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100% agree that capital gains above a certain amount should be taxed at a higher rate. I think that’s coming as well. But equally you start putting it at silly rates and people will move, especially if their CGT is generated from shares, investments etc My point was that even with additional...

I’d like to see any party proposing a meaningful wealth tax based on property win an election. No chance Agree we need some imaginative thinking though, I just don’t see it coming from any politicians here (or probably abroad) these days

We all know what happened to bonds and borrowing following truss’ budget though. It was subsequently unwound and her and old Kwasi were sacked within weeks. I said at the time people should be a bit concerned about how markets basically dictate/control policy to an extent (I say that as someone...

I don’t think any rational person would disagree but people have also got to be realistic. We live in a global world where it’s pretty much at peoples whim where they live/pay their taxes. That’s why the attached list should be commended to some extent as although they net income will be...

That was before you had the opportunity to vote for Leadsom though 🤷‍♂️

I wouldn’t guarantee it’s not covid. Not that it probably matters these days. A group of us caught up last weekend, one mate over from Ireland had this ‘bug’ (sickness, shivers etc), didn’t come out for long…but long enough ! Two of us starting feeling rough on Monday…initially with stomach...

Sensible. I bet Doug would be selling ours now if we were in a relegation battle and didn’t know whether we’d be delivering L1 football next season ps fair play to sell 10k already is impressive. Where were they all in the cup game at their place though…over a third of the fans were ours

NIC ? NHS post covid initially. Was it then unwound ?

Everyone will have to pay more and generally people don’t want to….like the uproar when the NIC was increased to supplement social care. We all want better services but someone else has to pay 🤷‍♂️

I 100% agree it’s in a worst state. But as I say there are various things at play that will continue to put pressure on the nhs. If we want a better health service (inc social care) we’ve all got to accept we’ll have to pay a fair bit more for it, stop taking it for granted and try to take some...

Worth having a look at the recruitment stats as well as what’s said in the media. I doubt many consultants are leaving as most (edit - ‘a lot’) make a fortune doing private work to supplement a decent salary and more than decent pension In general though since 2019 there’s 50k more nurses...

Don’t believe all the culture war stuff from the BMA. One of Sunaks main pledges and the one most people probably care about was to get waiting lists down. The easiest thing to do would be to pay people whatever they want to ensure there’s no strikes. I know a lot of posters are behind every...

Id hope they’re better in Scotland with the additional income per person they receive/spend but it’s marginal. My point is that is that it’s not good enough across the board

pressed post before finishing but read the whole article and also check to see how wales and Scotland are doing. This is a Uk wide problem

And SNP and Labour. In wales I think the figure was 55% last year. The whole of the UK is a disgrace. While this is all happening we have consultants still striking as well. I have a bit more sympathy for junior doctors but not huge amounts. Fair play to the nurses at least

And beats the two man cubby hole servicing all of the lower tier, selling warm bottles of carling at Hillsborough !

Haha, I’m just realistic. I’d love him to stay and previously suggested the non promotion clause but he’s still not signed a deal and indicated he’ll wait til the summer. If we got promoted I’d be gutted if he went elsewhere but if we don’t, he won’t be staying whatever we offer so we may as...

He deserves a crack at the Prem after battling back from such a bad injury. It’s a short career and now he’s added goals to his game Id imagine he’ll have some PL offers.

It’s crazy, voderman calling for him to resign 🤦‍♂️. I’m all for people saying it was insensitive under the circumstances and call for an apology but it’s all a bit OTT Sunak is just not a ‘politician’

Think he was (poorly) trying to reference Starmers previous U turns inc going from ‘a woman is a female adult’ to his more recent comment that 99.9% of women haven’t got a penis. Hence the 99% of u turn comment. I don’t think it was anti trans so much as inappropriate considering the audience...