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TiffToff88

TiffToff88

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46 minutes ago, kenny said:

No Autodesk. That's no work getting done today then.

Same here. Entire Cad/Revit team sat twiddling our thumbs...

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kenny

kenny

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3 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

Same here. Entire Cad/Revit team sat twiddling our thumbs...

Im not sure you are arsed, but we have all gone to BricsCad on a free trial to get going again.

 

I hate Autodesk.

st albans fox

st albans fox

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2 hours ago, Lionator said:

So the right people seem to be converging on their narratives that it was the Hapoel fans who caused the game to be abandoned and that their ultras are left wing and have ties to communists and that it’s basically all an inside job. 

Is it reliably reported anywhere what actually happened. 

I saw some videos of what I would consider average football fan behaviour in the streets before a derby game - nothing unusual given that context. (Not great taken out of context).
Of course a lot was being made of that - but a Thursday night in Birmingham should not be comparable. 
 

I was going to mention that pyrotechnics aren’t so readily available here for the average tourist wandering about but then I realised the date of the game ! 

davieG

davieG

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My son's Virgin internet in Littlethorpe has been down for a couple of weeks and he's been told not expect anything until the 1st December

Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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2 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

Interesting opinion article about China's approach to global power politics in the Trump era:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-trade-tariffs-us-beijing?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

I think their approach is to launch massive cyber attacks on infrastructure :ph34r:

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leicsmac

leicsmac

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26 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

Interesting opinion article about China's approach to global power politics in the Trump era:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-trade-tariffs-us-beijing?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Yeah, this is going to be the Chinese century - they're simply planning for the future more, and better, than western democracies are. And that is a critically deciding factor. 

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davieG

davieG

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39 minutes ago, danny. said:

have you got more information/details on what the tax gaps are?

No sorry just a few people sharing similar info like this guy.

 

Who Really Costs Britain
Every time the asylum debate comes up someone shares a meme saying asylum hotels are bankrupting the country. The figure usually quoted is £45 per year. It looks simple but it hides the truth. When you look at the actual numbers, asylum is one of the smallest costs in Britain. The real drains on our money are elsewhere.
The Home Office spent £3.1 billion on hotels for asylum seekers in 2023–24. That works out at £46 per person in the UK or about £86 per taxpayer. If you add all asylum support the total rises to £4.7 billion. That is £70 per person or about £130 per taxpayer.
Benefit fraud and error cost £9.5 billion in 2023–24. That is £142 per person or about £260 per taxpayer. Much of this is not fraud but mistakes or official error. Some is recovered later.
The tax gap which means avoidance, evasion, non-payment and error was £46.8 billion. That is £699 per person or about £1,300 per taxpayer.
Bank bailouts and corporate subsidies are another hidden cost. They add up to £50–60 billion a year. That is £750–£900 per person or about £1,600 per taxpayer.
Military operations overseas cost between £5–15 billion each year. That is £75–£225 per person or about £150–£400 per taxpayer.
Foreign criminals in UK prisons cost around £600 million per year. That is £9 per person or about £20 per taxpayer. This does not include court costs or deportation costs.
Financial crime enforcement costs £1–2 billion per year. That is £15–£30 per person or about £30–£60 per taxpayer. The real cost of financial crime is far higher.
Billionaires who are not taxed on their wealth and big companies that use loopholes cost Britain another £15–25 billion every year. That is £225–£375 per person or about £500–£830 per taxpayer.
HS2 has already cost about £27 billion. That is £403 per person or about £900 per taxpayer so far. If it reaches £80 billion the final bill will be £1,190 per person or over £2,300 per taxpayer.
The bailout of energy companies and support for bills during the crisis has cost £78 billion over two years. That is nearly £600 per person per year or about £1,200 per taxpayer. The collapse of Bulb alone added another £3 billion which is £45 per person or about £90 per taxpayer. Fossil fuel subsidies add around £17.5 billion a year. That is £260 per person or about £550 per taxpayer.
The Ministry of Justice and police budgets together cost over £30 billion a year. That is £450 per person or about £830 per taxpayer. A huge share of that goes on petty crimes that clog up courts and prisons at high cost to the public.
So let’s put this side by side.
Asylum seekers: £46–£70 per person
Benefit fraud and error: £142 per person
Tax avoidance and evasion: £699 per person
Bank bailouts and subsidies: £750–£900 per person
Military overseas ops: £75–£225 per person
Foreign criminals in prison: £9 per person
Financial crime enforcement: £15–£30 per person
Billionaire and corporate loopholes: £225–£375 per person
HS2: £403 so far and possibly £1,190 each
Energy bailouts and subsidies: £600–£850 per person each year
Criminal justice system: £450 per person
It is obvious what costs Britain the most. Asylum seekers are not even close. The idea that they are draining the country falls apart the moment you see the numbers. The biggest costs come from corporate bailouts, billionaire tax reliefs, tax avoidance, subsidies, failed megaprojects and the justice system itself.
So the next time someone waves a meme about asylum hotels remember the truth. You are paying more for failed energy companies, HS2, bank bailouts, corporate subsidies and tax avoidance than you will ever pay for asylum seekers. If you want to save money start at the top not the bottom

