Keir Starmer at it again..

[Walshes Wolves]

A mature budget.

 

[Tony Towner]

Whatever anybodies individual views are that can't be mistaken for a Tory budget which is one of the criticisms often levied on this thread.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Right wing press seem to be taking it predictably badly.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Whatever anybodies individual views are that can't be mistaken for a Tory budget which is one of the criticisms often levied on this thread.

Yes, it's OK.

 

[Kenny]

Well Sky are calling it a Corbyn budget.

Just waiting for someone to blame, whatever they are not happy about on, the note that was left behind when Cameron became the PM

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

There is a column from kamikwasi in (i think) the guardian, where says Reeves is essentially clearing up the Conservative mess. Bit of a surprise.

 

[Kenny]

Sky:



If you close your eyes, you can almost imagine that the last 14 years never really happened.

 

[leedswolf]

 

[Templeton Peck]

Good news on NHS and education.

3bn for Ukraine but 800m for homelessness is very disappointing.

Nothing on climate change which is really worrying.

 

[AndyWolves]

Good news on NHS and education.

3bn for Ukraine but 800m for homelessness is very disappointing.

Nothing on climate change which is really worrying.

I saw something about carbon capture, which isn't great

 

[AndyWolves]

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I'm too simple to know if this is meant to be an actual piss take of labour or something else

 

[leedswolf]

I'm too simple to know if this is meant to be an actual piss take of labour or something else

It's from Private Eye (Gnomemart is the giveaway)...

 

[Kenny]

Gordon Ramsey selling his Porsche story has a challenger thanks to Labour

From the Telegraph:

 

[Trips]

Eh? Their £300 fuel payment loss means they can't now be sailing round the world, and they need to go back to work to cover it? Surely they wouldn't be using that fuel allowance to heat their home while they're on the high seas

 

[Stan Hullis]

Gordon Ramsey selling his Porsche story has a challenger thanks to Labour

From the Telegraph:

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What the fuck

SIXTY?? Sixty BTL properties and they're back at work and have had to sell their boat? They must be the worst BTL investors in history.

 

[Del Woppio]

The fuck man. Surely as you're writing that you must think to yourself "erm, does this really give the message I'm told to give, and is this story gonna elicit empathy?"

 

[Kenny]

The fuck man. Surely as you're writing that you must think to yourself "erm, does this really give the message I'm told to give, and is this story gonna elicit empathy?"

Some great ones out there such as a single mum who earns 150k being pissed she doesn't qualify for some benefits and CGT *might* be something she has to worry about at some point in her life

 

[Stan Hullis]

I was listening to LBC whilst driving around today and some poor farmer couldn't sleep last night because he (well actually, whoever inherits his farm) may have to pay more IHT than previous on their £3.5m fortune when it passes down.

This was further made worse by the fact there are TOO MANY nurses in the NHS and they all have really good pensions.

 

[Tony Towner]

Can someone help me understand the farmer situation? Using the above example, isn't he paying tax on something that he only has the theoretical worth of? The farm may be worth £3.5m, because of the land value, but unless he sells it he can't pay the tax. Isn't that the issue? Yes he'll be a rich man off the back of it, but lose the farm and potentially generations of history.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Is it the margins of farming that make it awkward? Could have massive value as an asset but you slap a big tax on inheriting it and then the next generation might never make enough money off it to cover that tax bill? Theoretically they could sell some of the land to cover the bill but then maybe that stops the farm being profitable on a smaller footprint?