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« Reply #15 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:30:50 » |
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Beer duty escalator axed! About bloody time!
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« Reply #16 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:41:33 » |
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Well so far the Evening Standard leak has been pretty much spot on.
Editor has apologised |
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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:44:24 » |
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Rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.
And those in the middle will get fucked over as always |
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« Reply #18 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:45:08 » |
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And those in the middle will get fucked over as always
That's me then. |
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« Reply #19 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:45:18 » |
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Ed Miliband is a massive cock.
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« Reply #20 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:48:13 » |
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« Reply #21 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:49:37 » |
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Ed Miliband is a massive cock.
I quite liked the "Hands up if you're not getting the 50p tax cut"  |
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« Reply #22 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:50:33 » |
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I quite liked the "Hands up if you're not getting the 50p tax cut" Me too. Had 'em going... |
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« Reply #23 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:51:55 » |
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Ed Miliband is a massive cock.
He is a politician, so therefore this is obviously true. Didn't someone once quote that anyone who wants to govern the country is probably not someone who should be doing so. |
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« Reply #24 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:53:54 » |
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That's me then.
And those in the middle will get fucked over as always
Personal allowance increased. Fuel duty rise scrapped. Beer duty cut. Help with childcare costs. How is that "fucked over"? I'm not trying to defend Boy George, I wouldn't trust him as far as I can throw him, but there would appear to be very little in the way of a squeeze on 'middle' families. |
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« Reply #25 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:22:04 » |
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Beer duty escalator axed! About bloody time!
Who could disagree? Just a shame that it's taken so long for politicians to realise the effect it was having on the pub trade. The moves I cannot fathom are the ones that go all out to support house prices. The Bank of England has been given carte blanche to hold interests low for pretty much as long as it wants (due to the loosening of the inflation targetting regime). And then there is the mortgage guarantee scheme. Just as house prices start to return to normal historical levels, the government intervenes to reinflate the bubble. Great news, in some ways, for existing homeowners and mortgage holders. But I'm highly suspicious of this. |
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« Reply #26 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:43:01 » |
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Re. house prices, i'm pretty much certain that i will never own a home now, so once i get a job again i'll be concentrating on other ways to invest/save money so I can maybe one day afford to be retired and old.
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« Reply #27 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:47:44 » |
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The moves I cannot fathom are the ones that go all out to support house prices. The Bank of England has been given carte blanche to hold interests low for pretty much as long as it wants (due to the loosening of the inflation targetting regime). And then there is the mortgage guarantee scheme. Just as house prices start to return to normal historical levels, the government intervenes to reinflate the bubble. Great news, in some ways, for existing homeowners and mortgage holders. But I'm highly suspicious of this.
Quite...a bigger problem in my view is the significant jump in stamp duty around the 250K mark which leads to artificially low prices for houses that are worth more thus providing a disincentive to buy and sell. I can't understand why this doesn't get reformed instead to promote the housing market perhaps along proposals in Scotland |
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« Reply #28 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 15:10:46 » |
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Philip Johnston at the Telegraph sums it up nicely. He got his article out fairly quickly. |
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« Reply #29 on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 15:37:54 » |
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Ed Miliband has a massive cock.
Never looked!! |
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