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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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There are millions of Tory MPs?
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Many people who voted Tory have heard what she said and believe it refers to them.
Of course once she had sobered up and got a bollokin off Starmer she backtracked but lots of Conservatives (and probably some Labour voters) believe she meant all Tory mp's and voters.
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Those many people are idiots then.
Are you saying people are only too ready to take offence at something that has nothing to do with them at all? I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
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I enquired about buying a new Ioniq 5 at the weekend. Got given a lead time of 5-6 months, so it would be March before I had it if I went ahead.
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Very cool looking. Yeah I think delays are almost guaranteed at this stage. My new car is definitely being delayed
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I test drove it and it was like being in a spaceship. Pretty quick as well. My commute for my new job is about 60 miles per day, so I want to go electric to reduce costs and reduce my emissions.
I really want it, but I am just about to complete on my house move too and am not sure whether it's a good idea to add another thing whilst there is so much economic uncertainty.
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Nah go all out mate! Unless you have any work to do to the new house. Renovation work is costing a bomb right now.
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Your car will remain standing still depreciating for about 95% of the time you own it.
Owning a car is seen as a mark of success or standing, I did too.
However, when you look at it like that, it’s a bizarre thing to own.
This is why I think fractional ownership of expensive cars will become a thing somewhere down the line.
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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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There are millions of Tory MPs?
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Many people who voted Tory have heard what she said and believe it refers to them.
Of course once she had sobered up and got a bollokin off Starmer she backtracked but lots of Conservatives (and probably some Labour voters) believe she meant all Tory mp's and voters.
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Those many people are idiots then.
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Trevor Phillips doesn't strike me as an idiot or a Tory yet his opening question to her several days after the comments were made was words to the effect of do you think the 14k Tory voters in your constituency are skum.
Draw your own conclusions.
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comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 seconds ago
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posted 4 minutes ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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There are millions of Tory MPs?
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Many people who voted Tory have heard what she said and believe it refers to them.
Of course once she had sobered up and got a bollokin off Starmer she backtracked but lots of Conservatives (and probably some Labour voters) believe she meant all Tory mp's and voters.
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Those many people are idiots then.
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Trevor Phillips doesn't strike me as an idiot or a Tory yet his opening question to her several days after the comments were made was words to the effect of do you think the 14k Tory voters in your constituency are skum.
Draw your own conclusions.
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the same Trevor Philips who days before the budget was pushing the old "magic money tree" rhetoric at the shadow chancellor?
and if he thinks the 14k tory voters in her constiuency all went to Eton and are all high level Tory party members then he could have a point but they are not so he is talking bollox
Here you go chaps, get off Tw@tter and read this article on the budget, it’s a very good summary
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.economist.com/britain/rishi-sunaks-budget-marks-a-turn-to-big-state-conservatism/21805957
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Here you go chaps, get off Tw@tter and read this article on the budget, it’s a very good summary
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.economist.com/britain/rishi-sunaks-budget-marks-a-turn-to-big-state-conservatism/21805957
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Oh it’s subscription shall I paste the whole thing?
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Britain
Oct 30th 2021 edition
Farewell to austerity
Rishi Sunak’s budget marks a turn to big-state Conservatism
British tax rates will rise to levels last seen in the 1950s
Oct 27th 2021
Who is rishi sunak? Listen to the chancellor’s recent rhetoric, and you could be forgiven for thinking he was cast in the mould of a predecessor, George Osborne, who slashed the state in response to the global financial crisis. In a speech to the Conservative Party faithful on October 4th Mr Sunak described borrowing as “immoral”, and emphasised his eagerness to restore order to the public finances. But the budget he delivered on October 27th confused the picture. Reeling off spending measures, he refused to apologise for raising taxes and lauded the spending they supported. “The Conservatives are the real party of public services,” he trilled.
Mr Sunak displayed rare munificence. Government departments will get real increases in their budget of 3% a year on average until 2024-25, an increase reminiscent of largesse last seen consistently in the 2000s. Even more eye-popping are the chancellor’s plans for the size of the post-pandemic state. According to forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (obr), a watchdog, spending will grow from 39.8% of gdp before the pandemic to 41.6% by 2026-27, the highest sustained share since the 1970s. Tax will rise from 33.5% of gdp to 36.2%, a level not seen since the early 1950s. The announcements recalled not Mr Osborne, but a very different predecessor: Labour’s Gordon Brown.
