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I guess if you have to ask the EDF for guidance, rather than your friends....that probably gives you a hint....

Borky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *yawns* > > *goes back to sleep* Sweet dreams. Dont forget to set your 'trolling alarm'....

Borky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why do we not see any Conservative posters ? > > Obvious - Why advertise to the entire world that > you are a greedy selfish prick that would benefit > greatly from a neck shot and a shallow grave Why? Posts like your post are why. Strange how those who purport to be so caring and tolerant are often the exact opposite.

old news....I've been talking for years....

Beauval road.

Virgin broadband been shocking this week, hasn't dropped out altogether, but been very intermittent, particularly in the evening (much worse than usual)....just me? Or others getting similar?

bgw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 0801 the morning after 22+ people are murdered in > Manchester and the Crown and Greyhound tweets: > "It's official! We'll be waking up with a brand > new pub June 19th! So put it in your diary & let > the countdown begin!" > > Great to know that some combination of that pub's > management/ Mitchells and Butler have such > humanity. Im sure that everyone waking up is shocked and saddened by the news from Manchester. Lets not be so quick to brand anyone as lacking in compassion. Some people may not have seen the news, some people may react by 'getting on with things', and not being 'intimidated'..... in anycase, perhaps lets just keep this thread to news about the pub I think.....I for one, am cautiously optimistic about it being open again in a month...

1. Person crossing the road, and puts their hand up to tell me (in my full speed car) to stop. My response: that's just the first few bones to get broken mate 2. Pulling across the opposite lane of traffic so I feel I have to let you in. My response: wait, like everyone else. If you're blocking the road, your fault. 3.woman ahead of me at fair food stall, we wait 10 min. Then when we get to the front do you realise you need to get money out to pay...*#!$? I have so many more. And I know there's the irrational rage thread, but here's a little new one.....

TE44 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think people who have done better from poor > backgrounds but still not middle earners, would > want to help. Possibly. I think you'd probably get an equal amount from poor backgrounds who would say..."well i managed to drag myself up, through hard work and dedication, so there's nothing stopping them except themselves. I didnt get any helping hands, so f#ck them" I'm not saying thats the right way to think or not, just saying that im sure there would be all types, and its hard to speculate on what certain people might think based on their income....

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TheCat Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > Even if you're ideologically opposed to > > the privatisation of the NHS, why would you > > begrudge someone who can afford to go > elsewhere, > > doing just that and freeing up pressure on the > > public system? > > It's very much not a zero-sum equation: if people > paying to go private simply dropped out of the > waiting lists with no adverse effect on the NHS > any sensible person would be all for it. However, > any sensible person knows this is not the case. > Firstly, people who go private will tend not to > care about the NHS, so they're not going to vote > for policies to improve it (please don't tell me > everyone's so lovely and caring they'll gladly > vote for tax rises to improve a service they don't > use, because 99% won't). I disagree. I've had two knee reconstructions and a back operation, covered with private cover (to allow me to walk inside of a few weeks rather than a few months, or nearly a year in the last case). But I still see my NHS GP, both my kids were born in NHS hospitals. My son sees an NHS physio. I personally, would support improvement in NHS services, despite also wanting to continue my Pvt insurance (perhaps Im not 'everyone', but its my view), and I don't think its uncommon that people with pvt care end up utilizing a mix of pvt and NHS services. > > As for private schools having to pay VAT, why > shouldn't they? If I choose to pay a private > security guard for my house rather than rely on > the police, I have to pay VAT, if a council tenant > wants to get a builder to make improvements to > their property rather than waiting for the > council, they have to pay VAT, why should others > offering a private service be any different? By hiring the builder, rather than waiting for the council, one would expect the service to be faster and better, otherwise why would you pay for it? By hiring the personal security guard, you get a personalised security service, therefore it is 'value added'. So ideologically, if you charge VAT on private education, then labour would also have to conceded that pvt education is faster/better than the public system, and the 'value added' tax should mean that it is a value added service; therefore should have no problem with pvt educated kids having a 'leg up' on public school kids. Somehow i doubt they'd accept that! > "Politics of envy" is a tired old phrase which > really means "I've got lots and I'm buggered if I > see why I should share, and if anyone objects it's > not because they want to improve things for others > it's because I'm so great they're jealous." Just because its tired and old, doesn't make it untrue (David Attenbourgh still draws a crowd:)). I could also flip your description to "You've got lots and I'm buggered if I see why you shouldn't share"

Lordship 516 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > The the proportion of working-age adults who do > not pay income tax has risen from 34.3 per cent to > 43.8 per cent, equivalent to 23million people > [2007/08 to 2015/16]. > > This is an indictment of the low pay policy > promoted by the tory parties and nothing at all to do with the almost doubling of the personal allowance since 2010?

