We've been very lucky with ours. We signed a 25-year mortgage in 2003 with a floating rate set at Euribor +0.6%.

It's been 4.3% this year, but now less than 4 years left to pay.

comment by Maximus Decimus Meridius (U11781)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 8 minutes ago
Water bills go up to save the industry. Share prices will rise as a consequence, so shareholders get more return and get richer without investing more money. Its a scam.

Dont pay.
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If we don’t pay our credit scores get mullered and we can’t get credit cards or car finance.
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Which is an issue with our facked up economic system. But it’s what needed to see the political change to address this disgraceful practice by utility companies.

Complaining on ja606 about it doesn’t do anything to enact a change.

Got my first place just over a year ago where the best deal we could find was 5.3%, which that in itself was quite lucky as it was 6% when we first put the offer on the house in and thankfully they dropped before we closed.

It's absurd though because we're only knocking around £250 off our mortgage each month at the moment despite paying over £1200.

Posted this before on here, and not to rub it in, but as a comparison:

We usually pay between €10 and €15 per month for our water. Two people in a small, detached house with a big veg patch which we water every other day in the summer.

This in a region where it doesn’t rain (sometimes at all) between May and the end of October.

^ Publicly owned and run, I should have added.

comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Maximus Decimus Meridius (U11781)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 8 minutes ago
Water bills go up to save the industry. Share prices will rise as a consequence, so shareholders get more return and get richer without investing more money. Its a scam.

Dont pay.
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If we don’t pay our credit scores get mullered and we can’t get credit cards or car finance.
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Which is an issue with our facked up economic system. But it’s what needed to see the political change to address this disgraceful practice by utility companies.

Complaining on ja606 about it doesn’t do anything to enact a change.
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We need more Luigi's.

It is peak Britishness to be outraged, not do anything, and expect someone else to do it though.

The article about water rates posted on Reddit had a top comment asking why is no one starting a protest/movement, and I couldn't help but think well why aren't you the one starting it then

We really need to learn from the French in this regard.

comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Maximus Decimus Meridius (U11781)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 8 minutes ago
Water bills go up to save the industry. Share prices will rise as a consequence, so shareholders get more return and get richer without investing more money. Its a scam.

Dont pay.
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If we don’t pay our credit scores get mullered and we can’t get credit cards or car finance.
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Which is an issue with our facked up economic system. But it’s what needed to see the political change to address this disgraceful practice by utility companies.

Complaining on ja606 about it doesn’t do anything to enact a change.
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Yep. And we talk about spiralling rental costs on a Monday, supermarket profits on a Tuesday, non-doms and tax avoiders on a Wednesday, failing water companies on a Thursday, stagnant wages on a Friday, the rise of extreme right wing populists on a Saturday…

These aren’t unrelated issues requiring each a new campaign group.

They’re symptoms of one and the very same issue.

comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Maximus Decimus Meridius (U11781)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 8 minutes ago
Water bills go up to save the industry. Share prices will rise as a consequence, so shareholders get more return and get richer without investing more money. Its a scam.

Dont pay.
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If we don’t pay our credit scores get mullered and we can’t get credit cards or car finance.
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Which is an issue with our facked up economic system. But it’s what needed to see the political change to address this disgraceful practice by utility companies.

Complaining on ja606 about it doesn’t do anything to enact a change.
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Yep. And we talk about spiralling rental costs on a Monday, supermarket profits on a Tuesday, non-doms and tax avoiders on a Wednesday, failing water companies on a Thursday, stagnant wages on a Friday, the rise of extreme right wing populists on a Saturday…

These aren’t unrelated issues requiring each a new campaign group.

They’re symptoms of one and the very same issue.
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Not the seven days Craig David had in mind, is it?

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 54 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Maximus Decimus Meridius (U11781)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 8 minutes ago
Water bills go up to save the industry. Share prices will rise as a consequence, so shareholders get more return and get richer without investing more money. Its a scam.

Dont pay.
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If we don’t pay our credit scores get mullered and we can’t get credit cards or car finance.
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Which is an issue with our facked up economic system. But it’s what needed to see the political change to address this disgraceful practice by utility companies.

Complaining on ja606 about it doesn’t do anything to enact a change.
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We need more Luigi's.
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Was gonna post the same. I'm sure there will be more.