The Brownite giveaway was prompted by a surprisingly perky economy. In March the obr projected gdp growth of 4.1% this year. Now, thanks to rosier employment figures, it predicts 6.5%. In the same period, medium-term damage expected from covid-19 has gone from a gloomy 3% of gdp to a cautious 2%. Part of this is simply the passage of time revealing that investment has performed better than expected. But Mr Sunak is also benefiting from his adroit handling of the pandemic, which limited the hit to corporate balance-sheets.
All of this means Britain is borrowing less than expected. People are earning more, which increases the tax take. And Mr Sunak has raised taxes. In September he announced a health and social care levy, which will bring in a net sum of £12bn ($16bn) by 2024-25, and increased dividend tax rates. This year has seen the biggest overall tax rise since 1993—which is not a message the Tories will put on leaflets at the next general election.
Mr Sunak did offer some red meat to Conservative members. There was relief for payers of business rates, a cut to corporate-tax rates for banks and the now traditional fuel-duty freeze (as has happened without fail for the past decade). But none of these will cost more than £2bn a year by 2024-25. Mr Sunak also announced new fiscal rules: there will be no borrowing for day-to-day spending in three years’ time and debt will fall as a share of gdp. On current plans, he will meet these targets, but he has left less margin for error than his predecessors did with their rules, which all went unmet.
By the next election, Mr Sunak plans to be using most of the windfall delivered by better economic growth to lower borrowing (or, perhaps, as a slush fund for tax cuts). But now, he is spending—and in particular to ease the pressure on public services brought about by the pandemic. The health department will see the biggest increase, because hospitals must deal with both covid and an enormous backlog, but most will have at least some sort of rise. This will begin to reverse the cuts applied by Mr Osborne (see chart).
Given how much of the budget was trailed before, some wondered whether anything would be left for the main event. But the chancellor managed a few surprises. Half the planned increase in departmental spending in 2024-25 will restore foreign aid to 0.7% of gdp, a target abandoned during the pandemic. A welcome simplification to the mess of alcohol taxation was seized on by Mr Sunak, a Brexiteer, as a benefit of leaving the eu (it would not have been possible as part of the bloc). Firms running retail, hospitality and leisure properties will enjoy a temporary cut to business rates, to help their post-pandemic recovery.
The most impressive rabbit Mr Sunak pulled out of his hat was an increase in the generosity of Universal Credit, a benefit for working-age people. He faced criticism in September for allowing a pandemic-related uplift to expire, which cost recipients £1,000 a year. Rather than reverse the cut, Mr Sunak reduced the rate at which the benefit is withdrawn as people earn more. The Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, was quick to point out that together with higher minimum-wage rates, the change would still leave the poorest fifth of households £280 a year worse off.But it does at least cushion the blow.
Critics complain that the outlook for households’ disposable income is still pretty dismal. Mr Sunak’s cursory treatment of climate change smacked of complacency—and the trove of documents released alongside his speech revealed little that would fulfil Britain’s bold climate-change ambitions. Given the number of global leaders about to descend on Glasgow to discuss the matter, it was slightly odd to announce a cut on short-haul flights taxes (and not to raise fuel duty).
Before the budget, there was lots of noise about the growing distance between Mr Sunak and the prime minister, Boris Johnson. There were even rumours that Mr Johnson would move the chancellor to a different, less prominent job, so perturbed was he by his rival’s star power. But the fiscal event revealed them to be aligned, at least as far as governing the country is concerned. Both are happy to spend big if circumstances call for it. Neither is a small-state ideologue. ■
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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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The world has gone crazy. PC gone mad millions of people crying over being called skum.