To be fair, labour wont take us back to the 70's...maybe just the 1980's....1980's USSR...

Its two smaller tax grabs that have caught my eye in the labour manifesto, over and above the big headline income and corp tax increases. Firstly they want to increase the insurance tax on private medical insurance premiums; secondly they want to add VAT to private school fees.... Both of these smack of ideological vindictiveness, rather than economic sense... At a time when Labour claims that both our healthcare and education system are 'broken'; why would they want to add barriers to those who can afford to alleviate pressure on the public systems? Even if you're ideologically opposed to the privatisation of the NHS, why would you begrudge someone who can afford to go elsewhere, doing just that and freeing up pressure on the public system? Envy politics and anti-aspirational in my view.

Lordship 516 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Much of the Labour manifesto can either be neutral > or positive in their cost and will reach this > condition after just a few months or 1 year. The 'multiplier effect' of some public spending, I understand. But extrapolating this to effectively say by spending ?90bn we will actually make a net gain???....ummmmmm...I'd like to see both your hands above the table please....

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jules-and-Boo Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It is true the Tories borrowed more. > > > > if we're going to be objective.... > > Oh dear. Richard Murphy is the king of dodgy > numbers. Take this doozy... > > http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2010/05/17/the- > only-way-to-cut-government-debt-is-to-increase-gov > ernment-spending-2/ > > Here he argues that giving a newly unemployed > private sector person a made-up public sector job > is pretty much cost free. The first person > commenting spots the major error straight away, > but Murphy soldiers on. There are quite a few more > minor mistakes as well, like including child > benefit on one side, but not the other. This > article seemed to make a disappearance from his > site for a few years. I am rather pleased it is > back. > > He is also the man behind the original, infamous > 'huge tax gap' calculation. Here he takes the > cunning route of taking HMRC numbers and > multiplying them by various random numbers and > coming up with a really big number. > > http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2014/09/22/new- > report-the-tax-gap-is-119-4-billion-and-rising/ > > Frankly, I wouldn't trust him calling out numbers > in a church hall bingo game. "And the next number > is ... two little ducks... forty three thousand > two hundred and eighty six" Yep...I lost a little faith in his analysis when in the comments for the original article, he accused an Actuary (who was making a reasonable point) of 'having no idea about statistics'...I'm guessing he doesn't know what an actuary is...

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've always suspected their MO is to over value in > order to get a seller to sign up with them, give > it a few weeks and then drop the price to the > going rate. But in this case 40% over the going > rate is quite a mark-up... agreed. 10-20%...okay they're trying their luck. 40% just seems self defeating.

For the most part, we all know that foxtons are typically unpleasant to deal with and pricey to do any business with; I dont think anyone I know thinks well of them as an organisation. But I do have to ask, practically, how do they continue to be so brazen? In my street all the houses are much of a muchness, and recent sales are all within +/-10% of a central point (depending on loft conversion, side returns, garden size, bathrooms, finishing etc). But foxtons have recently put on a house in our street (seemingly not materially different from any others) at a price around 40% above the 'going rate'. Now unless there's gold under the floorboards, why do this? Especially when there is another 2 houses for sale in the street already (at levels around the 'going rate'). Surely anyone spending hard earned cash on a home would do the most basic comparison research and baulk at the foxtons listing?

As someone who worked for Macquarie for 7 years both in Sydney and London. As well as being married to Mrs Cat, who continues to work at Macq-Daddies, I feel I can say with some authority, that their reputation for ruthlessness is well earned That being said, they exist to make a profit for their shareholders, so if they are operating within the law then the blame is not with them, whether they are 'foreign' or otherwise....

The thing is that 2 years is a long time in international rugby. So its pretty hard to know what the teams will be like (with the exception of the All Blacks, who will no doubt have at least 3 new 'wunderkids' who we havent even heard of today yet). Just imagine if these were the pools based on 2015 RWC form (i.e. only 2 years ago)....

agreed. Nothing about the General Election. Lets choose a less emotive topic instead...maybe Brexit?

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Edit: Just because a person is bad with numbers > does not mean > the policy is wrong The policy can be the best idea in the world....but if you don't know how you're going to pay for it, then what does it matter? I have a policy that everyone should own a toilet made of solid gold....

I'll concede that sometimes people can mix numbers up or mis-speak. But she was hardly pushed into a difficult situation in that interview, she just f'#ked up, plain and simple. Also...today's labour party interviews/messages are all about this specific issue of them adding 10,000 more police....that's the issue she was there to discuss, so not being over the figures for the very thing you are there to talk about doesn't inspire a huge amount of confidence...

oh dear diane.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/02/labours-police-promise-tatters-diane-abbott-suggests-officers/

That mid 90's reds team was one of the greats. Horan, little, lynagh, eales, Wilson..to name a few...