Brexit, for once some facts.

guerney

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@oyster - it's a pity that you were enjoying a spot of gaming on your lawn, when you had to flee your neighbour's car, which broke this expensive £3,841 laptop, which hasn't worked properly since ;)

 
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soundwave

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@oyster - it's a pity that you were enjoying a spot of gaming on your lawn, when you had to flee your neighbour's car, which broke this expensive £3,841 laptop, which hasn't worked properly since ;)

 

guerney

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I was going to install Big Sur, but eneded up having to finish some work... and now I'm soldering on these two extra 1800LM lights. I'm leaving connections for the dual switch, which'll arrive next week. Till then, I'll have to make do with the same mode on both the front and rear 1800LM lights.
 

guerney

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Soldering is so much easier with flux - even the lead-free stuff flows easily, using that rubbish £12 ebay soldering iron.

Acid free. Might not be your thing ;)

 

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jonathan.agnew

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Boris will have a lot of erections, before we're allowed an election. He'll impregnate many, befoe I get any. How anyone can shag something so execrable, is totally inexplicable. Being near to such a stench, must be quite a wrench. Write and complain, if it hurts your brain. For these criminally rhymed lines, I fear I shall do time...

(So I'll stop)

Signings have increased in frequency, after a short period of "Sneaky Sunak is PM without getting a single vote from the membership or the general public?!?!? What the hell?!?!? Guerney was right, Sunak is super sneaky" slowing down.

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Blimey, first dories slaps mogg down over fracking, now boris is going to cop
who'd have thought final ripping asunder of tories would be triggered by excessive concern by erg for environment
 

flecc

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who'd have thought final ripping asunder of tories would be triggered by excessive concern by erg for environment
Boris Johnson, concern for the environment? You have to be joking.

This is yet again the Johnson self-seeking opportunism.

Sunak isn't going to COP27, nor is King Charles, so what an opportunity, in his eyes, to show himself as one of the concerned good guys to refurbish his tarnished reputation.

He's so self-centred he isn't even able to see it for what it really is, polishing a turd.
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I reckon they will push up VAT. Indirect taxes are less painful than Income tax or national insurance.
 
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flecc

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I reckon they will push up VAT. Indirect taxes are less painful than Income tax or national insurance.
Agreed. Several EU countries have a standard VAT rate of 23 to 27%, so plenty of room to manouvre there.

ic engine fuel duty too, both on environmental grounds and to rebalance the scale of the advantage for electric vehicles.
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jonathan.agnew

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While 80 billion in taxes are not collected in uk tax havens
Crikey, deafening silence each time this self evident plug for our financial hole comes up on thread makes me wonder how many forumites have money in shell companies in tax havens? And are parading, bit like reformed brexiteers, ethics they never really subscribed to or believed in?
 
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Woosh

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Tax havens are for multinationals and drug dealers. That is why they are of little interest. You can stash away (not so) small amount in family trusts or in case of politicians, charities and education foundations.
 

jonathan.agnew

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Tax havens are for multinationals and drug dealers. That is why they are of little interest. You can stash away (not so) small amount in family trusts or in case of politicians, charities and education foundations.
Sunak may disagree
or Shakira
or for that matter an estate agent I know..
 
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flecc

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Crikey, deafening silence each time this self evident plug for our financial hole comes up on thread makes me wonder how many forumites have money in shell companies in tax havens? And are parading, bit like reformed brexiteers, ethics they never really subscribed to or believed in?
Nothing like that. If the others are like me, it's simply disbelief that anything will be done since we've heard it all before.

Some of the most obvious of our problems and their causes are the ones we never properly act on, because it's not in some peoples interests to act:

Climate change.

Over population.

Poverty.

Homelessness.

Addictions.

Starvation.

Corruption.

Obscene wealth.
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soundwave

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Woosh

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If it were a public vote for choosing Conservative leader he'd still be PM. Time will tell.
That says a lot about the difference between party membership and general public.
 
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