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Johnsond

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  1. They are as I’ve said many times all the bloody same Mark I could post any amount about the previous Labour government.
  2. Too simplistic citizen smith. would I take 2-3 predominantly military age Muslim males into my home, whom have illegally crossed the channel from a number of safe countries ?? “ absolutely not” would I take a Ukrainian Family and children as part of an official scheme ? “ absolutely yes”
  3. And people slagged off Trump 🙄
  4. If I won the lottery tomorrow the first thing I’d do is hire the meanest most arrogant twat barrister I could find and drag both the directors straight to court. Not for the money but to hear them at least admit what it was done for and that they knew it was wrong.
  5. You think I’ve not tried that. You need a lot of money to take something like that to court.
  6. I didn’t bend the rules mark the agency and company did to avoid employers NI as we found out later, and to be honest the initial having to set up as ltd was more hassle than it was worth. I’m not sore at paying any tax I’m poised off that those whom put us in this situation walked away Scot free. I can easily send you Hmrc letters acknowledging we were not at fault but unfortunately the tax liability still lies with us. Same regards the e mail telling us we had to go ltd. I’ve got it all Mark after 3 years of fighting my corner. Bear in mind out of the 48 ive watched lads go to pieces Mark marriages fail and sadly in one case a good guy having his house repossessed. No high horse here Mark.
  7. Tell you what if he’s that good and fancies a go at kicking the arses of the agency and company directors that jumped me and 47 others send his number.
  8. Whom is Brittney ??. why are you different to me ?? Simple Mark I don’t preach hypocritically in regards the actions of capitalists and corporations etc whilst openly doing exactly the same myself on an admittedly much lesser scale.
  9. The first time you posted was a fair question the second edited version is just indicative of how you roll Mark. You boast about paying bugger all tax yet give it the left wing socialist anti capitalist warrior. Then tell me what happened to me and other guys isn’t relevant to the current P&O shambles, even though we were let go and replaced by cheap foreign labour due to the EU open borders Labour policy. No sly digs from me Mark you use every loophole to lower your tax bill and maximise your profits which is indeed your entitlement. That’s exactly what the twats have done to the 800 today. Is that plain enough for you.
  10. My views on nationalisation have been aired plenty of times. But as is the case with the SNP under 21 free pass someone has to pay for it.
  11. I have a limited company mark yes. Why !! because for many years that’s the only way that offshore companies would employ you ie through an agency running as ltd or umbrella and also I currently run the Trakmet and CPCS work through it. . I’ve explained the other part of your question numerous times, the client and the agency were avoiding employers NI by having us ltd and bending the employment rules to suit their interpretation. The Hmrc took the easy option and shafted the individuals rather than the two companies involved. I still run the ltd company, taxes and vat are all up to date but also do my self assessment every year again everything is up to date. I’m currently along with a number of guys in the same situation taking legal action against the agency, lack of due care and diligence etc on their part in relation to the way we were paid. In a nutshell HMRC ( looking at the situation retrospectively) said we should have been employed, the agency ( whom had an exclusive labour supply arrangement with the client) would not let you work except ltd or umbrella. Hmrc have acknowledged this but still say we should have been employed. RMT whom most of us are members of were utterly useless, didn’t want to know. There you go Mark it’s called nothing to hide bud 👍
  12. Epstein!!!! I don’t give a shit about any of that or that waster Andrew and as for Covid well it’s funny how that’s virtually disappeared eh Mark 🙄. MSM moved onto something else to fool the masses with. Imagine being one of those whom pumped out the killing granny line ffs you’d feel a right dick.
  13. P&O Ferries faces backlash after firing 800 workers APPLE.NEWS Staff, unions and MPs express outrage and travellers are told to expect disruption. You never know the fallout from being so blatantly callous and greedy may be enough to change the minds of those in charge. Never good to show your true colours when it comes to financial motives be it over employees or tax avoidance etc.
  14. You think not 🤷‍♂️so be it 14 or thousands of people experiencing the same thing doesn’t matter because they may be self employed but because it’s a head line grabbing ( for a few days ) figure it’s more worthy 🤷‍♂️. Kid yourself it’s down to Brexit if you want.
  15. Don’t be awkward eh Mark. Nope it was 14 of us on that occasion, I’ve always been a contractor/self employed so never been on the books permanently. The point is it’s been going on for years especially after free movement of Labour etc. The 800 is nothing compared to the real numbers of people this has happened too, only difference is this grabs the headlines. The new forth crossing, Rosyth where the aircraft carriers were built etc etc thousands of foreign workers. End of the day it’s down to greed Mark pure greed from company owners wanting to maximise profit be it through lower wages or tax avoidance etc.
  16. No idea Mark but as I’ve said already it was happening way way before brexit. Free movement of cheap labour bud ??. Myself and a team of guys were swapped out for Latvian agency workers on a cable recovery job in UK waters before the brexit referendum so to claim it wouldn’t have happened is bollocks.
  17. It has happened and it would Mark. On this bud you are wrong. I’ve experienced it myself so how can you say it wouldn’t have happened.
  18. Don’t blame Brexit for an issue that’s been going on for years Mark under loads of different governments. They didn’t have any security in first place. I’ve been on vessels in UK sector/waters for years before brexit and it was and is predominantly foreign crews. Prebrexit ive been binned off jobs myself for In my case a Latvian replacement. Currently the whole wind farm situation is a joke, constructed overseas, installed by foreign vessels with foreign crews for in most cases overseas companies.
  19. Not unlike the situation which currently exists in virtually every vessel that is involved in supporting the UK oil and gas industry and also sadly the manufacture and installation of the billions worth of structures going up around the coastline on the many wind farms. Lot to be said for the “Jones act”.
  20. Trans 🤷‍♂️Wtf or rather whentf did that crap start to become the norm. My 13yr old twins come home regularly from school with some proper odd ideas about what’s normal in regards identifying as x y or x. Bloody nuts.
  21. JK Rowling slams Keir Starmer after Labour leader says 'trans women are women' | Daily Mail Online WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK The Harry Potter author took to Twitter this morning to criticise the Labour leader's comments, claiming the party could 'no... Starmer showing once again why Labour is where it is.

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