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Reply | Swansea 2025 budget
at 19:24 14 Jan 2025
Thanks for flagging this up, I live down that way and am tamping about the prospect of a 9.75% rise. I’ve completed the online questionnaire which highlights the options, but in truth the costs and changes they’re putting up for consultation are minimal and certainly nowhere near the scale of £18m.
£160 over the year is a fiver a week, but it’s not just the giver everything else is going up and people are feeling the pinch. |
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Reply | So Who Would You Like To See In Charge ?
at 18:32 14 Jan 2025
Don’t think he did. I think his stint helping out a few years ago was enough for him. He’s got a lot to offer, even if he didn’t want to manage he could still coach the players to improve their skills etc etc. That can be very rewarding. |
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Reply | Tulip Sadiq
at 17:45 14 Jan 2025
Bangladesh is a very corrupt country and when they have a change of regime allegations against the previous crowd seem to be common place.
It looks like Sir Laurie Magnus (appointed by Sunak after Boris left the Ministerial Standards job vacant) has (according to her letter of resignation) stated she has not breached the ministerial code and that there is no evidence to suggest she’s acted improperly, however what isn’t clear is if something outside the scope of the Ministerial Code has happened.
As I said earlier, Bangladesh is amongst the most corrupt countries, worse than Pakistan and much worse than India . Not sure if we’ve heard the last of this. |
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Reply | Spain
at 16:00 14 Jan 2025
That’s the why I read it too, but then I read a second article which stated that they hadn’t worked the detail out yet and kind of implied it would lead to a 100% increase in the current tax rate of 10% to 15% of the property value which pushes it up to around 25% of the property’s value.
That’s still a huge chunk of wedge mind. |
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Reply | Spain
at 13:10 14 Jan 2025
The Spanish are also looking at closing the Golden Visa process which allows anyone with a bit of serious wonga to buy their way to a passport, other EU countries have the Golden Visa scheme too which has enabled all sorts of people including some seriously dodgy ones to secure EU passports. The U.K. closed its Golden Visa scheme in 2022 after the Russians invaded Ukraine.
The only people this will really affect are Mr and Mrs average who’ve squirrelled some cash away for a dream holiday home, the wealthy and super rich will be able to afford the tax. |
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Reply | Spain
at 10:20 14 Jan 2025
Because the impact on Brits is as a result of Brexit, the 100% tax only applies to non EU citizens. We voted for Brexit, so we have to suck it up. |
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Reply | So Who Would You Like To See In Charge ?
at 00:15 14 Jan 2025
Tbh I don’t know who’s available, but I can’t go with the likes of Ash Williams because taking punts on people at this level is mad. Great club servant, but he’s not done a huge amount in management and I’d like someone who’s cut their teeth and proven they can win games.
There have been some abject performances and results of late, but Luke Williams has 2 1/2 years left on his deal and I can’t see the club pulling the trigger because it’s going to cost a fortune, it would be cheaper to bring in a mentor or something like that to ask the awkward questions when it goes Pete Tong so LW can learn.
Looking at the fixtures, I reckon there’s a result to be had at the CCS, but after that it’s going to be tough.
Edit- somebody pointed the finger at LW re the Darling contract issue, I think that’s above his pay grade and sits much higher up the food chain. [Post edited 14 Jan 0:21]
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Reply | Wales' 2025 Six Nations squad ...
at 21:42 13 Jan 2025
I can remember him playing for Aberavon about 3 or 4 seasons ago ago, he was a class act then and has continued develop. The Ospreys then relocated him to Swansea. His father Dai played openside for the Wizards for a number of seasons and he’s also related to former Neath flanker Lyn Jones.
Well done Dan. |
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Reply | Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 19:04 12 Jan 2025
Feel sorry for the fans who spent their hard earned and time travelling up to Southampton for that.
Very frustrating, tbh I didn’t watch it all - I just couldn’t! More of the old pass it forward, stop, then pass back then sideways then back and in 20 seconds it’s back with McLaughlin in the Swans penalty area. 🤬
Nobody wants to have a run, a shot, a cross etc etc.
There’s no shame in losing to a Premier League team, but ffs at least have a go. Obviously no one wants to lose a game, but the fans would be a lot more accepting if the team came up short after a brave effort as opposed to limply losing. |
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Reply | Get the Blankets Out
at 10:14 12 Jan 2025
We defo have the skills.
I was told a few years ago by someone who had experience of big government projects that many of the people who were managing the projects for the companies who’d won the procurement process were contractors on very good money. Very often they were earning much more than their civil service counterparts who were working also working on the initiative/project and that the contractors knew it wouldn’t be in their own interests to get things done speedily as the quicker things were done the sooner they’d be looking for a new job! I suspect we’re seeing an element of this on all our major projects. |
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Reply | Get the Blankets Out
at 21:59 11 Jan 2025
Incorrect in a number of points - again.