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posted 14 minutes ago
Subscribe
Britain
Oct 30th 2021 edition
Farewell to austerity
Rishi Sunak’s budget marks a turn to big-state Conservatism
British tax rates will rise to levels last seen in the 1950s
Oct 27th 2021
Who is rishi sunak? Listen to the chancellor’s recent rhetoric, and you could be forgiven for thinking he was cast in the mould of a predecessor, George Osborne, who slashed the state in response to the global financial crisis. In a speech to the Conservative Party faithful on October 4th Mr Sunak described borrowing as “immoral”, and emphasised his eagerness to restore order to the public finances. But the budget he delivered on October 27th confused the picture. Reeling off spending measures, he refused to apologise for raising taxes and lauded the spending they supported. “The Conservatives are the real party of public services,” he trilled.
Mr Sunak displayed rare munificence. Government departments will get real increases in their budget of 3% a year on average until 2024-25, an increase reminiscent of largesse last seen consistently in the 2000s. Even more eye-popping are the chancellor’s plans for the size of the post-pandemic state. According to forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (obr), a watchdog, spending will grow from 39.8% of gdp before the pandemic to 41.6% by 2026-27, the highest sustained share since the 1970s. Tax will rise from 33.5% of gdp to 36.2%, a level not seen since the early 1950s. The announcements recalled not Mr Osborne, but a very different predecessor: Labour’s Gordon Brown.
The Brownite giveaway was prompted by a surprisingly perky economy. In March the obr projected gdp growth of 4.1% this year. Now, thanks to rosier employment figures, it predicts 6.5%. In the same period, medium-term damage expected from covid-19 has gone from a gloomy 3% of gdp to a cautious 2%. Part of this is simply the passage of time revealing that investment has performed better than expected. But Mr Sunak is also benefiting from his adroit handling of the pandemic, which limited the hit to corporate balance-sheets.
All of this means Britain is borrowing less than expected. People are earning more, which increases the tax take. And Mr Sunak has raised taxes. In September he announced a health and social care levy, which will bring in a net sum of £12bn ($16bn) by 2024-25, and increased dividend tax rates. This year has seen the biggest overall tax rise since 1993—which is not a message the Tories will put on leaflets at the next general election.
Mr Sunak did offer some red meat to Conservative members. There was relief for payers of business rates, a cut to corporate-tax rates for banks and the now traditional fuel-duty freeze (as has happened without fail for the past decade). But none of these will cost more than £2bn a year by 2024-25. Mr Sunak also announced new fiscal rules: there will be no borrowing for day-to-day spending in three years’ time and debt will fall as a share of gdp. On current plans, he will meet these targets, but he has left less margin for error than his predecessors did with their rules, which all went unmet.
By the next election, Mr Sunak plans to be using most of the windfall delivered by better economic growth to lower borrowing (or, perhaps, as a slush fund for tax cuts). But now, he is spending—and in particular to ease the pressure on public services brought about by the pandemic. The health department will see the biggest increase, because hospitals must deal with both covid and an enormous backlog, but most will have at least some sort of rise. This will begin to reverse the cuts applied by Mr Osborne (see chart).
Given how much of the budget was trailed before, some wondered whether anything would be left for the main event. But the chancellor managed a few surprises. Half the planned increase in departmental spending in 2024-25 will restore foreign aid to 0.7% of gdp, a target abandoned during the pandemic. A welcome simplification to the mess of alcohol taxation was seized on by Mr Sunak, a Brexiteer, as a benefit of leaving the eu (it would not have been possible as part of the bloc). Firms running retail, hospitality and leisure properties will enjoy a temporary cut to business rates, to help their post-pandemic recovery.
The most impressive rabbit Mr Sunak pulled out of his hat was an increase in the generosity of Universal Credit, a benefit for working-age people. He faced criticism in September for allowing a pandemic-related uplift to expire, which cost recipients £1,000 a year. Rather than reverse the cut, Mr Sunak reduced the rate at which the benefit is withdrawn as people earn more. The Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, was quick to point out that together with higher minimum-wage rates, the change would still leave the poorest fifth of households £280 a year worse off.But it does at least cushion the blow.
Critics complain that the outlook for households’ disposable income is still pretty dismal. Mr Sunak’s cursory treatment of climate change smacked of complacency—and the trove of documents released alongside his speech revealed little that would fulfil Britain’s bold climate-change ambitions. Given the number of global leaders about to descend on Glasgow to discuss the matter, it was slightly odd to announce a cut on short-haul flights taxes (and not to raise fuel duty).
