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Lol. Surely the point of the tweet (post) was that Serco have been paid £50m per month, given that that was pretty much all that was in the post! Well, that and some bollocks about peasants and cocktails.

I'm sure it won't be long. I like the way Brexit is blamed as an afterthought, immediately after explaining that most large animal practices now specialise in this area.... Still, looking at the multicultural and diverse team at Stokesley Vets, it doesn't look like they've ever had anyone coming to work in their practice from 'abroad' (unless you count Scotland or Liverpool ) https://www.stokesleyvets.co.uk/about-us/meet-the-team

The average is 7.4million tests per day over the past 7 days, so that's what, about 30million tests per month? Source £1.67 per test doesn't seem like an awful lot to me, given the logistics involved. How have you reached the conclusion that 'we've got cocktails to sip ra ra ra'?

A bit weird. Congestion and pollution charges are supposed to be funding climate change initiatives (whether they actually do or not, I have no idea). Other solutions exist to avoid travelling by car into these areas thus avoiding the charges. Getting old on the other hand is completely unavoidable for the overwhelming majority of the population and something that eventually we will all have to encounter. Odd that you've equated a tax to fund care with the congestion charge.

Should businesses like this one be left alone? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58485816 Most of that tax bill is apparently employers NI contributions. This is definitely one company that isn't paying its 19% corporation tax.... Again, the solution seems very simple and if these huge companies weren't allowed to dodge the taxes that they should be paying, then the low skilled, low paid workers that work for them wouldn't be saddled with the bill....

I believe the £86k cap is per person, so a couple living together could be billed for £172k, not a million miles away from the 'average' UK house price (which is a skewed measure anyway, given all those people living in Guildford in their £850k houses driving the average upwards).

Also nice to see it is payable on dividends so those company directors that already manage to avoid significant taxes will still have to pay this one.

Aren't the people who live in Guildford and own their £850k houses the same ones that are likely to be earning £80k+ and therefore paying more for the 'priviledge' of keeping their properties? Although if there is anyone earning £100k a year that can't afford to pay an additional £94 per month in tax, then there is something seriously wrong with their lives! Even at £20k earnings the bill is just under £11 per month (which is less than the TV licence fee which is allegedly 'excellent value for money') - that equates to sacrificing a couple of Starbucks a month which would technically be a double win given how little tax they get away with paying

Boo hoo. Still pretending I'm on ignore, what a cry baby. Please sir, tell him to stop, I 'really don't understand'.

Lol, that aged well! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58474536

Bless. Pretty pointless claiming to have me on ignore if you're so desperate to know what I said

Ah bless. Your response, asking if you could call me wank stain (I'm still splitting my sides at that one), quoted my post directly. I'm entirely up to date with how the quoted messages work and I know full well that you cannot directly quote a post if it is on ignore. What you would have quoted is the person that quoted the poster you are trying to ignore. What you've done is make yourself look a right prick by claiming you're ignoring me and then quoting my posts, proving that you are lying about the whole ignore thing Still, whatever turns you on I guess! By the way, who are you thanking for your alleged "DM" is it one of your other accounts?

To a certain degree, yes. However, there could be cases where it becomes counter productive. Look at the Avonmouth jobs market right now for an example of this. Issues around travelling into the area (basically you need to have your own transport as public transport is sparse and not convenient for the plethora of shift patterns on offer), factor in the exponential growth of warehousing and logistics businesses that have moved into the area in the last five years (and rightly so given it's location and accessibility to two major motorways) and we've seen wages for unskilled warehouse workers increase from £9 to £14 per hour in the past six months alone with companies offering £1000 new starter bonuses. There's no way this 'bidding war' is even close to slowing down, especially not whilst Amazon (a large employer in the area) are reportedly short by 500 shifts per week right now and that's before they start 'ramping up' for Christmas. All this will do is fuel the local economy, house prices and rent will increase as more and more people look to move into the area to take advantage of the higher rates and the property owners (who definitely won't be the lower skilled warehouse workers!) will get richer.

You can call me whatever you want. The big proclamation that you 'put me on ignore' didn't last long then, did it

I voted leave and said at the time that I didn't think that scrapping 'freedom of movement' for work was a wise decision, but accepted that it came as part of the 'package'. I think we've got a lot more pain on the way, especially in the low skilled / low paid sectors, which will only be solved by a complete overhaul of the benefits system (unlikely) or a U-turn from the Government on allowing EU workers (probably equally unlikely in the short term!). The issue with regards to HGV drivers is more complex than boriersaint's simplistic 'blame it on Brexit' stance and is a convoluted mix of Covid (and the back log of tests), Brexit (and the EU drivers that returned back to the EU) and traditionally long hours for little reward making the job unattractive and putting many people off paying for the tuition needed to become qualified (an issue that has been exacerbated with the introduction of CPC courses and the additional costs entailed), as well as our 'comsumer society' that relies heavily on the movement of goods.

Apologies, maybe my sarcasm didn't come across too well. I assumed this was the right thread to pick any topic where any bad news regarding the economy or labour force can be blamed on 'brexit'.

Fucking Brexit. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58443653.amp Furniture giant Ikea is struggling to supply about 1,000 product lines as a shortage of HGV drivers continues to hit businesses.

You're right. The police should stop and search way more white pensioners to even things out.

Personally, I think anyone should be allowed to protest about anything, freedom of speech is the fundamental right of civilised society. Anyone who breaks the law whilst protesting should be dealt with accordingly and ALL protests should be policed in the same way. Unfortunately they're not.

But it's alright if you're a climate change activist? https://news.sky.com/story/extinction-rebellion-activists-begin-two-weeks-of-london-protests-targeting-root-cause-of-climate-crisis-12388712

Fucking Brexit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58432092

Fucking Brexit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58414875

Get well soon! On the sea wall it's unlikely to be a car that hit you and drove off - probably a pissed off seagull!

Fucking Brexit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58414597

The answer would seem pretty simple.... https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change