The Budget

[Lumps]

I don't know if you're being sarchastic there (I sense you are), I'm sorry I don't earn as much as you your Lumpiness to spend as much as you on my shopping.

No I'm genuinely fucking impressed.

You clearly shop in a disciplined and sensible fashion, rather than my ....oooh look venision steaks! approach......which is probably not the best way to cost effective trolley filling

[Colin Todd]

Venison!  you champagne communist

[nevillew]

why would a 2.5% affect people spending in the club shop?

So a £49.99 top will now cost £51. harldy any difference really.
Club still make the same money.

If that's in response to my post regarding club finances:-

You don't think I might have been referring to ticket sales then ?

[Saxondale]

Ticket sales are what concerns me in my job.  Gig tickets are expensive already, add the VAT increase its all going to get a little difficult.

[Mexicano Rojo]

exactly mr nash, its a fiver to get in my club, before any tax or running costs a fucking pound of that fiver is now going out to vat

[Luci]

Excuse me for ignorance here but can someone remind me why Uni is free north of the border and prescriptions free in Wales when we have to pay for both?  I have genuinely never really understood this.

[Bogus Dave]

I think it's because (in simple terms which I can understand) the scots and welsh get £XXXXXX from the government. The welsh spend some of theres on making prescriptions free, the scots spend thers on free universitys.

I think.

[Talk Talk]

Excuse me for ignorance here but can someone remind me why Uni is free north of the border and prescriptions free in Wales when we have to pay for both?  I have genuinely never really understood this.

The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly have their own portion of 'national' budgets to spend on what they want. The Scots subsidise higher education and the Welsh health care.

In England we do this:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100619/tuk-government-spends-18-000-on-wine-6323e80.html

[Luci]

Ah, I see.  I wasn't sure if it was a case of "how they use the money they're given" but clearly it is.

Damn, I can't even rant about they should be made to pay as its clearly the fact they utilise their resources better.

[pauld]

No I'm genuinely fucking impressed.

You clearly shop in a disciplined and sensible fashion, rather than my ....oooh look venision steaks! approach......which is probably not the best way to cost effective trolley filling

I'm not sure what I'm more amazed by - that Samdy can do his monthly shopping for 150 quid, or that you shop somewhere where venison steaks are an impulse buy. Where the hell do the two of you shop because I'm pretty sure neither applies in Tesco?

[nevillew]

This rise in VAT is a fucking killer for me, im in a business where i get hit by the rise but cant pass it on to my customers, as i said will cost me personally about 10 grand.

You could always spend the money you gained when they dropped it to 15% though ?

[nevillew]

No I'm genuinely fucking impressed.

You clearly shop in a disciplined and sensible fashion, rather than my ....oooh look venision steaks! approach......which is probably not the best way to cost effective trolley filling

I'd never buy those - venison is too deer.

[pauld]

I'd never buy those - venison is too deer.

Let's not have a roe about it

[Talk Talk]

I had one of those on a stag night.

[nevillew]

Easy to say with hind sight