Before the budget, there was lots of noise about the growing distance between Mr Sunak and the prime minister, Boris Johnson. There were even rumours that Mr Johnson would move the chancellor to a different, less prominent job, so perturbed was he by his rival’s star power. But the fiscal event revealed them to be aligned, at least as far as governing the country is concerned. Both are happy to spend big if circumstances call for it. Neither is a small-state ideologue. ■
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This is great. Its nice that a lot of it is about the future, and this government has already shown some breathtaking foresight. All these will definitely happen. The exact opposite will not happen.
For instance, this government's honesty and foresight re the NIP makes me certain that what they say is what they know will actually happen. These guys never lie through their teeth.
Somebody bookmark that for me.
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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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The world has gone crazy. PC gone mad millions of people crying over being called skum.
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There's worse names than skum out there but if you make noise about those then you're a woke mug. Excellent.
Next thing you know we'll be taking a knee for the Tories as this is too traumatic for anyone to handle.
Woke Mugs.
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
🚨 | BREAKING: The U.K. has summoned the French ambassador and has accused France of breaking international law
Disquiet in Tory circles that CCHQ say they will only consider candidates to replace James Brokenshire who got in touch BEFORE his funeral last week.
Many hopefuls held off out of respect before a hat in the ring - but party chiefs say they were "inundated" before funeral.
Grim: https://t.co/6Ik40LqRel
Wtf CCHQ are absolutely ridiculous
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Brass neck on these cants
Did France break international law in a "small, specific way"
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🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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🚨 | BREAKING: The U.K. has summoned the French ambassador and has accused France of breaking international law
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Brass neck on these cants
Did France break international law in a "small, specific way"
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So when the UK is suspected of breaking international law it's the UKs fault and when France is suspected of breaking internationa law it's the UK's fault? Just come out and say it you hate the UK.
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Not hate. Facts is facts.
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🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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It was ‘only’ £13.5bn in its first year
I think it’s around £19 billies for insulation
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🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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It was ‘only’ £13.5bn in its first year
I think it’s around £19 billies for insulation
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Meh. Piece of cake
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posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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It was ‘only’ £13.5bn in its first year
I think it’s around £19 billies for insulation
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Meh. Piece of cake
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Peace of Cake.
This came about after the Diet if Worms.
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I enquired about buying a new Ioniq 5 at the weekend. Got given a lead time of 5-6 months, so it would be March before I had it if I went ahead.
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Very cool looking. Yeah I think delays are almost guaranteed at this stage. My new car is definitely being delayed
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I test drove it and it was like being in a spaceship. Pretty quick as well. My commute for my new job is about 60 miles per day, so I want to go electric to reduce costs and reduce my emissions.
I really want it, but I am just about to complete on my house move too and am not sure whether it's a good idea to add another thing whilst there is so much economic uncertainty.
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Nah go all out mate! Unless you have any work to do to the new house. Renovation work is costing a bomb right now.
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Your car will remain standing still depreciating for about 95% of the time you own it.
Owning a car is seen as a mark of success or standing, I did too.
However, when you look at it like that, it’s a bizarre thing to own.
This is why I think fractional ownership of expensive cars will become a thing somewhere down the line.
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for sure car ownership is a huge problem, a lot of the gains made in fuel effieciency have been destroyed by people choosing to drive SUVs. I saw a stat the other day that SUVs if they were country would be in the top 5 in terms of polluting the air.
while people obviously require cars a 2.5 turbo gtixyz is clearly not needed and it's almost wholely about status/greed etc
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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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There are millions of Tory MPs?
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Many people who voted Tory have heard what she said and believe it refers to them.
Of course once she had sobered up and got a bollokin off Starmer she backtracked but lots of Conservatives (and probably some Labour voters) believe she meant all Tory mp's and voters.
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Those many people are idiots then.
posted on 28/10/21
Are you saying people are only too ready to take offence at something that has nothing to do with them at all? I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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I enquired about buying a new Ioniq 5 at the weekend. Got given a lead time of 5-6 months, so it would be March before I had it if I went ahead.
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Very cool looking. Yeah I think delays are almost guaranteed at this stage. My new car is definitely being delayed
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I test drove it and it was like being in a spaceship. Pretty quick as well. My commute for my new job is about 60 miles per day, so I want to go electric to reduce costs and reduce my emissions.
