Starmer's vision quest
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CXRAndy
Epic Member
No health impact assessment
Oops my bad 2500 old people die cos we took away your heating
View: https://x.com/i/status/2024433129843212398
Oops my bad 2500 old people die cos we took away your heating
View: https://x.com/i/status/2024433129843212398
briantrumpet
Pharaoh
Useful.
First Aspect
Guru
Please can I have my tax and optimism back?
icowden
Shaman
I'm sure Daily Mail/Sun will report:
"Rachel from accounts has been stashing YOUR CASH down the back of her sofa"
Rachel Reeves has been accused of making up a fiscal black hole, when she had loads of dosh saved up in a secret HMRC account...
First Aspect
Guru
spen666
Über Member
So, allegedly Starmer has refused Trump permission to use 2 bases, Fairford & Diego Garcia to launch strikes on Iran.
If Trump ignored this & used either or both bases, what in practice will Starmer do?
Theoretically he could kick US off bases, but that won't happen, so what will Starmer do?
If Trump ignored this & used either or both bases, what in practice will Starmer do?
Theoretically he could kick US off bases, but that won't happen, so what will Starmer do?
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke, Northants
A couple of seconds research discloses this is for collective security.
In other words is to counter racist and Islamophobic attacks.
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke, Northants
A couple of grand of that is mine....
January is always a booster month as Self Assessment wants final amount for 2024/5 and cash on account for 25/26.
First Aspect
Guru
No it's because of some nefarious Labour scheme.
How much more of a surplus is there in January than normal? That's the more reasonable assessment than December.
In 2025, January's was £14.5Bn, which was itself unusually high. I can't find 2024s because the search hits are drowned out by right wing hyperbole about us all getting ripped off, despite the £100Bn annual deficit.
spen666
Über Member
Strange media on both sides fail to mention this as it enables them to spin stories to suit their respective agendas
CXRAndy
Epic Member
I presume this is from the additional tax burdens on UK.
Something doesn't add up or there is a huge lag on the crash that is coming and bleeding the tax payer now.
We have fewer jobs more unemployment, crashing building industry. These are not positive indicators of a booming industry
Someone is lying
Something doesn't add up or there is a huge lag on the crash that is coming and bleeding the tax payer now.
We have fewer jobs more unemployment, crashing building industry. These are not positive indicators of a booming industry
Someone is lying
Dorset Boy
Well-Known Member
Rachel's week:
Monday - BAD - unemployment highest for years, under 25s really badly impacted
Tuesday - Good - inflation falls from 3.4% to 3.0%, but still higher than target
Wednesday - PMQs - always a giggle
Thursday - not a lot happening
Friday - GOOD - tax rises see big January surplus
Monday - BAD - unemployment highest for years, under 25s really badly impacted
Tuesday - Good - inflation falls from 3.4% to 3.0%, but still higher than target
Wednesday - PMQs - always a giggle
Thursday - not a lot happening
Friday - GOOD - tax rises see big January surplus
Stevo 666
Veteran
Ditto. Not sure why they surprised that January is a bumper month for tax receipts, that is if the journo knew something about tax.
Dorset Boy
Well-Known Member
How many journos actually know anything about their so called subjects?
