You just have to accept that you've been shafted.

[Deleted member 28]

There we go again, the mysterious “certain figure”

As already alluded to, the 'certain figure' will be just a bit more than people moaning about it earn.

I've seen the same old sh*t plenty of times with regards to telecom masts, people protesting against the latest upgrade or tower build and they're all there talking on their mobiles.

I used to ask them how they thought they worked, by 'magic'?

 

[fozy tornip]

I'd happily pay more tax to help reverse the impoverishment of the public domain that is the Tory raison d'etre, but not to fit out Michelle Mone's yacht or further enrich Rishi Sunak's wife.
It's really not that hard.

 

[multitool]

That was going to be my next question, how about spending what we actually do get from taxes more efficiently.

How's that water company privatisation working out?

 

[multitool]

...and that £16 billion in covid business loans lost through Tory government fraud and errors.

But, yeah, have a little snipe about Labour.

 

[Ian H]

There we go again, the mysterious “certain figure”

Mysterious? It'll be decided by consensus. No point me plucking a figure out of the air.

 

[Craig the cyclist]

...and that £16 billion in covid business loans lost through Tory government fraud and errors.

But, yeah, have a little snipe about Labour.

When the loans started there were plenty of commentators, and lots of contributors on here, saying that the money was going to save lives, and the Government should not put up so many barriers to being able to claim. So they lowered the barriers and guess what?

Now the same commentators, and the same people on here, are saying that the Government should have been more careful and put in more controls about who could claim

 

[fozy tornip]

Craig the fantasist.

 

[Craig the cyclist]

Craig the fantasist.

 

[multitool]

When the loans started there were plenty of commentators, and lots of contributors on here, saying that the money was going to save lives, and the Government should not put up so many barriers to being able to claim. So they lowered the barriers and guess what?

Now the same commentators, and the same people on here, are saying that the Government should have been more careful and put in more controls about who could claim

Are they? Who?

 

[Rusty Nails]

When the loans started there were plenty of commentators, and lots of contributors on here, saying that the money was going to save lives, and the Government should not put up so many barriers to being able to claim. So they lowered the barriers and guess what?

Now the same commentators, and the same people on here, are saying that the Government should have been more careful and put in more controls about who could claim

I assume you can remember the contributors here that you refer to?

Or is this another craigism?

 

[BoldonLad]

Mysterious? It'll be decided by consensus. No point me plucking a figure out of the air.

What, we going to have a referendum?

 

[Deleted member 28]

What, we going to have a referendum?

As long as no 'rich ' people are asked, oh wait, what exactly IS rich on here?

 

[matticus]

I found the statement a hilarious summary of this governments approach to capitalism and the free market:

"British households and businesses “need to accept” they are poorer and stop seeking pay increases and pushing prices higher, the Bank of England’s chief economist, Huw Pill, has said."

But surely in the Free Market all these things will sort themselves out? You don't need to tell people what prices to charge - the market will decide!

Surely ... ... ... ?

 

[Unkraut]

As long as no 'rich ' people are asked, oh wait, what exactly IS rich on here?

Some who earns more than I do.

 

[the snail]

What, we going to have a referendum?

It's called democracy, lad. The tax rates will be set by a democratically elected government.