I really want it, but I am just about to complete on my house move too and am not sure whether it's a good idea to add another thing whilst there is so much economic uncertainty.
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Nah go all out mate! Unless you have any work to do to the new house. Renovation work is costing a bomb right now.
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Your car will remain standing still depreciating for about 95% of the time you own it.
Owning a car is seen as a mark of success or standing, I did too.
However, when you look at it like that, it’s a bizarre thing to own.
This is why I think fractional ownership of expensive cars will become a thing somewhere down the line.
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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
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NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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There are millions of Tory MPs?
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Many people who voted Tory have heard what she said and believe it refers to them.
Of course once she had sobered up and got a bollokin off Starmer she backtracked but lots of Conservatives (and probably some Labour voters) believe she meant all Tory mp's and voters.
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Those many people are idiots then.
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Trevor Phillips doesn't strike me as an idiot or a Tory yet his opening question to her several days after the comments were made was words to the effect of do you think the 14k Tory voters in your constituency are skum.
Draw your own conclusions.
posted on 28/10/21
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NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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There are millions of Tory MPs?
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Many people who voted Tory have heard what she said and believe it refers to them.
Of course once she had sobered up and got a bollokin off Starmer she backtracked but lots of Conservatives (and probably some Labour voters) believe she meant all Tory mp's and voters.
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Those many people are idiots then.
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Trevor Phillips doesn't strike me as an idiot or a Tory yet his opening question to her several days after the comments were made was words to the effect of do you think the 14k Tory voters in your constituency are skum.
Draw your own conclusions.
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the same Trevor Philips who days before the budget was pushing the old "magic money tree" rhetoric at the shadow chancellor?
and if he thinks the 14k tory voters in her constiuency all went to Eton and are all high level Tory party members then he could have a point but they are not so he is talking bollox
posted on 28/10/21
Here you go chaps, get off Tw@tter and read this article on the budget, it’s a very good summary
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.economist.com/britain/rishi-sunaks-budget-marks-a-turn-to-big-state-conservatism/21805957
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 1 minute ago
Here you go chaps, get off Tw@tter and read this article on the budget, it’s a very good summary
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.economist.com/britain/rishi-sunaks-budget-marks-a-turn-to-big-state-conservatism/21805957
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Oh it’s subscription shall I paste the whole thing?
posted on 28/10/21
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Britain
Oct 30th 2021 edition
Farewell to austerity
Rishi Sunak’s budget marks a turn to big-state Conservatism
British tax rates will rise to levels last seen in the 1950s
Oct 27th 2021
Who is rishi sunak? Listen to the chancellor’s recent rhetoric, and you could be forgiven for thinking he was cast in the mould of a predecessor, George Osborne, who slashed the state in response to the global financial crisis. In a speech to the Conservative Party faithful on October 4th Mr Sunak described borrowing as “immoral”, and emphasised his eagerness to restore order to the public finances. But the budget he delivered on October 27th confused the picture. Reeling off spending measures, he refused to apologise for raising taxes and lauded the spending they supported. “The Conservatives are the real party of public services,” he trilled.
Mr Sunak displayed rare munificence. Government departments will get real increases in their budget of 3% a year on average until 2024-25, an increase reminiscent of largesse last seen consistently in the 2000s. Even more eye-popping are the chancellor’s plans for the size of the post-pandemic state. According to forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (obr), a watchdog, spending will grow from 39.8% of gdp before the pandemic to 41.6% by 2026-27, the highest sustained share since the 1970s. Tax will rise from 33.5% of gdp to 36.2%, a level not seen since the early 1950s. The announcements recalled not Mr Osborne, but a very different predecessor: Labour’s Gordon Brown.
The Brownite giveaway was prompted by a surprisingly perky economy. In March the obr projected gdp growth of 4.1% this year. Now, thanks to rosier employment figures, it predicts 6.5%. In the same period, medium-term damage expected from covid-19 has gone from a gloomy 3% of gdp to a cautious 2%. Part of this is simply the passage of time revealing that investment has performed better than expected. But Mr Sunak is also benefiting from his adroit handling of the pandemic, which limited the hit to corporate balance-sheets.
