comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted less than a minute ago
This is grate news
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/eu-free-movement-young-people-mobility-scheme-pvw0slfhh
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Wonder if they will still have to pay the €7 visa coming in next year?
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 16 minutes ago
Ginger, you being a man ITK about these things...
If you send one of your guys on a training course, is the cost of that course tax deductible?
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It is. As long as you can provide a direct link between the actual training and the relevance to your industry. That sometimes sound easier than it is and we err on the side of caution.
For example, trainee courses such as presentation skills we will take the tax hit on. Sales techniques, time planning etc will be set against tax.
Due to our size we get dispensation from HMRC to decide albeit we are open to audit at any time. Hence our caution
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cheers! I gave it a quick Google but it was just info about sole traders. I only asked out of personal curiosity.
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 16 minutes ago
Ginger, you being a man ITK about these things...
If you send one of your guys on a training course, is the cost of that course tax deductible?
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It is. As long as you can provide a direct link between the actual training and the relevance to your industry. That sometimes sound easier than it is and we err on the side of caution.
For example, trainee courses such as presentation skills we will take the tax hit on. Sales techniques, time planning etc will be set against tax.
Due to our size we get dispensation from HMRC to decide albeit we are open to audit at any time. Hence our caution
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cheers! I gave it a quick Google but it was just info about sole traders. I only asked out of personal curiosity.
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I think (but not certain) that a sole trader would find it much more difficult.
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1826566365064380434?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
ah ze German sense of humour...
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unl... (U17054)
posted 21 minutes ago
‘Firms across the UK's oil and gas supply chain have expressed "grave concern" about government plans to hike windfall taxes and eliminate investment incentives to an industry that supports 200,000 jobs.
In an open letter to HM Treasury, seen by the BBC, 42 companies have warned that official plans threaten £200bn of investment in all forms of domestic energy, including renewables.’
They are taking the govt for mugs, and they are taking public for mugs.
The windfall tax falls on profits, and not revenue. If these companies want to reduce their tax burden whilst the going is good (and it is very, very good indeed for them right now, as repeated record profits across the industry have shown) without jeopardising their revenue projections, then maybe they could reduce their vast profits by actually spending a little more on their entirely tax deductible green transitions instead of paying millionaire and billionaire executives and investors eye watering bonuses and dividends.
If they cared *at all* about their 200,000 underlings, they’d be working as hard as they could to ensure that they all had jobs in 15 years’ time when the oil and gas industry is no more and the UK is reliant on renewables.
But no. They’d rather squeeze out and see burnt every single last drop of oil and gas at the maximum possible margin, because when the rigs close and the tankers are decommissioned and the refineries shut their doors for the last time, the execs and investors won’t care a jot, because they’ll be able to sit on their own private beaches made entirely of gold sovereigns in the Caymans or BVI.
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No. They’d rather when they feel the tax burden is too rich for their liking, they’ll close down operations and head elsewhere. The fatted calf can only be sacrificed once.
There is dependence upon these companies to protect their workforce and train them into new roles for the future, but as with everything, the cost becomes too much for their liking and they won’t. Where does that leave us?
There appears to be a train of thought in certain places that “squeezing” private enterprise can continue unabated won’t have consequences that may well make everyone worse off.
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"Windfall" tax.
Record levels of profit in the last few years (Shells highest in its history 2022), well done lads, you divvy that up amongst yourself whilst the country that provides your educated workforce, and your consumers, is up to its eyeballs in debts and its public services are on its knees.
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I’m not saying that. But on that subject, why isn’t there an overriding piece of legislation that covers all businesses were they to benefit from Force Majeure events or the like?
Companies have to set out profit expectations to shareholders at the beginning of any financial year and again if there is a “swing” of 5-10% in either direction. Legislation on profits above a certain threshold which cannot be attributed to that company’s innovation or just doing it far better would be far more beneficial and at least understandable rather than this ad hoc “grab” we see in times of most need.
