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Not really a U-turn at all, more watered-down.

It’s such a contrast when we have a Tory press; they’d tell us that shit tastes of steak when the previous government did anything.

Just for clarity, I’ve never voted Labour and don’t support the party. But I no longer support the Tories and could ...

The only profligate spending you can see is the triple lock on pensions. :lol:

Come on - that's not even very good trolling.


Where is the spending profligate? It's nothing like your analogy of takeaways and the bookies. There's already committed stuff and not much new at all.

[Sorry, to be ...

The only profligate spending I can see is the triple lock on pensions.

Broccers wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 11:13 am Having taught myself

You're probably nearly as good as AI then

That's got to be fake. The gen2 Cayenne isn't the same structure as the gen3 so the bits wouldn't just bolt on and the proportions wouldn't look the same if you got parts to fit.

ETA: watched it again and maybe it is real - the video is too close to see the whole car and notice how it looks wrong.

4.23 As noted above, the government has ruled out charging tax
based on when or where people drive, to protect motorists’ privacy. This
means mileage driven overseas by UK registered cars will fall into scope
of eVED, as with fuel duty, which does not vary on basis of where a car is
driven.13 Since ...

There’s some fundamental misunderstanding l of what disability benefits are for. They’re not just to keep people from falling into abject poverty but to mitigate the extra costs that come with travelling, working etc with a disability.

It’s that equity thing again. The benefits help level the ...

I don’t know why I didn’t spot it yesterday but the OBR report says welfare spending will increase by £73bn to £406bn over the next 5 years. Which is almost all down to the triple lock on pensions.

That’s the thing which needs to be tackled. Can’t see Reform or Tories doing so though. Nor Labour ...

I do agree - this is apparently the largest tax take as a percentage of GDP ever. Spending it correctly is a duty they have to us, since we pay it.

If they are able to get value out of it, and it makes a difference to the country, then that's alright. I fear they won't, but then it's not like I'd have any confidence in any other party doing any better.


The trouble is, and this is just my simplistic view, is that to me it seems to be ...

I have bought myself a nicer helmet in the Black Friday sales - a Troy Lee Designs A3 for £99. It's forest green with bright yellow/green highlights. So I probably need to find some pedals which match the yellow/green now :lol:

https://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/images/products/T/Tr/Troy%20Lee ...

ZedLeg wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 4:26 pm It would’ve been nice to see a raise in the personal allowance tbh.

Fiscal drag seems to be the policy now - Dan Neidle calculates that it's the biggest overall tax raiser from a single policy since WWII.

Wrong choices? I mean, the right choice was a penny or two on income tax but she has hamstrung herself by sticking to the manifesto once again, so she does at least give the appearance of sticking to her word.

If she didn't do so much leaking/briefing before the budget and had just come out with ...

GG. wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 3:08 pm Ultimately what you've just described is salary sacrifice without naming it such.

It is what people's employment contracts said before salary sacrifice existed.

Before the budget there were people talking about Reeves being out of her job by Christmas. I really don't think that'll happen now. It seemed competent and hasn't spooked the markets.

Also it doesn’t matter what charity/cause you decide to support someone will moan about it.


Elon Musk gives a lot of money to charity. And then gets it back for his projects. Sadly we don't see enough moaning about this blatant tax dodge. But if you force people to do something like this ...

I'm not convinced the salary sacrifice thing will do much - if you earn £60,000 and put £10k into a pension through salary sacrifice you could easily agree with your employer that you'll earn £50,000 plus employer pension contributions of £10k and document it accordingly.

The tax per mile on EVs ...

Explosive Newt wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 9:46 am New telly
Ring doorbell
Jetwasher

£200 the lot.

Sounds like the sort of impulse purchases Aldi would put in the middle aisle - none of them were things you were going to buy anyway, right?

My dad bought a rugby shirt in Crew Clothing for £17. The place was like a scrum because the discounts were enormous.

I listened to part of the News Agents podcast talking about this last night and my immediate thought was that I wouldn’t broadcast that line either. I believe it is probably true but I’d be wary of fighting in court an argument that Nixon was more corrupt, for instance. I don’t know enough American ...