All of this means Britain is borrowing less than expected. People are earning more, which increases the tax take. And Mr Sunak has raised taxes. In September he announced a health and social care levy, which will bring in a net sum of £12bn ($16bn) by 2024-25, and increased dividend tax rates. This year has seen the biggest overall tax rise since 1993—which is not a message the Tories will put on leaflets at the next general election.
Mr Sunak did offer some red meat to Conservative members. There was relief for payers of business rates, a cut to corporate-tax rates for banks and the now traditional fuel-duty freeze (as has happened without fail for the past decade). But none of these will cost more than £2bn a year by 2024-25. Mr Sunak also announced new fiscal rules: there will be no borrowing for day-to-day spending in three years’ time and debt will fall as a share of gdp. On current plans, he will meet these targets, but he has left less margin for error than his predecessors did with their rules, which all went unmet.
By the next election, Mr Sunak plans to be using most of the windfall delivered by better economic growth to lower borrowing (or, perhaps, as a slush fund for tax cuts). But now, he is spending—and in particular to ease the pressure on public services brought about by the pandemic. The health department will see the biggest increase, because hospitals must deal with both covid and an enormous backlog, but most will have at least some sort of rise. This will begin to reverse the cuts applied by Mr Osborne (see chart).
Given how much of the budget was trailed before, some wondered whether anything would be left for the main event. But the chancellor managed a few surprises. Half the planned increase in departmental spending in 2024-25 will restore foreign aid to 0.7% of gdp, a target abandoned during the pandemic. A welcome simplification to the mess of alcohol taxation was seized on by Mr Sunak, a Brexiteer, as a benefit of leaving the eu (it would not have been possible as part of the bloc). Firms running retail, hospitality and leisure properties will enjoy a temporary cut to business rates, to help their post-pandemic recovery.
The most impressive rabbit Mr Sunak pulled out of his hat was an increase in the generosity of Universal Credit, a benefit for working-age people. He faced criticism in September for allowing a pandemic-related uplift to expire, which cost recipients £1,000 a year. Rather than reverse the cut, Mr Sunak reduced the rate at which the benefit is withdrawn as people earn more. The Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, was quick to point out that together with higher minimum-wage rates, the change would still leave the poorest fifth of households £280 a year worse off.But it does at least cushion the blow.
Critics complain that the outlook for households’ disposable income is still pretty dismal. Mr Sunak’s cursory treatment of climate change smacked of complacency—and the trove of documents released alongside his speech revealed little that would fulfil Britain’s bold climate-change ambitions. Given the number of global leaders about to descend on Glasgow to discuss the matter, it was slightly odd to announce a cut on short-haul flights taxes (and not to raise fuel duty).
Before the budget, there was lots of noise about the growing distance between Mr Sunak and the prime minister, Boris Johnson. There were even rumours that Mr Johnson would move the chancellor to a different, less prominent job, so perturbed was he by his rival’s star power. But the fiscal event revealed them to be aligned, at least as far as governing the country is concerned. Both are happy to spend big if circumstances call for it. Neither is a small-state ideologue. ■
posted on 28/10/21
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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The world has gone crazy. PC gone mad millions of people crying over being called skum.
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 14 minutes ago
Subscribe
Britain
Oct 30th 2021 edition
Farewell to austerity
Rishi Sunak’s budget marks a turn to big-state Conservatism
British tax rates will rise to levels last seen in the 1950s
Oct 27th 2021
Who is rishi sunak? Listen to the chancellor’s recent rhetoric, and you could be forgiven for thinking he was cast in the mould of a predecessor, George Osborne, who slashed the state in response to the global financial crisis. In a speech to the Conservative Party faithful on October 4th Mr Sunak described borrowing as “immoral”, and emphasised his eagerness to restore order to the public finances. But the budget he delivered on October 27th confused the picture. Reeling off spending measures, he refused to apologise for raising taxes and lauded the spending they supported. “The Conservatives are the real party of public services,” he trilled.
