Farmer Saint

Where did £100m come from????

Sounds like every transfer, ever

Feels like we won that stand off then.

If I were them, I'd move to Dubai to save on IHT.

Swap deals don't happen anymore as with PSR it's far better to treat as two separate transactions.

What you have to remember is that Suga is a wing back, as was KWP. Neither were good enough defensively in a 4, and was one of the reasons our defence has been so bad in the last 4 years. Having a safe right back should allow our wingers (in Still's preferred formation) to stay forward and not have to cover as much defensively. He also doesn't need to be PL quality, he just needs to be good enough as a backup when we do get promoted. Think of Dan Harding, but on the right.

Agreed.

Again, 0.4% max over the last 3 months, and even then it's unlikely to be half that considering what has been quoted - don't forget fuel price increases also affect food prices. I'm sorry, but I just disagree with how fiscal policy has clearly had an impact - I don't think anything is clear with the geo-political environment over the last 12 months, along with wars in Russia and Gaza, the lack of business investment due to global tariff pressures etc.

Honestly bro, this thread takes so much out of me. Everyone is a fucking pound-shop economist these days.

Here's an article from late 2023 explaining why in general we have higher inflation than the EU: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65037292

Love the maths here by the way 😂 UK inflation was 3.8% in July 2025. UK inflation was 2.2% in July 2024. An increase of 1.4% since July 2024

What fiscal policies were implemented during that time?

Unless you do something batshit mental like Liz did, it has little impact nowadays. What fiscal policies do you think are causing this increase then, as they're clearly having an impact - let's bear in mind that as above, NI and minimum wage have had little impact, if any.

Where is it "clearly". It can only be a max of 10% of total inflation over that period, and that's removing any of the reasons that have been blamed for it, and the interest rate cuts. Not sure how you can see that as "clearly"?

Why? If we get promoted he'll be a decent back up in the Prem, as he has been previously. No risk, low wages.

Do I think the fiscal policies of the Government have had a near on 2% increase on inflation vs our neighbours? Considering those fiscal policies were implemented in April, and inflation has only risen 0.4% over the past 3 months I would say no. Take into account that the BoE have cut interest rates by 0.5% over the same timeframe, and the above reasonings around fuel, flights and food, and you may see the cause of that increase.

He'll be better than Suga, that's all that matters.

Ok, so how have the fiscal policies clearly impacted the increase, considering the increase has been blamed on those three things.

Suga is off, that's why perm signing, apparently.

I didn't. I commented on one backing up what I said yesterday. Nowt to do with you. But don't worry, I'll pop you on ignore with the other WUMs.

"Pretty daft to suggest that financial policies haven't had a clear impact on this. Frankly bizarre to suggest they haven't."

We had our debates last week. I spent a lot of time and effort on them, and yet you couldn't answer my questions - the ones I asked over and over. You then said you weren't going to post anymore, and yet less than a week later here you are, claiming that yet another mate has moved abroad. I assume their tax knowledge is as poor as yours. Personally, I think you are a WUM and not worth my effort.

??? I thought you'd cried off and had quit posting here?

Considering one of the main drivers was said to be air fares (jumping by 30%, largest rise since 2001), petrol and diesel and food prices. As outlined above in the Economics article most of the food issues are due to climate. Not sure where you think the minimum wage/NI increases have affected flights and diesel/petrol prices.