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Capitalism is failing when you have to make such considerations. If healthy competition existed, these companies would be vendi over backwards. Instead they are playing hard to get and acting like if we don't comply they might leave or sack people.
The tail is wagging the dog.
NEW battleground state poll of North Carolina by SurveyUSA (A+):
🟦 Kamala Harris: 46% (+1)
🟥 Donald Trump: 45%
https://x.com/garrettherrin/status/1826677823630966974?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
Please God can we at least just get a ceasefire in Gaza?
Should be an interesting day in the world of US politics. Taylor Swift is rumoured to be endorsing Kamala at the DNC on the last day whereas RFK jr is endorsing Trump.
Wonder which will make the biggest impact 😅
“I’m JD Vance, I’m running for Vice President.”
“…Okay.”
https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1826681820718731443?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
Couldn’t give two flying facks
Hold a British passport? You have just 80 days until the most significant post-Brexit red tape entanglement takes effect. After the vote to leave European Union, the UK government negotiated for us lucky Brits to acquire the same status as travellers from Paraguay and East Timor: “third-country nationals”. Inevitably, as ministers surely knew, that meant we would become subject to the entry-exit system – which requires fingerprints and a facial biometric on arrival to the EU and wider Schengen Area. The system takes effect on 10 November. Collecting the biometric data means much longer queues to enter the EU. You might spend the added time while waiting in line chatting to the similarly delayed citizens of Samoa and Nicaragua, or simply gazing proudly at your blue passport. But here’s an alternative plan: before that stressful Sunday, make the most of going around Europe in 80 days.
Simon Calder
You might have read headlines such as: “British tourists heading to Europe next summer will need £6 visa waiver, EU confirms.” Happily, the EU confirms exactly the opposite. No traveller from the UK (or, for that matter, Paraguay or East Timor) will need the Etias permit for travel to Europe before November 2025 at the earliest. For many travellers the actual deadline will be no earlier than May 2026. But those fingerprints and facial biometrics? European Commissioner Ylva Johansson insists: “10 November is the target day.”
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 33 minutes ago
“I’m JD Vance, I’m running for Vice President.”
“…Okay.”
https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1826681820718731443?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
Couldn’t give two flying facks
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Weird.
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
It's the standing charge that gets me.
My energy bill was £62 last month, with £29 of that being the standing charge.
I understand they need some guaranteed money for maintenance and the like but almost £1 a day just to get access is ridiculous.
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
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it's not just pensioners (BTW many who have consistantly supported the Tory austeritity programe, low growth and Brexit over the last 14 years) who will be be forced to choose beteween themselves and their children cold or hungry this winter either with no winter payments. It's going to be a scandal for this new GVT unless they act.
three of the top five landlords in parliament are now Labour MPs, reflecting the shifting make-up of the ruling party
the biggest landlord in the House of Commons is new Labour MP Jas Athwal, who owns 18 rental properties, according to an @ft analysis of MPs register
https://x.com/pickardje/status/1826876595790909936?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
the UKs PRS needs private Landlords btw. They should be encouraged to remain in the sector, long term. And for many, investing in property is a better and less volatile option than following stocks and shares, for a retirement pension.
But compliant and good ones. Even if they are MPs
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
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You're not wrong about twitter but that's a screenshot of a telegraph article
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe34Cq58/
Who the hell would want to live in Liverpool. They should knock these houses down and build a new estate.
We rent a house out and we’re dying to sell it but the tenant is lovely and has just decorated, so we’re fecked.
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
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You're not wrong about twitter but that's a screenshot of a telegraph article
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‘We need and arsÄ›hole tax” is a great reply
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posted 39 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
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You're not wrong about twitter but that's a screenshot of a telegraph article
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but received its's public airing onTwitter. (Only a handful of people worldwide read the Telegraph).