Mr Sunak displayed rare munificence. Government departments will get real increases in their budget of 3% a year on average until 2024-25, an increase reminiscent of largesse last seen consistently in the 2000s. Even more eye-popping are the chancellor’s plans for the size of the post-pandemic state. According to forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (obr), a watchdog, spending will grow from 39.8% of gdp before the pandemic to 41.6% by 2026-27, the highest sustained share since the 1970s. Tax will rise from 33.5% of gdp to 36.2%, a level not seen since the early 1950s. The announcements recalled not Mr Osborne, but a very different predecessor: Labour’s Gordon Brown.
The Brownite giveaway was prompted by a surprisingly perky economy. In March the obr projected gdp growth of 4.1% this year. Now, thanks to rosier employment figures, it predicts 6.5%. In the same period, medium-term damage expected from covid-19 has gone from a gloomy 3% of gdp to a cautious 2%. Part of this is simply the passage of time revealing that investment has performed better than expected. But Mr Sunak is also benefiting from his adroit handling of the pandemic, which limited the hit to corporate balance-sheets.
All of this means Britain is borrowing less than expected. People are earning more, which increases the tax take. And Mr Sunak has raised taxes. In September he announced a health and social care levy, which will bring in a net sum of £12bn ($16bn) by 2024-25, and increased dividend tax rates. This year has seen the biggest overall tax rise since 1993—which is not a message the Tories will put on leaflets at the next general election.
Mr Sunak did offer some red meat to Conservative members. There was relief for payers of business rates, a cut to corporate-tax rates for banks and the now traditional fuel-duty freeze (as has happened without fail for the past decade). But none of these will cost more than £2bn a year by 2024-25. Mr Sunak also announced new fiscal rules: there will be no borrowing for day-to-day spending in three years’ time and debt will fall as a share of gdp. On current plans, he will meet these targets, but he has left less margin for error than his predecessors did with their rules, which all went unmet.
By the next election, Mr Sunak plans to be using most of the windfall delivered by better economic growth to lower borrowing (or, perhaps, as a slush fund for tax cuts). But now, he is spending—and in particular to ease the pressure on public services brought about by the pandemic. The health department will see the biggest increase, because hospitals must deal with both covid and an enormous backlog, but most will have at least some sort of rise. This will begin to reverse the cuts applied by Mr Osborne (see chart).
Given how much of the budget was trailed before, some wondered whether anything would be left for the main event. But the chancellor managed a few surprises. Half the planned increase in departmental spending in 2024-25 will restore foreign aid to 0.7% of gdp, a target abandoned during the pandemic. A welcome simplification to the mess of alcohol taxation was seized on by Mr Sunak, a Brexiteer, as a benefit of leaving the eu (it would not have been possible as part of the bloc). Firms running retail, hospitality and leisure properties will enjoy a temporary cut to business rates, to help their post-pandemic recovery.
The most impressive rabbit Mr Sunak pulled out of his hat was an increase in the generosity of Universal Credit, a benefit for working-age people. He faced criticism in September for allowing a pandemic-related uplift to expire, which cost recipients £1,000 a year. Rather than reverse the cut, Mr Sunak reduced the rate at which the benefit is withdrawn as people earn more. The Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, was quick to point out that together with higher minimum-wage rates, the change would still leave the poorest fifth of households £280 a year worse off.But it does at least cushion the blow.
Critics complain that the outlook for households’ disposable income is still pretty dismal. Mr Sunak’s cursory treatment of climate change smacked of complacency—and the trove of documents released alongside his speech revealed little that would fulfil Britain’s bold climate-change ambitions. Given the number of global leaders about to descend on Glasgow to discuss the matter, it was slightly odd to announce a cut on short-haul flights taxes (and not to raise fuel duty).
Before the budget, there was lots of noise about the growing distance between Mr Sunak and the prime minister, Boris Johnson. There were even rumours that Mr Johnson would move the chancellor to a different, less prominent job, so perturbed was he by his rival’s star power. But the fiscal event revealed them to be aligned, at least as far as governing the country is concerned. Both are happy to spend big if circumstances call for it. Neither is a small-state ideologue. ■
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This is great. Its nice that a lot of it is about the future, and this government has already shown some breathtaking foresight. All these will definitely happen. The exact opposite will not happen.
