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It's worth recalling that VAT doesn't apply to jet fuel and realising that this is because it's overwhelmingly consumed by the richest in society.


I’m not 100% sure you understand how VAT works.

You do realise that if there was VAT on this fuel, the VAT would be recoverable by the purchaser (the airline) in full as input tax? So, in other words, it would not be a sticking cost.
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3 minutes ago, Wee Bully said:

 


I’m not 100% sure you understand how VAT works.

You do realise that if there was VAT on this fuel, the VAT would be recoverable by the purchaser (the airline) in full as input tax? So, in other words, it would not be a sticking cost.

 

I got that mixed up.

There is no duty on the fuel and there is no VAT on the ticket price.

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13 minutes ago, MixuFixit said:

You don't pay VAT on kids clothes either because these are mainly used by billionaires.

Or books. That's why you need people like Bastani to tell the lumpens what's good for them, salt of the earth that they are. It's just teasing their aspirations to make a flight to Spain nearly within their reach, much fairer to make it only available to the 1 percenters.

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On 25/09/2019 at 18:10, MixuFixit said:

I want us to do zeppelins again tbh

Iron Maiden's singer was all over that. He has a huge hanger somewhere for the testing and manufacture of giant futuristic (and safe) dirigibles.

Now that I've typed that, I'm wondering if it was maybe a dream  :unsure:

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30 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

‘Mainstream’ Tories arguing the conference should be used to unite different wings of their party.

Don't hold your breath folks.  This will be like Nuremberg.

 

The recent purge has removed a number of once-influentiql figures from the hall.  DespiteJohnson being as much a liability as was heavily predicted, the Tories will rally round him as they have become a death cult - I'm thinking a combo of Nuremberg and Waco.

Villiers confirmed as much today by attempting to trash the investigation into Johnson's buiness dealings whilst London Mayor, and John McDonnell was correct to quickly point out who is initiating it.  Such is the adoration the hard-of-thinking in the UK electorate have for this charlatan, he could have shagged the Queen Mother's corpse and they would still look the other way.

The rest of us deserve better, hopefully starting this week.

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43 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

I presume this conference is sponsored by Superglue.

No adhesive required.

Tories will Tory.

There's only one way out and it'll take a significant amount of those who, for whatever well meaning purpose, in 2014 voted to persist with these charlatans to see a better way and join us.

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1 hour ago, O'Kelly Isley III said:

The recent purge has removed a number of once-influentiql figures from the hall.  DespiteJohnson being as much a liability as was heavily predicted, the Tories will rally round him as they have become a death cult - I'm thinking a combo of Nuremberg and Waco.

The interesting thing will be the fringe meetings and how much media coverage they get. There's a small but significant chance the party could implode. 

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