Labour did ban the building of nuclear power stations in 1997 on economic grounds, but in 2006 Tony Blair proposed a raft of new nuclear power stations and warned that failing to build them would make it more difficult for the UK to meet climate change targets and leave the country dependent on foreign imports of gas, “mostly from the Middle East, and Africa and Russia.” Greenpeace took the government to Court, won and blocked the proposals. In 2009 the then Labour government announced fresh plans for a new generation of power plants.
We had a change of government in 2010, the LD’s in the coalition were against nuclear power but a deal was cobbled together which would allow the Labour proposals for Sizewell and Hinckley to proceed.
Since 2010, the Hinckley project has been beset with problem after problem with arguments over costs, companies withdrawing, failure to agree prices for electrifying etc etc. In 2015 EDF stated the project would not be completed until 2023, but that’s now been pushed back to 2031 potentially 2034.The contractors have admitted the delay attributable to Covid is 15 months, but we’re looking at a delay of around 8 years to 11 years.
It’s also fair to say the cost of the Hinckley project has ballooned, the envisaged cost at the outset was £18bn (in 2015 prices) - the cost is now believed to be around £34bn (at 2015 prices) but if we allow for inflation that pushes the price up to £45bn. By the time we get to 2034 it’ll be even higher. Most of the delays etc have taken place under the watch of our last government, is it because of rank incompetence?
It seems everything in this country takes an age to build and inevitably comes in way over budget. [Post edited 11 Jan 21:59]
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Reply | Get the Blankets Out
at 16:30 11 Jan 2025
Purchasing the gas in the spring and summer means it’s a lot cheaper to buy, if we had decent storage facilities we could also do the same, buy in bulk when the price is cheaper, but we can’t and we’re held hostage by the spot market. Approximately 30% of our gas is shipped in to us as LNG with the US and Qatar the main suppliers, that figure is only going to get bigger as our production of gas decreases.
Our infrastructure is in a poor state, whether it’s gas storage, the national grid, electricity generating, water and sewers. This is a result of a lack of foresight, poor planning, poor regulation, and limited investment. Labour , the LD’s and Conservative governments are all at fault, but the last 2 Conservative regimes have been particularly poor. [Post edited 11 Jan 21:11]
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Reply | Car buffs
at 23:51 10 Jan 2025
Good point about the battery life.
My Mrs has a 7 year old Focus with the stop start technology, it stopped working after 4 years because there wasn’t enough power in the battery. I put a new battery on it last year after the old one finally died and it now works again. |
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Reply | Villa
at 22:53 10 Jan 2025
Almost a sell out. Nice to see the tickets were discounted, £25 for an adult, £20 for under 21s, pensioners and armed service personnel. Kids were a tenner. Nice to see armed service personnel get a discount, I’d extend that to veterans if I was in charge. In comparison to the States, our veterans get a poor deal. |
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Reply | Sean Dyche
at 19:29 10 Jan 2025
I think you’re right, he’s got an excellent record and knows how to get a team in to the PL.
The fans might not like his style, but I don’t think the owners would care too much if he delivered them £150m via promotion. |
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Reply | Car buffs
at 18:54 10 Jan 2025
What are the intervals between the battery going flat? Did the AA guy test the charging with a meter to confirm the alternator is working correctly?
I read it takes around 30 minutes of driving to fully charge a car battery, if you’re averaging 2,000 miles a year which is roughly 38 miles a week I suspect you may not be doing enough. If the battery is drained, you need to take it for a decent spin to charge it and I’d recommend doing that on at least a monthly basis over and above your normal driving. If you have the radio, running lights, air con on they’ll all be taking power out of the system so will impact on charging. Also, in this cold weather batteries drain very quickly. |
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Reply | Get the Blankets Out
at 18:29 10 Jan 2025
This is typical of the lack of longer term thinking and planning which has blighted our country for decades and in this case I think the finger of blame needs to be pointed firmly at the Conservative government which was in power during the run up and including 2017 as opposed to Centrica who are a private company.
We currently have 12 days storage at normal usage levels, but that drops to 7.5 days during extended cold snaps. Germany has 108 days storage, France 126, and the Netherlands around 108 which is absolutely crackers.
Rough Field was aging and needed costly repairs. Its owners Centrica approached the government of the day and sought financial assistance to maintain the facility which was the largest storage facility in the U.K. and a key piece of our critical national infrastructure. The request was turned down and they decided to close it down and I can see why they’d make that call. Why should a private company maintain a piece of national infrastructure at their own expense when they don’t get anything in return. The facility was reopened in 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine after the U.K. government provided financial assistance, but it’s nowhere near what it was before.
We are now paying the price for a succession of poor governmental decisions, if there is a small silver lining it’s that most of Europe filled their gas storage tanks by the 1st of November and with most countries having 3 months storage hopefully gas prices won’t peak to high. The Germans and French were filling their tanks during the summer when prices were low, we are forced to go with the market price! |
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Reply | Sean Dyche
at 23:23 9 Jan 2025
I can see what you mean. I just did some googling and he’s reportedly on £5m per year 😮 and the 6th highest paid manager in the Premier League. Guardiola is numero uno and reportedly on £20m while Slot is 5th highest on around £6.5m. |
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