 

 

What’s your opinion on today’s budget @Sampson? 

You would think that at least on some fundamental things though, there would be at least some unity of opinion.

 

Though that's probably wishful thinking given that there appears to be disagreement on even the very idea of truth, the most basic scientific facts and the methodology used to obtain them these days.

[David Hankey]

53 minutes ago, Lionator said:

As opposed to cut cut cut cut 

Didn't the last Labour Government albeit in the mists of time have a 'Spend, Spend, Spend' policy?

 

And look where that got us.

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Didn't the last Labour Government albeit in the mists of time have a 'Spend, Spend, Spend' policy?

 

And look where that got us.

With an NHS and social care sector that actually was able to help a decent proportion of people in a decent amount of time.

 

But money is clearly more important than human life and health.

[FoxesDeb]

Just for the record, the proof is not in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

 

As you were. 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, FoxesDeb said:

Just for the record, the proof is not in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

 

As you were. 

One would hope that most rational people buy into this and reserve judgement at least for the time being.

[grobyfox1990]

5 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

Just for the record, the proof is not in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

 

As you were. 

I do like pudding, and you’re right, but the budget has created some easy headlines. Ie lots of Phil bowman types will now be thinking employer NI going up will have an impact on their pay tomorrow. It MIGHT affect your pay rise but you weren’t getting one anyway Phil. Wait and see, like you said 

[FoxesDeb]

4 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

I do like pudding, and you’re right, but the budget has created some easy headlines. Ie lots of Phil bowman types will now be thinking employer NI going up will have an impact on their pay tomorrow. It MIGHT affect your pay rise but you weren’t getting one anyway Phil. Wait and see, like you said 

I was just correcting the expression people keep using incorrectly, absolutely nothing to do with the budget 

[Trav Le Bleu]

11 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

I was just correcting the expression people keep using incorrectly, absolutely nothing to do with the budget 

Fascist!

[FoxesDeb]

8 hours ago, Wymsey said:

It's lucky/very fortunate that UK residents don't have the extent of flooding issue compared to what Spain is having right now..

 

 

Sadly this news is likely to get lost amongst the budget news in the UK, which I guess is understandable, but it's absolutely devastating what's happening here, and it's not over yet

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

Sadly this news is likely to get lost amongst the budget news in the UK, which I guess is understandable, but it's absolutely devastating what's happening here, and it's not over yet

It is devastating and I hope you and yours are safe.

 

Sadly, I fear, it's neither unpredicted nor an outlier that won't happen again.

[South Shire Fox]

1p off a pint.. really? 😂. Surely you just leave it as it is if thats the best you can come up with

Edited 30 October 2024 by South Shire Fox

[Lionator]

3 hours ago, David Hankey said:

Didn't the last Labour Government albeit in the mists of time have a 'Spend, Spend, Spend' policy?

 

And look where that got us.

Pre 2008 you could actually spend spend spend without little consequence except for better public services. Then poo hit the fan and nobody in the western world has yet to find a solution. 

[Lionator]

So after all the agro about fuel allowance, the state pension will rise at DOUBLE the rate of inflation. 

[South Shire Fox]

7 hours ago, ealingfox said:

Should have put fuel duty up loads imo

Guessing you dont own a petrol/diesel car then? Not to mention how raising fuel prices directly affects the increased prices at the supermarket

Edited 31 October 2024 by South Shire Fox

[HighPeakFox]

5 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

I do like pudding, and you’re right, but the budget has created some easy headlines. Ie lots of Phil bowman types will now be thinking employer NI going up will have an impact on their pay tomorrow. It MIGHT affect your pay rise but you weren’t getting one anyway Phil. Wait and see, like you said 

Is there a reason you're making this personal?

[The Horse's Mouth]

We really are finished as a country aren’t we 

[ozleicester]

 just reading the comments here abou the budget

[Dreadnought]

They have brought back in a policy the Tories introduced and scrapped within a fortnight due to the backlash they got: any double cab pick up trucks registered after April 2025 will be classed as a car for company car tax purposes. 
Those bought before this date will be classified as commercial vehicles until April 2029. 
They have just created months of chaos while people fight to get one and then nobody will buy one after April next year. 
Of course plenty of people have been running them as a way round company car tax but there are many, many trades people that genuinely need this type of vehicle for both business and family life that are going to be hammered by this change.