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Iomi and Dio

Yes, my household comment wasn't very well thought through. However, for individuals with a relatively low income from one or two sources shouldn't be a problem for HMRC. They seem to find the tax I haven't paid on savings interest each year despite my best efforts and adjust my tax code...

Brighton 4-0 Ipswich

You're right, of course, about the child benefit. It was "removed" as I wouldn't have qualified when I became a single parent so I didn't claim it. I should have been clearer, sorry. I'm not really a fan of means testing, I was just trying to point out that with child benefit there was a means...

I think it needs to be set at a level such that people have a sense of dignity and self-determination, that they can make some choices rather than be forced to behave in a specific way (eating or heating). It could also be household based. Say £24K/32K single/couple. I also think it should be...

I think starmer is right. It is the sense of insecurity and uncertainty that eats away at people. They seem to be creating a lot of this and haven't appreciated that sudden (unannounced) changes with no consideration of their impact disturbs people. It could have all been done so much better...

I can't believe this was 1989, something must have affected my memory back then :confused:

I love this quoute Ben Zaranko at the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank said the government had “not been particularly transparent” about the details of normal reserve claims. “They probably ought to be at some point.”

This was in the FT today

Do you often sit on golf courses dressed in PVC?

Good to know that these 1700 will get WFP with their JSA: https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/10/police-left-to-deal-with-fallout-of-poorly-planned-early-release-of-1700-prisoners

Yes, you should. Have a nice herbal tea 🫖 I guess you have never tried to help people claim benefits that they are alreay entitled to. Many people can't do it without help. If it's only £25 a month, wouldn't it have been sensible to pay that up front from the rise that you don't think these...

You know that this isn't true, it is misinformation. "In 2018–2020 there were approximately 11,619,000 individuals in the 65+ age cohort, of which 27% lived in a household with a total wealth above £1,000,000" does not in any way imply that 27% of 65+ are millionaires. In any case, what has...

I'm glad you can find villans so easily not sure about how well you understnad disadvantage and inequality. That reads like peak 80s Tory boy suff. Enjoy your break

How about I go through your accounts and find £100 that you can't spend anymore on the basis that you'll get a few more pounds some time in the future.

I think this has been terribly managed, poorly timed and the reasoning somewhat vacuous. We are very well aware how socio-economic factors affect wellbeing and health and that this group will contain a higher proportion of people with complex needs and comorbidities. They will have deletorious...

60 years ago he appeared in Dr Strangelove, silky smooth

I don't recall the start being that great either. I got as far as the children on coat hooks ...

And Cloud Atlas was a struggle

A friend gave me Jude the Obscure because I reminded her of Jude, didn't finish that. On the road the electric kool aid acid test Sometimes a great notion - got through catch 22 but this a step to far. And, of course, Ulysses