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The benefits system pays a personal independence payment (formerly known as disability living allowance), it is what it is supposed to do. That people choose to spend that money on a car is up to them.

The only welfare reform that would make any significant savings would be pensions, and quite rightly that isn't happening as UK state pensions are already among the worst in Europe. £120bn in capital expenditure is not new though is it? The commitment was made in 2024 and yet despite an...

There is room to keep both keepers really, especially if we are promoted

What's the economic benefit of pulling the plug on that scheme? From where I am looking it saves no real money and is purely to placate spite.

I'm in two minds about the NMW, I wonder whether a better approach would be to require that businesses employing somebody on NMW is expected to increase it in line with indexation unless it can otherwise demonstrate how such an increase would cause it material loss when compared to the prior year?

The budget is to placate the 'markets' as if they are in charge. There is no promise at all of any improvement to public services, very little on public infrastructure for anywhere other than London and the South East as per.

He wasn't at all, our record from when he came into the team improved significantly, him being sent off at Blackburn late on in the season is held against him alongside the sudden view that Binks was good because he did a hard tackle on Fernandes. Kitching was clearly the better player and...

Haha, yes that's it, couldn't remember where I'd heard it

TBF to Waghorn I did hear somebody else talk about what a good influence he was in the dressing room, particularly to Gyokeres. Robins and Viveash are not perfect let's be honest, so it's worth keeping an open mind generally. I think though ultimately Waghorn was in decline for his spell...

Aa was just settling down to ma cup of beans and they terld me to stop

Agree and disagree at the same time. We live in a consumer economy so people buying goods is important. That said, a lot of this spending is excessive interest payments in reality, which have very little economic benefit to anybody but capital.

They're good at home but you will not make the play offs on home form alone

Congratulations

It really isn't is it? It correlates pretty well with end league position. The top 6 in the league in the Championship last season were all in the top 9 in the xG table, with 5 of the top 6 in the top 6 slots.

He does now, I'm one of the OGs though

Boro main commentator has changed and isn't as good. The co commentator is Neil Madison and he's always complementary about Cov and fair, I thought he was last night

Depends on the circumstances but it's not a lot of money to come into a household with kids for example

I thought it was going to show him down the Burges on the karaoke

The entire Westminster politician and media clique is a disaster for this country, fuck the lot of them.