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weird how house prices were even more expensive than today in 1845 - before the minimum wage a lot of those people in 1845 would have been properly poor, so the average wage much lower

I feel for me, not being able to buy a bigger place, things were better in 1915 with a price to earnings multiple of only 2 - so if we were back in 1915 a house would be 70k in todays money, then off to the western front

I don't see the problems with taxation that you do - many of my customers are quite well off with big gardens, and not aristocrats, just people who worked hard and made good decisions when they were young. Taxation hasn't stopped them building wealth. On this forum I could mention a dozen or more guys who have build successful tree firms that are still trading, despite the tax burdens of recent decades. Take Beechwood and Aspen, both successful firms that are still trading. You could argue those business owners, as examples would be even wealthier if VAT was only 10% and Ltd tax only 10%, but my point is people are living a good standard of living in the here and now. I'm nowhere near as successful as the two I mentioned, a mere one man band, but I have savings (ISA) and a SIPP, my own modest home nearly all paid for and hopefully a few years left to increase my wealth before my body is degraded to the point manual work is not possible. Today's environment is good I'd say - I don't care about VAT or other tax, if I want more mony I just work more days, or sometimes get away with increasing prices. There is no poverty for the hard working that I can see. My tax hasn't all been sqaundered - I've seen a retired guy with a massive lump from leukemia now in remission, cancer treatments are better than 20 years ago. Someone has to pay. People can go to Uni, or become florists, bin men, chefs - all is right in the world

If the basic rate went back up to 33% of (PAYE) income over £12700 that would raise enough money to fight Putin for at least a fortnight

but it isn't the highest tax regime since WW2, if you read that Wiki history of taxation Mark J posted above it says the basic rate was up around 33% for a while. The government of Margaret Thatcher, who favoured taxation on consumption, reduced personal income tax rates during the 1980s in favour of indirect taxation.[19] In the first budget after her election victory in 1979, the top rate was reduced from 83% to 60% and the basic rate from 33% to 30%.[20] The basic rate was also cut for three successive budgets – to 29% in the 1986 budget, 27% in 1987 and to 25% in 1988; The top rate of income tax was cut to 40%.[21] The investment income surcharge was abolished in 1985. Under the government of John Major the basic rate was reduced in stages to 23% by 1997. 21st century Under Labour chancellor Gordon Brown, the basic rate of income tax was further reduced in stages to 20% by 2007. As the basic rate stood at 35% in 1976, it has been reduced by 43% since then. However, this reduction has been largely offset by increases in other regressive taxes such as National Insurance contributions and Value Added Tax (VAT).

it would be good if barbed wire grew from cuttings

I've dulled hedge trimmer blades on both, but for a woodland screen would choose hawthorn - my impression is they put on more growth in a season Scarlet Firethorn. Form: Rounded shrub. Lifespan: 25-50 years. Pyracantha can suffer from the diseases pyracantha scab and fireblight. It can also be attacked by pyracantha leaf-mining moth and woolly aphid pests.

he says his model has a Teiki carb If the machine looks like this it is probably too old for the Chinese to bother copying the carb

is there a copy carb available?

the summer we've just had was more like Spain is. Never seen a lemon on anyone's tree before. Seen the trees in a few gardens, but never any fruit.

is the Times an enemy of Israel?

sometimes even the Times (UK) has items on Israeli settler violence, it's behind a paywall

