Oh so their campaigning to greatly hinder our economy and lives when no harm whatsoever will be done to Stonehenge as a result of the work, has no connection with the same constant stream of anti British policies and sentiment from all the other agencies on the continent post Brexit? I see.
Quote: zooo @ 24th September 2023, 10:49 AMThey completely gutted parts of my home county for that stupid waste of time and money.
Buses come under public ownership in my county as from today
Maybe now I won't need to stand at a bus stop in the pissing rain waiting for an hour for a bus that should have been here ten sodding minutes ago
HS2 has been somewhat derailed by the event of Covid and the unexpected lurch toward homeworking. I just can't see the same mass demand for express transport links to the midlands and north when it comes, now that a longish period of homeworking has proved the country runs quite effectively with less physical contact and all the travelling and costs of that travelling, not to mention to the environment. I don't know if it's a big white elephant yet but I can't see it being needed as much as was thought pre covid.
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 24th September 2023, 10:59 AMOh so their campaigning to greatly hinder our economy and lives when no harm whatsoever will be done to Stonehenge as a result of the work, has no connection with the same constant stream of anti British policies and sentiment from all the other agencies on the continent post Brexit? I see.
No it doesn't.
Only in your head.
I may be mistaken but I thought the UK's High Court had ruled against the government on Stonehenge, so making this a Britain Vs Interfering Johnny Foreigner story seems a bit silly and disingenuous, although very much on brand for Kipper.
Like many political decisions, it will involve many factors. I can see why someone would assume the EU has an incentive to remind it's members of the dangers of breaking away. If the UK high court has ruled against this then the UNESCO point is mute. So why push it in the national press ? Maybe so the Cons can continue to project blame away ? Who knows ? But transport links are a key deciding factor for inward investment, so these U turns continue to make the UK less investable.
Sunak considering cutting inheritance tax apparently
Scuse my ignorance, but isn't it only wealthy people that have to pay this?
And so , this is a tax cut for the rich?
Surely I'm wrong?
Lowering taxes for the wealthy during one of the biggest cost of living periods in a century would be a tad unethical?
Or maybe I've got it completely wrong...
Quote: chipolata @ 24th September 2023, 1:10 PMI may be mistaken but I thought the UK's High Court had ruled against the government on Stonehenge, so making this a Britain Vs Interfering Johnny Foreigner story seems a bit silly and disingenuous, although very much on brand for Kipper.
It did two years ago, it has since been overturned and the tunnel given the final go ahead with contracts signed off in July. So unesco can take it off the list of world heritage sights, doesn't make Stonehenge any less important, just unesco.
Quote: Firkin @ 24th September 2023, 1:34 PMLike many political decisions, it will involve many factors. I can see why someone would assume the EU has an incentive to remind it's members of the dangers of breaking away. If the UK high court has ruled against this then the UNESCO point is mute. So why push it in the national press ? Maybe so the Cons can continue to project blame away ? Who knows ? But transport links are a key deciding factor for inward investment, so these U turns continue to make the UK less investable.
It's going ahead. The high court decision was overturned so that why unesco got involved as a last resort.
Quote: lofthouse @ 24th September 2023, 8:58 PMSunak considering cutting inheritance tax apparently
Scuse my ignorance, but isn't it only wealthy people that have to pay this?
And so , this is a tax cut for the rich?
Surely I'm wrong?
Lowering taxes for the wealthy during one of the biggest cost of living periods in a century would be a tad unethical?
Or maybe I've got it completely wrong...
You have really, the threshold is set at £325k, which is about the same as the average house value in England, hardly making the average house owner with a few grand in the bank wealthy. You work hard all your life and hope to leave something for your kids and the Govt. takes 40% of that off you, over that low threshold. You could probably say it would benefit the wealthy at about a million, but the current death tax threshold is nowhere near that.
So what percentage of the population on average pays this tax?
Don't know exactly but a good number of property owners I expect. Well I've binged the answer and the robot says 3.4% of deaths which is much lower than I thought, BUT this appears to be as a result of all the caveats and loopholes there are, higher threshold if the property is being left to children, total exemptions if you leave estate to charities, and in very many cases the cost of care eats large chunks of the estate taking it below the tax threshold.
I wonder which 3.4 % of the country that is?
At least the Tories are consistent .
Quote: Lazzard @ 25th September 2023, 9:20 AMI wonder which 3.4 % of the country that is?
At least the Tories are consistent .
As I suspected
Quote: lofthouse @ 25th September 2023, 10:08 AMAs I suspected
Hear that sound?
It's the sound of very rich people laughing at how they've convinced very poor people to give them their money.
Hear that sound?
It's the mythical 'levelling up' grinding to a halt ...