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
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it's not just pensioners (BTW many who have consistantly supported the Tory austeritity programe, low growth and Brexit over the last 14 years) who will be be forced to choose beteween themselves and their children cold or hungry this winter either with no winter payments. It's going to be a scandal for this new GVT unless they act.
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Na, it's the greedy price gouging, profiteering energy companies that deserve the ire of the public who can't afford their energy bills.
As an aside I know a few pensioners here in Spain who migrate here in winter but still receive the winter fuel allowance. Do they need it, do they fack.
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comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
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it's not just pensioners (BTW many who have consistantly supported the Tory austeritity programe, low growth and Brexit over the last 14 years) who will be be forced to choose beteween themselves and their children cold or hungry this winter either with no winter payments. It's going to be a scandal for this new GVT unless they act.
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Na, it's the greedy price gouging, profiteering energy companies that deserve the ire of the public who can't afford their energy bills.
As an aside I know a few pensioners here in Spain who migrate here in winter but still receive the winter fuel allowance. Do they need it, do they fack.
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I dont doubt its the greedy price gouging, profiteering energy companies that deserve the ire of the public who can't afford their energy bills. Which is why this GVT should make them (the Directors of these companies) pay to redress the problem. But we have let that happen
Tax them till the pips squeak.
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posted on 22/8/24
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted less than a minute ago
This is grate news
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/eu-free-movement-young-people-mobility-scheme-pvw0slfhh
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Wonder if they will still have to pay the €7 visa coming in next year?
posted on 22/8/24
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 16 minutes ago
Ginger, you being a man ITK about these things...
If you send one of your guys on a training course, is the cost of that course tax deductible?
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It is. As long as you can provide a direct link between the actual training and the relevance to your industry. That sometimes sound easier than it is and we err on the side of caution.
For example, trainee courses such as presentation skills we will take the tax hit on. Sales techniques, time planning etc will be set against tax.
Due to our size we get dispensation from HMRC to decide albeit we are open to audit at any time. Hence our caution
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cheers! I gave it a quick Google but it was just info about sole traders. I only asked out of personal curiosity.
posted on 22/8/24
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 16 minutes ago
Ginger, you being a man ITK about these things...
If you send one of your guys on a training course, is the cost of that course tax deductible?
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It is. As long as you can provide a direct link between the actual training and the relevance to your industry. That sometimes sound easier than it is and we err on the side of caution.
For example, trainee courses such as presentation skills we will take the tax hit on. Sales techniques, time planning etc will be set against tax.
Due to our size we get dispensation from HMRC to decide albeit we are open to audit at any time. Hence our caution
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cheers! I gave it a quick Google but it was just info about sole traders. I only asked out of personal curiosity.
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I think (but not certain) that a sole trader would find it much more difficult.
posted on 22/8/24
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1826566365064380434?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
ah ze German sense of humour...
posted on 22/8/24
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unl... (U17054)
posted 21 minutes ago
‘Firms across the UK's oil and gas supply chain have expressed "grave concern" about government plans to hike windfall taxes and eliminate investment incentives to an industry that supports 200,000 jobs.
In an open letter to HM Treasury, seen by the BBC, 42 companies have warned that official plans threaten £200bn of investment in all forms of domestic energy, including renewables.’
They are taking the govt for mugs, and they are taking public for mugs.
The windfall tax falls on profits, and not revenue. If these companies want to reduce their tax burden whilst the going is good (and it is very, very good indeed for them right now, as repeated record profits across the industry have shown) without jeopardising their revenue projections, then maybe they could reduce their vast profits by actually spending a little more on their entirely tax deductible green transitions instead of paying millionaire and billionaire executives and investors eye watering bonuses and dividends.
If they cared *at all* about their 200,000 underlings, they’d be working as hard as they could to ensure that they all had jobs in 15 years’ time when the oil and gas industry is no more and the UK is reliant on renewables.
