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[GarethM]

Ah but labour have Diane growing another magic money tree, it was growing in one of her odd shoes. But it's now in one of Kier's old wellies.

[Johnsond]

We’re all now paying the terrible price for lockdown

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An historic failure of government during the pandemic set a ticking time-bomb not just under the...

I couldn’t agree more with the comment made on LI 

Those who clamoured for it and bought into the bullshit should hang their heads in shame. 

[Big J]

3 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

We’re all now paying the terrible price for lockdown

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An historic failure of government during the pandemic set a ticking time-bomb not just under the...

I couldn’t agree more with the comment made on LI 

Those who clamoured for it and bought into the bullshit should hang their heads in shame. 

 

I think that the current mess is best described as a combination of all of the above. Brexit, covid and Ukraine. Each exerts it's own unique pressure and cost on the UK economy.

[Johnsond]

4 hours ago, Big J said:

 

I think that the current mess is best described as a combination of all of the above. Brexit, covid and Ukraine. Each exerts it's own unique pressure and cost on the UK economy.

To convenient J I look at it in very simple terms ie what the situation was pre and post covid measures 🤷‍♂️For me it’s utterly obvious we have endured higher oil prices per barrel than this for starters and brexit was not yesterday, yet here we are not surprisingly  after printing and giving away billions in a right old mess I’ll be the first to admit politicians of all parties at min are generally an uninspiring self obsessed bunch with a few notable exceptions. 

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[Johnsond]

Defra pays ‘eye watering’ £86.5m IR35 bill  - Contractor & Business Weekly

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Defra has paid a total of £86.5m in backdated taxes to HMRC, after a lengthy investigation into historic...

I’ve just come to the end of a 4 year Hmrc investigation that cost me £131k to resolve 🤮. If government departments can’t conform or pass the cest verification process what chance have normal contractors got. 

[Mark J]

On 18/11/2022 at 20:28, Mick Dempsey said:

Yeah, that’s what he was talking about…

Nobody wants to talk about how a Tory Brexit has, as predicted by some, screwed the UK.

Some people just can't admit they've been mugged:

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UK is only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid-19 | Economic growth (GDP) | The Guardian

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ONS says GDP grew by 0.2% in three months to June, suggesting Britain is not in recession

 

[Mark J]

2 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Defra pays ‘eye watering’ £86.5m IR35 bill  - Contractor & Business Weekly

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Defra has paid a total of £86.5m in backdated taxes to HMRC, after a lengthy investigation into historic...

I’ve just come to the end of a 4 year Hmrc investigation that cost me £131k to resolve 🤮. If government departments can’t conform or pass the cest verification process what chance have normal contractors got. 

Did you take your accountant to court over that?

[Mark J]

Scotland blocked from holding independence vote by UK's Supreme Court | CNN

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Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland's government cannot unilaterally hold a second referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom, in a blow to independence...

"The SNP were always going to "win" this regardless of which direction the courts went: they can either have the referendum, or they can't and it just proves there's no actual democracy. They've played a blinder here."

[Sutton]

3 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Defra pays ‘eye watering’ £86.5m IR35 bill  - Contractor & Business Weekly

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Defra has paid a total of £86.5m in backdated taxes to HMRC, after a lengthy investigation into historic...

I’ve just come to the end of a 4 year Hmrc investigation that cost me £131k to resolve 🤮. If government departments can’t conform or pass the cest verification process what chance have normal contractors got. 

This explains your position on the over 50s thread on Sunday. Our son worked under an umbrella agency getting pre-tax expenses and other perks. It all sounded too good to be true until the proverbial hit the fan. Glad it's over for you.

[trigger_andy]

26 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Scotland blocked from holding independence vote by UK's Supreme Court | CNN

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Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland's government cannot unilaterally hold a second referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom, in a blow to independence...

"The SNP were always going to "win" this regardless of which direction the courts went: they can either have the referendum, or they can't and it just proves there's no actual democracy. They've played a blinder here."

Nonsense. 
 

The once in a generation referendum has been held. The SNP used the fact that they needed approval from number 10 to hold it and we as a nation better make good use of this once in a generation vote as a major scare tactic. 
 

Well we chose the mystery box of promises from number 10 and instead of freedom we chose to be yoked to England with virtually no say in any matter. 
 

We have had our democratic vote. It’s over for this generation. It’s what we signed up for and it’s what we got. The SNP throwing temper tantrums will and has changed nothing. 
 

It’s worth keeping in mind more people in Scotland voted for Brexit than they did the SNP. They have no mandate here.

Edited November 23, 2022 by trigger_andy