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You practically accused the government of making up the death statistics as an excuse to bring lockdowns back

No it isn't. It's actually a regressive tax because above a certain level the percentage contributed goes down

Hence a wealth tax amongst other things... 'Better' themselves. So I guess all nurses should fuck off their job and do something that earns more so they can 'better' themsleves. Perhaps they could sell expensive tat to trendy people? Or become an influencer? Richer does not mean better, If...

Not sure why you're so obsessed with thinking this government wants lockdowns. They've consistently left the decision until way too late in order to try and keep things open until the situation has got so bad it's unavoidable. Their donors and mates want things open so they can make more...

Except for all those established business that were ignored for start-ups by Tory mates that either didn't send any equipment at all or stuff that wasn't fit for purpose...

Just because income tax increases doesn't mean there should be a let-off from NI. That's the whole point of the system. Those more able to, pay. What about the large amounts of income the rich have access to which aren't affected by income tax, like dividends, rental income, investments. A lot...

That's the attitude of a cap-doffer. The rich have always got away with it so why even bother trying. We're all getting butt-fucked by them. But I sure as hell am not going to hand them the lube.

The ceiling on it is pretty low so once you earn over a certain amount you don't pay any more. So as you say those not earning pay nothing. Those earning loads pay a lot less proportionately than those that don't. So the biggest burden is on those middle income workers. You missed out a word...

It's not about 'savings'. Loads of people want savings but don't have enough to do so. Look at the fortunes of the rich during the pandemic compared to everyone else. They've made a fortune when supposedly the world is being crippled economically by a pandemic. How did they make that much money...

Point is why pick something that is more onerous on those less well-off - the same people who have suffered the most through loss of earnings etc during the pandemic? The rich have been raking it in, but they get off quite nicely from this. Out of all the solutions this was one of the worst in...

That about sums it up. As soon as Johnson started talking about how he'd broken a manifesto pledge but no-one could foresee a pandemic I thought "The social care crisis didn't suddenly appear because of the pandemic. It's been there for more than a decade." Yet there'll still be plenty who'll...

Who do we reckon then? Alabi is probably one (no idea why he's still only on trial) Just going on the fact the academy have been playing a trialist recently called Justin Obikwu maybe he's the other one. No idea how old he is. Apparently used to be at Derby.

Have I missed the point of the thread?

I agree entirely about the having to buy from specific suppliers. Another way private enterprise and a profit motive has worked its way into public services. Although it was all on one site my primary was 'split' into infants (R,1,2,3) then juniors (4,5,6) but I think yours probably makes more...

Cos we started the box formation

Yeah, at school it was pretty clear who were the haves and have nots. Thing is with your own clothes if you wear something decent someone may well try and nick it. When I was at school a kid came into school once with a brand new pair of Air Jordan's cos he wanted to show off. Someone jumped...

Maybe. But I still reckon they'd give themselves as much leeway and wriggle room as possible. You'd just set every target over the course of the parliament to render the entire thing null and void. One thing that I think would be useful is that after parliament has been dissolved for the GE...

I thought quite a few schools didn't have uniforms now? The argument is that it makes everyone equal. What you're wearing becomes another potential bullying tool. Kids being made fun of because they don't have the £100 trainers or the right brands. Puts even more pressure on parents to get that...

Manifesto's would change to be even more vague and carefully worded so as to not fall foul of it. Things like 'we do not intend to raise taxes' 'we will not raise taxes immediately' 'pensions will have increased by the end of the parliament'

How would you implement it? The rich put that wealth in lots of different places and would argue that a lot of it isn't liquid so taxes on it would cause them cashflow issues (whether true or not). We've got a diverse range of taxes to try and tax wealth via various sources (Income, sales...