But no. They’d rather squeeze out and see burnt every single last drop of oil and gas at the maximum possible margin, because when the rigs close and the tankers are decommissioned and the refineries shut their doors for the last time, the execs and investors won’t care a jot, because they’ll be able to sit on their own private beaches made entirely of gold sovereigns in the Caymans or BVI.
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No. They’d rather when they feel the tax burden is too rich for their liking, they’ll close down operations and head elsewhere. The fatted calf can only be sacrificed once.
There is dependence upon these companies to protect their workforce and train them into new roles for the future, but as with everything, the cost becomes too much for their liking and they won’t. Where does that leave us?
There appears to be a train of thought in certain places that “squeezing” private enterprise can continue unabated won’t have consequences that may well make everyone worse off.
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"Windfall" tax.
Record levels of profit in the last few years (Shells highest in its history 2022), well done lads, you divvy that up amongst yourself whilst the country that provides your educated workforce, and your consumers, is up to its eyeballs in debts and its public services are on its knees.
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I’m not saying that. But on that subject, why isn’t there an overriding piece of legislation that covers all businesses were they to benefit from Force Majeure events or the like?
Companies have to set out profit expectations to shareholders at the beginning of any financial year and again if there is a “swing” of 5-10% in either direction. Legislation on profits above a certain threshold which cannot be attributed to that company’s innovation or just doing it far better would be far more beneficial and at least understandable rather than this ad hoc “grab” we see in times of most need.
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Capitalism is failing when you have to make such considerations. If healthy competition existed, these companies would be vendi over backwards. Instead they are playing hard to get and acting like if we don't comply they might leave or sack people.
The tail is wagging the dog.
posted on 22/8/24
NEW battleground state poll of North Carolina by SurveyUSA (A+):
🟦 Kamala Harris: 46% (+1)
🟥 Donald Trump: 45%
https://x.com/garrettherrin/status/1826677823630966974?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
posted on 22/8/24
Please God can we at least just get a ceasefire in Gaza?
posted on 22/8/24
Should be an interesting day in the world of US politics. Taylor Swift is rumoured to be endorsing Kamala at the DNC on the last day whereas RFK jr is endorsing Trump.
Wonder which will make the biggest impact 😅
posted on 23/8/24
“I’m JD Vance, I’m running for Vice President.”
“…Okay.”
https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1826681820718731443?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
Couldn’t give two flying facks
posted on 23/8/24
Hold a British passport? You have just 80 days until the most significant post-Brexit red tape entanglement takes effect. After the vote to leave European Union, the UK government negotiated for us lucky Brits to acquire the same status as travellers from Paraguay and East Timor: “third-country nationals”. Inevitably, as ministers surely knew, that meant we would become subject to the entry-exit system – which requires fingerprints and a facial biometric on arrival to the EU and wider Schengen Area. The system takes effect on 10 November. Collecting the biometric data means much longer queues to enter the EU. You might spend the added time while waiting in line chatting to the similarly delayed citizens of Samoa and Nicaragua, or simply gazing proudly at your blue passport. But here’s an alternative plan: before that stressful Sunday, make the most of going around Europe in 80 days.
Simon Calder
posted on 23/8/24
You might have read headlines such as: “British tourists heading to Europe next summer will need £6 visa waiver, EU confirms.” Happily, the EU confirms exactly the opposite. No traveller from the UK (or, for that matter, Paraguay or East Timor) will need the Etias permit for travel to Europe before November 2025 at the earliest. For many travellers the actual deadline will be no earlier than May 2026. But those fingerprints and facial biometrics? European Commissioner Ylva Johansson insists: “10 November is the target day.”
posted on 23/8/24
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 33 minutes ago
“I’m JD Vance, I’m running for Vice President.”
“…Okay.”
https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1826681820718731443?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
Couldn’t give two flying facks
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Weird.
posted on 23/8/24
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
posted on 23/8/24
It's the standing charge that gets me.
My energy bill was £62 last month, with £29 of that being the standing charge.
