Dawson Park Boy
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1 hour ago, SandyCromarty said:
I'll vote SNP, as will my family and friends, as long as I draw breath until we gain Independence.
It is my dearest wish that Rishie Sanook and his tory corrupt cronies remain in power at Westminster as they are the wind in the SNP's sails and the reason why the SNP will remain in power in Scotland.
All the tory hysterical mud slinging means not a fuckin jot to us the voters and they will always fail to undermine our patriotism and the love of our country.
Through history as their empire diminished and the union flag was torn down by the Nationalists in India, Africa and countless other countries the english government resorted to mud slinging, and violence in some countries,, to avert the inevitable in all of those countries and they failed to defeat Independence and have now become a third world economic laughing stock.
They can deride the SNP but what they will never understand is that we see the SNP as our vehicle to Independence.
I am a taxpayer, the wife of the uk prime minister is not.
Respect your fervour but can’t see it happening.
Ill bet you £100 that there isn’t even a referendum before the end of 2023.
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53 minutes ago, SandyCromarty said:
I, and most people I know, absolutely despise the tories, but I have to admit they are doing a great job on inspiring Scottish Independence.
I pay my tax, you pay your taxes, all the working class pay tax, the prime minister Rashie Sanook's wife doesn't pay tax.
That is toryism in a nutshell.
Wouldn’t be so sure about that.
What about the cash economy?
Gardeners, cleaners, tradesmen, it’s huge.
Okay, maybe not huge but the principle is the same.
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Can’t stand any of those political badges, scarves, colours, pinholes, whatever.
Football colours are fine for me.
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8 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:
Using that logic there should be no universal health care, it should be means tested.
The more you earn, the more you pay in tax and NI towards it.
So it is means tested.
Only problem is, it’s so poor that more and more people are going private and paying twice.
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9 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said:
I don’t see an issue that people can pass on stuff tax free to whoever they want after they pass away, and it’s reasonable that everyone has an allowance to do that. The problem is that, like so many other tax issues, the tax is not binary so that you either pay it or you don’t depending on if your wealth is more or less than the limit.
There are too many ways to avoid paying IHT and these are aggressively exploited by the very wealthy. It’s not unfeasible that a multibillionaire may pay less INT than the accidentally wealthy that may have a modest amount of savings that have been built up over a lifetime, and a house that that they have owned for 40 years that has increased in value so that it is now above the IHT limit.
Rather than saying people shouldn’t be allowed to pass on assets tax free, we should be focusing on removing all the tax loopholes and get outs that the seriously wealthy use to avoid paying their share, so that everyone actually does have the same allowance.
Sorry, I think the whole principle is wrong.
If you have acquired your assets from income that has been already taxed- savings, investments, your house, etc., etc., what business is it of the state? This isn’t a communist regime were living in. On the other hand, if you need to go into care then it is correct that your assets are sold to pay for that care. The state shouldn’t pay for that if you have assets to pay for it. As far as possible the individual should pay their way and the state should butt out of our business.
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23 minutes ago, ICTChris said:
I think the limit on inheritence tax is £350,000, so you dont pay anything underneath that.
The average house price in Scotland is £195,000 so majority of homes can pass to children without incurring inheritence tax. We moved house a couple of years ago and quite a few of the places we looked at were homes being sold by children after a parent had either died or had to go into supported accomodation.
The only place in Scotland where the average house price is approaching the IHT limit is Edinburgh, where the average is currently £338,000. I'd imagine a few parts of South and South-East England will be a lot higher - plenty money for accountants helping people gift their houses to their kids etc.
I think you double that for a couple where the property is in joint names?
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22 minutes ago, FK1Bairn said:
In order to limit disruption there should be an out the box way of thinking.
I'll start with paying people a proper wage that their education, skills, experience dictates they should be paid
Good luck with that.
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6 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:
And you will have noticed I agreed with you. But do you seriously believe you are in the majority with this view?
I'd hazard a guess the majority are going to be seriously considering how often, if at all, they can afford to turn the heating on over winter. If you believe they will be quite happy to chuck a few extra pence in the pound to the taxman as well then I have some magic beans i'd like to sell you.
I think everyone will just need to accept that they are going to be poorer for the next few years.
Okay, measures will be put in place to try and help the very poorest but, inevitably, some people will suffer.
Its really up to us all to try to mitigate our energy use, to shop better for food, to cook better and to generally be more economical with our money.
The forthcoming tax rises will hit the better off more, and that’s correct, but there just aren’t enough wealthy people around. Therefore all of us are in for a poorer time.
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25 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:
Your overall point re: workload is absolutely sound. But if workload is the issue, because there is no money to employ additional resources, demanding stonking pay rises will do little to help ease that workload.
Clearly the pool of money available isn't enough. I don't think anyone is disputing that. And that's before even considering any pay increases. No-one, however, seems willing to stick their head above the parapet and state which services should be cut and/or which taxes should be raised to increase the size of that pool.
"bUt wHaT aBouT tEh BaNKeRs?1" isn't a helpful response either, as that isn't anything to do with the SG
What about Diversity Officers?
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4 minutes ago, scottsdad said:
Police officers and prison officers cannot strike. The reasons are obvious here - if the police were not working for even a night there would be riots, looting and so on.
Extending this to other areas is just wrong though. The right to strike is essential. If this right is taken away from paramedics and lecturers (!?) then employers can simply impose ever worse conditions. Below inflation wage rises, eroded pensions, more workload, less security - why would you want this?
When do you start striking?
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58 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:
In the U.K. it is not the person who inherits who pays tax, it is the estate of the deceased. Most folk, though admittedly not everyone, who has accumulated money that is then bequeathed will have paid tax on all or most of that money. Hence it is double taxation.
