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Thread | Hillsborough
at 13:31 2 Dec 2025
Today's report highlights the benefits of delaying action against national institutions for those who work in them. |
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Reply | Tom Gorringe
at 13:15 2 Dec 2025
The revolving door of senior officials has worn us down? |
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Reply | The Senedd and trees
at 22:09 30 Nov 2025
It's a shame there's nowhere to plant a tree in Wales. |
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Reply | West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City ; Match day thread (Updated Thurs)
at 14:20 29 Nov 2025
Yes, I think he's dropped the three who were struggling most in the week, I'm interested to see any changes in the way we play. Next Saturday may be the first time we can really judge any improvements on what we have seen this season. [Post edited 29 Nov 14:22]
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Reply | Budget Speculation - Part Deux 2025
at 13:54 28 Nov 2025
Globalisation and technology makes managing the ultra rich difficult, even the moderately well off can run a business from abroad. I have an old school friend who runs a Company in South Wales but lives in Spain.
An attempt to align taxes on corporations across countries was rejected by the EU. Some progress could be made by improving the reporting on remuneration so that there was more transparency of inequalities and 'well run' companies could be recognised by prospective customers. |
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Reply | Budget Speculation - Part Deux 2025
at 12:35 28 Nov 2025
The issue of reducing pay was already emerging, when an idiot called Gordon Brown decided to use benefits to top up pay, employers responded by keeping wages down knowing that Brown would fill the gap, that is a big reason why we see so much low pay and so much paid out in the form of in work benefits.
Both the private and public sectors benchmark pay but don't consider the ' Brown effect '. We need to reset all this nonsense as it is out of control, the Government seem happy to pay out more and more in benefits that support the race to the bottom. |
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Reply | Budget Speculation - Part Deux 2025
at 23:08 27 Nov 2025
Governments need to reward what creates independence rather than dependence on the state. As you say better to give a tax break than a handout. Reducing the tax breaks for people saving for their retirement is utter stupidity, similarly raising taxes on employment is counter productive.
We have people in Government who seem content to create more and more dependence on the state. |
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Reply | Migrartion Figures - Latest
at 16:56 27 Nov 2025
Yes, the BBC report is a mixture of selected facts and politics, journalism is dying. |
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Reply | Budget Speculation - Part Deux 2025
at 09:13 27 Nov 2025
The Budget has made saving for retirement more difficult, with an ageing population it makes no sense at all to hit people putting money into pensions or saving. Gordon Brown screwed up final salary schemes and now we are making things worse for those who want to save, it is pure madness.
I think by the time I retire after 45 years at work I will have paid about £700,000 in tax and NI, and then there's Council Tax and indirect taxes, I will take about £130,000 out in the way of a taxed OAP at current rates if I make 82 (average life expectancy), I'll still be paying tax in retirement which will be another £50,000 to £100,000 depending on how long I live.
I have not claimed any benefits in my life, no doubt the activist loonies will see me as a problem if/when I become an OAP. |
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Reply | Budget Speculation - Part Deux 2025
at 17:06 26 Nov 2025
The budget is pretty much business as usual steady growth in taxation and welfare spending with no real shift in economic performance. Something needs to change or we are going to be in decline. |
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Reply | Budget published early - by mistake!
at 15:42 26 Nov 2025
I think you can evict a tenant to sell the property in England, you can't re let the property after such an eviction.The new legislation does not help landlords with a bad tenant, I think a number of rentals will be disposed of early next year in England. |
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