I hate the way the media describe him but hold up the ex marine who killed an unarmed homeless man for shouting on the subway as some kind of hero.Semper Fi. Carpe Diem myarse.

The rite wing media

comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 49 seconds ago
The rite wing media
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Mainstream media in USA is all right wing. PBS&NPR are the only thing anywhere near truthy.

"Prosecutors in New York are using a little-known, decades-old anti-terrorism law in their case against Luigi Mangione, which could potentially mean a harsher sentence if he is convicted.

The charges, known as murder as an act of terrorism, apply when a crime is committed "with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping”.

If convicted, the terrorism designation automatically means a harsher sentence.

As an example, the Associated Press noted that an assault, normally punishable by up to 25 years' imprisonment, would carry a potential life sentence.

According to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Mangione's "intent was to sow terror" by gunning down Brian Thompson in a busy part of Manhattan on a weekday morning.

New York officials have also cited the anti-corporate message of Mangione's writings as warranting the terrorism designation."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c786zx47v60t

The establishment are out to make an example of him, lock him up forever to dissuade any other CEO assassins out there, protect the money.

comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 4 hours, 40 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 9 minutes ago
Would send a signal if the whole country just refused to pay it.
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Isn't water the one utility they can't cut off if the bill isn't paid?
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Yep.
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Yes...free water for all....'ave it

Mind you I was paying £20 a month for well over a year, down from £35 I think

It's just dropped to £12 lately.....and I got about £105 back in credit....I have a pond in my garden & a hot tub too

Someone else must be paying my bill...

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 4 hours, 40 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 9 minutes ago
Would send a signal if the whole country just refused to pay it.
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Isn't water the one utility they can't cut off if the bill isn't paid?
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Yep.
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Yes...free water for all....'ave it

Mind you I was paying £20 a month for well over a year, down from £35 I think

It's just dropped to £12 lately.....and I got about £105 back in credit....I have a pond in my garden & a hot tub too

Someone else must be paying my bill...




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Offset with three water butts for the pond...but still it's really cheap

We tend to shower in place of a bath these days too

My new house is the first house i've ever had with no bath, i never used to have a bath but now I really want one.

*have a bath - take a bath

We swapped out a full length bath for a 3/4 one - so it's basically a big fack off shower tray in effect & just doesn't have the same appeal

Italy has reech a milestone of recyclin 2 3ths of the countrys trash

comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
Italy has reech a milestone of recyclin 2 3ths of the countrys trash
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I’m not a fan of Mandy’s politics, but I think he’s a pretty savvy pick for US ambassador.

A serious statesman with decades of experience who probably knows more about trade dynamics and diplomacy than Trump’s entire cabinet combined, will be able to communicate with Trump and Rubio in languages they understand, and won’t take any shiiiit (and he’ll hear a lot, no doubt) about internal UK politics and policy.

“[M]ore in favour of a new relationship [with the US] rather than a special one” is just the right kind of tone for me, too. The US needs to be told it has taken acquiescence for granted for far too long, and that the balance of the relationship needs to be readjusted.

Hopefully he’s able to communicate well with President Musk

comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 15 minutes ago
I’m not a fan of Mandy’s politics, but I think he’s a pretty savvy pick for US ambassador.

A serious statesman with decades of experience who probably knows more about trade dynamics and diplomacy than Trump’s entire cabinet combined, will be able to communicate with Trump and Rubio in languages they understand, and won’t take any shiiiit (and he’ll hear a lot, no doubt) about internal UK politics and policy.

“[M]ore in favour of a new relationship [with the US] rather than a special one” is just the right kind of tone for me, too. The US needs to be told it has taken acquiescence for granted for far too long, and that the balance of the relationship needs to be readjusted.
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Trump will hate him too...

comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 14 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
Italy has reech a milestone of recyclin 2 3ths of the countrys trash
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Crazy as it sounds, the garbage collection and processing industry is one of the most corrupt around, and is riddled with organised crime. There is huge money in recycling.

For recycling, read shipping garbage off to contaminate underdeveloped countries and claiming the green subsidies on offer.

European governments and the EU happy to turn a blind eye, since they just want to claim they're fulfilling their green commitments.

I might have just made all of that up, but it would comes as no shock if it turned out to be true.