 

 

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TiffToff88

TiffToff88

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2 hours ago, davieG said:

May be a graphic of text that says "UK Cost Comparisons (per yea, per person) Item Total Per person Source Asylum hotels (Home Office £1.3 bn hotel spend, 2024/25) £19 Reuters/ BBC. Home Office data Benefit fraud & error (DWP, 2023/24) £9.7 £9.7bn bn £140 DWP Annual Report Tax gap (HMRC, 2023/24) £46.8b bn £676 Measuring Tax Gaps Overseas military £2.7 bn ops (MOD, 2023/24) £39 MOD Annual Report Defence budget (total, MOD, 2023/24 £53.9 bn £778 Bank bailouts (net cost, post-208) MOD Budget Report £23 bn £332 OBR Commons Library Billionaire/wealthy loopholes £1.9bn bn (HMRC wealthy tax gap) £27 HMRC wealthy tax gap"

 

This kind of information needs sharing in as many places as possible. What difference do people really think it will make to their pockets if we stopped foreigners coming over? And to anyone who claims its about "protecting our women and children", they need to look at the actual facts and figures regarding crimes/attacks against women and children before chiming in.

 

We have more in common with asylum seekers than we do with benefit cheats and billionaires exploiting tax loopholes

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TiffToff88

TiffToff88

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5 hours ago, kenny said:

Im not sure you are arsed, but we have all gone to BricsCad on a free trial to get going again.

 

I hate Autodesk.

Nah. It's been a great day in the office today. Its felt like a snow day at school lol

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kenny

kenny

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9 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

Nah. It's been a great day in the office today. Its felt like a snow day at school lol

Back up and running by 10am thankfully.

 

No snow days here, I was about to order the staff to tidy the storeroom before service was resumed...

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TiffToff88

TiffToff88

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3 minutes ago, kenny said:

Back up and running by 10am thankfully.

 

No snow days here, I was about to order the staff to tidy the storeroom before service was resumed...

Cad hasn't come back on yet (apparently - although our Cad guys are notoriously workshy). I was working on Revit for a few hours but now stopped synching again so I assume there's still issues

ian__marshall

ian__marshall

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6 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Yeah, this is going to be the Chinese century - they're simply planning for the future more, and better, than western democracies are. And that is a critically deciding factor. 

Agreed. They're light years ahead of the West. Our insistence on democratic systems and the subsequent bureaucracy that comes with it, creates endless inefficiency. I'm not suggesting that China's communist approach is perfect, nor one I wish to necessarily see in the West, however it is certainly putting them at an advantage currently. 

 

That said Xi Jinping has no choice but to move as quickly as possible. They are in a race against time. Will they achieve an automated state in time to maintain their upward trajectory as their population ages, or will this ticking time bomb cripple them? Time will tell, but if they maintain their current pace of change, I think they may achieve their goals just in time to avoid what could be a decline of catastrophic proportions. 

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