BTW, a ‘truly equal’ society wouldn’t need to have inheritance tax; but utopia is not what we’re discussing here.
You are correct.
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1 hour ago, Granny Danger said:
I’m trying to get accurate figures on inheritance tax revenue but it’s hard. It’s an area where changes create a huge opportunity to raise revenue whilst arguably ‘levelling up’ but I don’t see the Tories (or Labour) doing it.
At the same time it’s the worst example of double taxation for many but eggs and omelettes I suppose…
IHT revenue has surged in recent years mainly due to house prices and a freeze on thresholds. Estimated to produce £9bn by 27/28.
In 19/20 the average amount paid by families was £215k.
A serious revenue producer.
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1 hour ago, Granny Danger said:
The results are far better than could have been hoped for. The concern is that Biden will claim credit and want to run again in 2024.
His wife won’t let him.
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31 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:
Thanks for pulling that up.
The Covid period seems to have caused the recent distortion but, maybe I should keep quiet on stats?
Can’t help put my head up ‘to get shot at’ but do those stats include pension benefits which I’d guess are better in the Public Sector but hey??
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8 minutes ago, coprolite said:
Thanks for pulling that up.
The Covid period seems to have caused the recent distortion but, maybe I should keep quiet on stats?
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Don’t ask me to quote from it, but, about a week ago I read a report (can’t remember where from) which stated that public employees had done better than private ones over the last 10 or so years in terms of remuneration when you take into account pensions and benefits.
In addition, public employees in Scotland did better than their colleagues elsewhere in the UK.
Take from that what you will?
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Heard a rumour this morning from a supposedly reliable source that Lawal is starting today.
Make from that what you will?
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10 hours ago, oaksoft said:
Actually, it's more to do with the fact that a 10% rise in your outgoings is a smaller amount than a 10% increase in your pay.
Example:
£3k take home pay and £2k outgoings.
10% increase in outgoings is £200.
10% payrise is £300.
In act only an increase of 6.7% is needed to take care of the increase in outgoings.
The problem is that as someone above has alluded to, people are spunking every penny and racking up debt and expecting the government to step in and protect them. That is simple not sustainable or reasonable. In fact it's rank entitlement.
It's also fascinating to see that not one of those screaming for a huge pay rise has had the decency to suggest what public services should be cut to pay their rises. That tells us everything we need to know about their true socialist credentials.
Thanks for that.
Actually, you’ve taken the time to outline what I was thinking but didn’t have the time to post.
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Thanks to the folks who gave me current advice about concert going (O2 Academy- The Tedeschi Trucks Band)
We arrived by taxi from the restaurant about 7.35 to find the place almost full due I suppose to the unreserved seating.
Anyway, got our seats upstairs and, I must say, the view and sound were great. The band kicked off precisely at 8 as predicted on here and played till the back of 9. An interval was held until 9.30 and the band reappeared and we’re still playing when we left at 10.25 in order to catch our train. Hailed a taxi outside and whisked straight to Queens St to catch the 10.45.
The venue had character but was badly in need of refurbishment. There appeared to be glue on the floors as it became difficult to walk and felt like pushing through slime. Probably a good clean required.With regard to the band we hadn’t seen them live before but were fantastically impressed. A very professional 12 piece with double drummers which added to the rhythmic effect. The horn section added an extra dimension and each of the three backing singers could either do solos or play an additional instrument. Special word for the keyboardist who was also a great singer.
As for Susan and Derek, well, what can you say. Sublime, fantastic singing coupled with top quality slide guitar playing.
All in all, a great nights entertainment coupled with meeting really friendly folks seated on either side of us.
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1 minute ago, oaksoft said:
No, I've no idea either.
What I do know though is that a pay rise equal to inflation is not needed to counter the impact of inflation.
10% inflation does not require 10% pay rises for example.
Exactly.
Inflation will drop off fairly quickly whilst a 10% pay rise immediately increases your base and stays forever.
That’s why the unions are so militant at the moment. It is their job, after all.
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34 minutes ago, Proudtobeabairn said:
If Mackie is back I'd drop Henderson for him. He hasn't really looked convincing when under any serious pressure.
Would also like to see Alegria and Burrell start together and begin to form a bit of a partnership.Kennedy & Oliver are no better than McGuffie/Nesbitt so it doesn't really matter who gets the nod. I'd most likely go Nesbitt/Lawal/McGinn/Morrison
Williamson has to come in for McKay if fit. BM offers nothing going forward.
So something like:
Hogarth
Williamson. Mackie. Donaldson. McCann
Morrison. McGinn. Nesbitt
Lawal
Alegria. Burrell
I’d go for that apart from maybe retaining Henderson?
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12 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
How would you go about voting illegally? Just so we know it's a real and not invented threat to democracy.
Haven’t a clue.
All I know is that I have a postal vote for which I completed some paperwork and then they send me the voting forms before an election.
Not rocket science and very simple for anyone who is interested in voting.
If voting doesn’t interest you then fine, don’t bother.
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13 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
Do you really think people would risk a criminal conviction to illegally add one vote to the balance of a constituency election? It's a transparent attempt to put off people who aren't elderly and likely Tory voters, utterly shameless.
Voting is a serious business and shouldn’t be taken lightly.
If someone can’t be bothered doing the administration, then they don’t deserve the vote.
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24 minutes ago, KingRocketman II said:
how great is voter abuse in the UK that this is required and absolutely correct, in your view?
No idea but I do think there should be rules in place to ensure that only the entitled get the vote.
A bit like immigration where countries demand to see your passport. No passport, no docs, no entry. Long-standing rules which everyone knows about.
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Mrs Sunak can’t help being the daughter of an entrepreneurial businessman.
Totally irrelevant.