General News Thread

[Parafox]

13 hours ago, Sly said:

I was wondering why the arrest photo showed them topless 

 

I am guessing they were undertaking some countryside theft and are currently like WTF! 

Allegedly going to steal diesel and sell on to unscrupulous others.

[JonnyBoy]

5 hours ago, Greg2607 said:

sure, because effectively the government invested in your house, so they share n the uplift of that investment.   They ultimately owe 20% of the house under Help to Buy.     IF it were the opposite and Labour suggested a scheme where you only paid back what you borrowed, then everyone on the right would be up in arms about "freebies". 

 

We used help to buy for the house we are in now.   We still have the Help to Buy loan... it isn't overly painful every month (we've been here 6 years now.)  we COULD borrow to pay the loan off, but the increase in borrowing cost is more than the interest on the HTB scheme.   We plan to sell the house and downsize significantly at retirement, and will pay it back at that point, unless interest rates drop again significantly in the future and borrowing is cheaper to do.   

 

I'm sure your brother will tell me i'd making a loss on that decision financially (I probably am technically) - But I can invest more in my pension and investments now, rather than putting that to the extra borrowing i'd need to pay off the HTB scheme today.   My hope, is that the growth in those investments eventually pay off the HTB anyway. 

Makes sense, so won’t be overwhelming for when year 6 hits. Should help more people onto the ladder then 

[Rubbersoul]

It’s now being reported one of the Fairford suspects called 999… 

 

and that they’re not being investigated for fuel theft according to The Times. 
 

Incredible 

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

It’s now being reported one of the Fairford suspects called 999… 

 

and that they’re not being investigated for fuel theft according to The Times. 
 

Incredible 

This sounds like it's become a rather delicious farce that's causing embarrassment to all the people who really need as much humiliation as possible tbh.