For instance, this government's honesty and foresight re the NIP makes me certain that what they say is what they know will actually happen. These guys never lie through their teeth.
posted on 28/10/21
Somebody bookmark that for me.
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
NEW: Further arrests and one man charged following threats made to Angela Rayner. This follows an
initial arrest yesterday.
One man charged and two arrested following reports of malicious communications | Greater Manchester Police https://t.co/cvlc8hfU60
PaulBawron not been on for a few days 🤔
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Hello fella, half term and I've had fatherly duties to attend to.
I'm no fan of cowardly keyboard bullies but when you call millions of people skum l'm afraid in this day and age you are going to get a backlash.
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The world has gone crazy. PC gone mad millions of people crying over being called skum.
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There's worse names than skum out there but if you make noise about those then you're a woke mug. Excellent.
Next thing you know we'll be taking a knee for the Tories as this is too traumatic for anyone to handle.
Woke Mugs.
posted on 28/10/21
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
posted on 28/10/21
🚨 | BREAKING: The U.K. has summoned the French ambassador and has accused France of breaking international law
posted on 28/10/21
Disquiet in Tory circles that CCHQ say they will only consider candidates to replace James Brokenshire who got in touch BEFORE his funeral last week.
Many hopefuls held off out of respect before a hat in the ring - but party chiefs say they were "inundated" before funeral.
Grim: https://t.co/6Ik40LqRel
Wtf CCHQ are absolutely ridiculous
posted on 28/10/21
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 1 minute ago
🚨 | BREAKING: The U.K. has summoned the French ambassador and has accused France of breaking international law
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Brass neck on these cants
Did France break international law in a "small, specific way"
posted on 28/10/21
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
posted on 28/10/21
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posted on 28/10/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
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comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Titliv - Ben Shapiro fanboy, and what about those milkers (U11882)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
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comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 1 minute ago
🚨 | BREAKING: The U.K. has summoned the French ambassador and has accused France of breaking international law
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Brass neck on these cants
Did France break international law in a "small, specific way"
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So when the UK is suspected of breaking international law it's the UKs fault and when France is suspected of breaking internationa law it's the UK's fault? Just come out and say it you hate the UK.
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Not hate. Facts is facts.
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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It was ‘only’ £13.5bn in its first year
I think it’s around £19 billies for insulation
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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It was ‘only’ £13.5bn in its first year
I think it’s around £19 billies for insulation
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Meh. Piece of cake
posted on 28/10/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 25 seconds ago
🚨 | NEW: The High Court was told today that three days of Insulate Britain's blockades cost the economy almost £900,000.
Via @LBC
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Three days of blockades on a few roads=900,000
That's a massive economy. How much will insulating Britain cost?
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One track and trace system for a year and a half
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So 37b+1/2*37b?
55 billion to insulate Britain? That right?
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It was ‘only’ £13.5bn in its first year
I think it’s around £19 billies for insulation
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Meh. Piece of cake
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Peace of Cake.
This came about after the Diet if Worms.
posted on 28/10/21
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posted 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
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I enquired about buying a new Ioniq 5 at the weekend. Got given a lead time of 5-6 months, so it would be March before I had it if I went ahead.
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Very cool looking. Yeah I think delays are almost guaranteed at this stage. My new car is definitely being delayed
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I test drove it and it was like being in a spaceship. Pretty quick as well. My commute for my new job is about 60 miles per day, so I want to go electric to reduce costs and reduce my emissions.
I really want it, but I am just about to complete on my house move too and am not sure whether it's a good idea to add another thing whilst there is so much economic uncertainty.
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Nah go all out mate! Unless you have any work to do to the new house. Renovation work is costing a bomb right now.
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Your car will remain standing still depreciating for about 95% of the time you own it.
Owning a car is seen as a mark of success or standing, I did too.
However, when you look at it like that, it’s a bizarre thing to own.
This is why I think fractional ownership of expensive cars will become a thing somewhere down the line.
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for sure car ownership is a huge problem, a lot of the gains made in fuel effieciency have been destroyed by people choosing to drive SUVs. I saw a stat the other day that SUVs if they were country would be in the top 5 in terms of polluting the air.
while people obviously require cars a 2.5 turbo gtixyz is clearly not needed and it's almost wholely about status/greed etc
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