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Reply | Pompey At Plymouth
at 21:45 5 Nov 2024
They had over 2,000 at Hull on Saturday TBF. |
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Reply | US Election
at 10:58 5 Nov 2024
If Trump wins, he is going to be an even bigger target for assassins. |
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Reply | Wolves
at 10:56 5 Nov 2024
Guilty.
On the loco from Bournemouth.
Going to drink in Birmingham though, as Wolverhampton seems to be a bit of a no-go zone for any decent pubs. |
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Reply | Fernandes
at 23:40 3 Nov 2024
That female steward with red hair is a very annoying type.
Enjoys attention. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 16:45 31 Oct 2024
I agree.
If they had put a penny on the basic rate of income tax, all taxpayers would have been at worst between £300 and £400 a year worse off. Less at the lower end of the salary scale.
However their employers would have been far more likely to give them a decent pay rise which would have more than offset that. Whilst also investing more to help their businesses grow.
And employees would have seen more of that pay rise as inflationary pressures would have reduced.
These measures will do nothing to encourage businesses to invest either in their staff or in other assets to help the economy grow. And they will be inflationary as businesses will be forced to increase their prices to absorb the wage cost increases. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 07:20 31 Oct 2024
We are led to believe that birth rates are falling.
So the impact of the tax credit system should be reducing.
The more I think about the impact of Reeves’ changes, the more concerned I get.
The only “growth” in the economy will be price-led, as businesses increase their prices to absorb the cost of the Employers’ NI and minimum wage increases (over £1,000 per full-time worker per year).
So I can only see increases in inflation, then interest rates and ultimately unemployment.
Awful, awful economics from Reeves, a so-called economist from the Bank of England. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 22:59 30 Oct 2024
There was talk of a low-cost solution for prisoners, in sending them to half-empty prisons in Estonia.
I thought this was an excellent idea, but apparently deemed unworkable by both the Tories and Labour.
Shame. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 21:10 30 Oct 2024
It’s not just pubs.
There are a huge number of businesses in the leisure sector which come April 2025 are going to simply be uneconomic to continue trading.
Also sectors such as care homes and hotels. They will be savaged. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 19:02 30 Oct 2024
I have been doing some sums on the impact for the company I work for, and the numbers are scary in terms of the additional cost from today’s announcements. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 17:35 30 Oct 2024
I have absolutely no issue with the minimum wage.
My issue is more that these measures will hurt the lowest-paid the most, as relative to their salary, there is a huge increase in the cost of employing them, mainly due to the changes in Employers’ NI.
It is going to have a huge impact on businesses in sectors like leisure and hospitality.
Enjoy going in pubs while you can. |
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Reply | The Budget
at 16:51 30 Oct 2024
It's a disaster for business and relatively speaking, the cost of employing people on lesser pay has hugely increased due to:-
- the increase in the minimum wage
- the increase in Employers' NI, both from 13.8% to 15.0%, but more significantly, the reduction in the figure at which it kicks in from £9,100 per year down to £5,000.
All-in, it means that it will cost a business well over £1,000 per year more to employ somebody who is on minimum wage.
Businesses will simply cut back on recruitment and pay increases.
It's going to lead to recession by the back door, and hurt more of the Labour core vote. Though they probably won't notice it initially.
I don't mind admitting I voted for Labour, but this is abysmal politics. [Post edited 30 Oct 16:57]
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Reply | Southampton V Stoke City The Carabao Cup Verdict
at 10:32 30 Oct 2024
It’s not the first time that Russell Martin has shown himself to be a lucky manager.
Again his substitutions were utterly bizarre.
Taking off our best penalty-taker a few minutes before a potential penalty shoot-out bordered on insanity.
God knows what position half of the team were playing in by the end of the game.
But then they do often say it is better to be lucky than good….. |
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Thread | Good advert for The Championship
at 07:19 30 Oct 2024
Decent game last night.
Two teams who couldn’t defend, a bit of needle in the second-half to fire up the crowd, and no VAR.
Ref was half-decent as well.
Bring on more of the same next season. |
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