here is more propaganda dressed up as information - what more could be expected from the Tehran Times? So the Israelis are trying to pass a law for death sentence for Palestinians who kill Israelis, but of course the clever Israelis don't include a balancing death penalty for Israelis who kill Palestinians. So all the land stealing Israelis settlers can go on murdering Palestinians in the West Bank without fear of being executed. This is Israel showing how to be the worst kind of human - what they are doing is apartheid. I say the Arabs are driven to desperarate acts of terrorism by the bullying, murdering Israelis, flush with US cash and weapons - Israel are taking what international law says is not theirs. From occupation to execution: Israel’s death penalty bill legalizes massacre of Palestinians WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM TEHRAN – The Israeli Knesset’s approval of the death penalty bill in its first reading marks a dangerous turning point — for Palestinians... Israeli settler attack on West Bank mosque draws international condemnation WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM Calls for justice grow as Israeli settlers set Hajja Hamida Mosque ablaze in latest attack on Palestinians in West Bank. Israeli president condemns ‘serious’ attack by settlers on West Bank villages | West Bank | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Isaac Herzog makes rare statement on often-ignored violence as settlers injure Palestinians and attack soldiers

the standard of ads on this site is improving

surely you would have got your wingman to pull up alongside then jumped onto it - anyone who's seen Mission Impossible or Bond would know what to do

have to agree - BQ is retired, so has no excuses for not making each post at least a 20 page essay

just say it were rewound and Andrew said to Emily Maitlis 'yes I had sex with her - thoroughly enjoyed it.' No women who were younger than 17 have come forward as far as I know to say Andrew forced his penis inside them, or otherwise interfered with them. So it was perhaps unethical to accept a corporate shag off one of Epstein's hired hands, but no one knows if it was any worse than that. Not all of the corporate shags agree with everything VG has said

So, it started with a screenshot of a post by Laurence Fox - talking about Zara Sultana he said 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy. Or to sit in parliament for that matter.' Steven P then replied with his 2m Indians served in WW2 comment (implying that her country of origin helped the Allies greatly during the War, so ZS has every right to wear a poppy). You then posted 'She's of Pakistani heritage' Can you even see why it seems you were trying to invalidate what Steven P was trying to do? I.e SP was saying her Indian ancestors had done more than enough in the war to give her the right to wear a poppy - you seemed to come back with words to the effect 'she's not even Indian' Like you say, I may be reading too much into it. I will also say I'm not sure you're capable of being critical of your own thoughts, always easier to justify every single thing.

getting you to admit you were wrong makes stopping the boats seem easy

it seemed to me (wrongly probably as Im usually wrong) that you were trying to say that she is of Pakistani heritage and therefore her ancestors didnt contribute to the war. Steven P couldnt have said x number of Pakstanis died in the war, because it wasnt called Pakistan then +6 Yes, soldiers from the territory that is now modern-day Pakistan served in World War II, but as part of the British Indian Army, as Pakistan did not become an independent nation until 1947. A significant number of these troops, including Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs, fought in various theaters of the war, making up a crucial component of the largest volunteer army in history. Key Points: British Indian Army: Before 1947, the region was under British rule, and its inhabitants served in the British Indian Army. Volunteer Force: The British Indian Army was the largest volunteer army in history, with 2.5 million men from present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh volunteering. Significant Muslim Contribution: A large proportion of these soldiers were Muslim, with approximately one million Muslims serving and over 87,000 losing their lives. Diverse Theaters of War: Troops from this region fought in North Africa, Italy, and the Far East. Post-War Division: After the war, many of these servicemen went on to join the newly formed Indian or Pakistani armies after independence.

you're right - you've fixed it - I was thinking Johnsond was this guy, but the one on here works in dive control

they've fixed Johnsond on this one - 'she's of Pakistani heritage' forgetting Pakistan didn't even exist during the war! No amount of aura farming will get him out of it this time

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sometimes even the brainy ones can go racist - racism isn't good or bad, just another part of life James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 He decoded the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick and wrote a celebrated memoir. But in later years, he ignited an uproar with racist views.

He said how many mass shootings in UK- you UK shootings. No idea. London, probably one happening now. What does it matter anyway? To me it seemed as though you were not giving any concern at all to the point being made that mass shootings in UK are rare, compared to US. Mass shootings - it seems like you wouldn't really care if mass shootings started happening frequently here (on a par with US, proportionate to our one fifth population size), as long as people can all carry a gun for self defense thats the most important thing?