Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[BoldonLad]

Who gets to decide who is thick? Kind of sounds judgmental, Stevo. I think everyone on the forum gets the point of your posts Stevo, they're not exactly troubled by nuance 😉

who indeed 😊

 

[briantrumpet]

If you start with the two premises that all taxes are essentially socialist, and that a tax system that is FUBAR with thousands of unintended consequences which tax-minimisation specialists can exploit right to the limit of legality is A Good Thing, then you can dismiss any other ethical or moral judgements easily.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Who gets to decide who is thick?

Obviously @Stevo 666 in this case. Does not compute.

 

[briantrumpet]

And there I was, tempted to read it... this is a good bit of writing in itself, and the epitome of what one would call an 'excoriating review'. From Amazon.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

And there I was, tempted to read it... this is a good bit of writing in itself, and the epitome of what one would call an 'excoriating review'. From Amazon.

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His Mother didn't like it then?

 

[Beebo]

What a plonker.
It has Brexit undertones, leaving an old membership but expected to have continued access to the facilities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3l14d9wklo

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

What a plonker.
It has Brexit undertones, leaving an old membership but expected to have continued access to the facilities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3l14d9wklo

"I cant believe it, I sold my house and when I went back to store something in the garage they had changed the locks and told me I didn't live there anymore. These new owners have just taken the law into their own hands!"

 

[Beebo]

"I cant believe it, I sold my house and when I went back to store something in the garage they had changed the locks and told me I didn't live there anymore. These new owners have just taken the law into their own hands!"

I’m staggered that a barrister agreed to take the case. It seems like a total lost cause from the start.

 

[Pross]

I’m staggered that a barrister agreed to take the case. It seems like a total lost cause from the start.

I guess they're getting paid no matter what so as long as they gave honest advice to the Client on their chances of success you may as well take the pay day.

 

[Beebo]

I guess they're getting paid no matter what so as long as they gave honest advice to the Client on their chances of success you may as well take the pay day.

I’d like to see their advice. It must have been very pessimistic.

 

[Ian H]

Britain’s big right-wing parties, the Conservatives and Reform UK, call for American-style mass deportations of illegal immigrants. Their policies would damage one of Britain’s strengths: its ability to absorb arrivals and allow them to thrive. More practically, the plans are wildly unworkable.
[The Economist]

 

[Dorset Boy]

Who gets to decide who is thick? Kind of sounds judgmental, Stevo. I think everyone on the forum gets the point of your posts Stevo, they're not exactly troubled by nuance 😉

There have been plenty of instances in NCAP of people calling those with differing opinions and experiences thick.....

 

[Stevo 666]

Do you have no moral view on the topic? Is it just a case of “if it’s legal, then crack on?”

We all know the international tax system is FUBAR, and big business exploits clear loopholes, it doesn't make it right.

If its a moral question, then who gets to decide what's acceptable or even the right amount of tax to pay? The answer is almost certainly not a random bunch of lefties on a cycling forum.

 

[Stevo 666]

Who gets to decide who is thick? Kind of sounds judgmental, Stevo. I think everyone on the forum gets the point of your posts Stevo, they're not exactly troubled by nuance 😉

Ah, I see you're towing the 'condescending leftie' line again. Less thick people will see the nuances, sometimes they're subtle

 

[Stevo 666]

Yes, because we don't need to pay any more farking tax as, as a percentage of our income we are already paying far more than than people who have far more money and can pay people to exploit the system.

How about the state spending a bit less for a change. We managed reasonably well in years gone by on a much lower relative tax take.