I understand they need some guaranteed money for maintenance and the like but almost £1 a day just to get access is ridiculous.
posted on 23/8/24
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
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it's not just pensioners (BTW many who have consistantly supported the Tory austeritity programe, low growth and Brexit over the last 14 years) who will be be forced to choose beteween themselves and their children cold or hungry this winter either with no winter payments. It's going to be a scandal for this new GVT unless they act.
posted on 23/8/24
three of the top five landlords in parliament are now Labour MPs, reflecting the shifting make-up of the ruling party
the biggest landlord in the House of Commons is new Labour MP Jas Athwal, who owns 18 rental properties, according to an @ft analysis of MPs register
https://x.com/pickardje/status/1826876595790909936?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
posted on 23/8/24
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
posted on 23/8/24
the UKs PRS needs private Landlords btw. They should be encouraged to remain in the sector, long term. And for many, investing in property is a better and less volatile option than following stocks and shares, for a retirement pension.
But compliant and good ones. Even if they are MPs
posted on 23/8/24
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
posted on 23/8/24
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
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You're not wrong about twitter but that's a screenshot of a telegraph article
posted on 23/8/24
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe34Cq58/
Who the hell would want to live in Liverpool. They should knock these houses down and build a new estate.
We rent a house out and we’re dying to sell it but the tenant is lovely and has just decorated, so we’re fecked.
posted on 23/8/24
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
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You're not wrong about twitter but that's a screenshot of a telegraph article
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‘We need and arsÄ›hole tax” is a great reply
posted on 23/8/24
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Sydney Sweeney (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
Is she taking the pissss??
https://x.com/rolandmcs/status/1826861240016163110?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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LOL
Blame the medium not the content.
Twitter X is a cesspit of depravity. It attracts wierd attention seeking people like her. Read a good book instead.
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You're not wrong about twitter but that's a screenshot of a telegraph article
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but received its's public airing onTwitter. (Only a handful of people worldwide read the Telegraph).
posted on 23/8/24
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
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it's not just pensioners (BTW many who have consistantly supported the Tory austeritity programe, low growth and Brexit over the last 14 years) who will be be forced to choose beteween themselves and their children cold or hungry this winter either with no winter payments. It's going to be a scandal for this new GVT unless they act.
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Na, it's the greedy price gouging, profiteering energy companies that deserve the ire of the public who can't afford their energy bills.
As an aside I know a few pensioners here in Spain who migrate here in winter but still receive the winter fuel allowance. Do they need it, do they fack.
posted on 23/8/24
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
‘Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October’
‘…The regulator revealed the price cap weeks after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance. Reeves said it would no longer be universal and only pensioners on means-tested benefits would qualify this winter.
The allowance, which is worth between £100 and £300, was paid to 11.4 million pensioners in 8.4 million households in the winter of 2022 to 2023. The changes are expected to leave hundreds of thousands of pensioners facing significantly higher energy costs over the colder months, according to fuel poverty campaigners at National Energy Action…’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/23/average-annual-energy-bill-rise-great-britain-october-ofgem
Since the start of the so-called ‘energy crisis’, the energy industry has made £427bn in profits, according to a new analysis of company reports.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/public-backs-social-tariff-to-cut-vulnerable-households-energy-bills/
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it's not just pensioners (BTW many who have consistantly supported the Tory austeritity programe, low growth and Brexit over the last 14 years) who will be be forced to choose beteween themselves and their children cold or hungry this winter either with no winter payments. It's going to be a scandal for this new GVT unless they act.
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Na, it's the greedy price gouging, profiteering energy companies that deserve the ire of the public who can't afford their energy bills.
As an aside I know a few pensioners here in Spain who migrate here in winter but still receive the winter fuel allowance. Do they need it, do they fack.
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I dont doubt its the greedy price gouging, profiteering energy companies that deserve the ire of the public who can't afford their energy bills. Which is why this GVT should make them (the Directors of these companies) pay to redress the problem. But we have let that happen
Tax them till the pips squeak.
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