Chin Strain

1970 (born) - 1972 - Alkham, just outside Dover 1972-1995 - Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford 1995 - South Yarra, Melbourne 1995-1996 - Hill Lane Southampton 1996-2001 - Trimaran Road, Warsash (SO postcode) 2001-2005 - Monterey Drive, Locks Heath (SO Postcode) 2005-2006 - Holly Hill Lane, Sarisbury Green 2006-now Just off Hocombe Road, Chandlers Ford (had 6 months in 2008 borrowing a friends house in Knightwood Park, C/Ford whilst ours was being ripped apart and re-built)

Went to Sydney for the weekend, stayed at the 5 star InterContinental, had a meal outside in the Rocks area overlooking Harbour Bridge and Opera House,went to see Phantom of the Opera and proposed in front of the Opera House.

Tell me again when you saw James deliver any kind of cross that beat the first man in the last 18 months?

Hopefully the new manager has come in and told Hammond he's hopeless.

So, you'll never get an explanation, and will therefore never set foot in SMS again. Are you sure about that?

A quote I found: "Like coffee, religion props people up and gets them through their day, and in this sense I believe that religious institutions are like Starbucks in that there are way too many of them and they sell a lot of crap--the only difference is that at least Starbucks pays taxes and offers WiFi."

So which paper do you read Trousers?

BTF, the point was between a higher rate tax of 50% and the 80% suggested. Your examples are at 55% max which doesn't really prove your point about mass exodus. Like you (I suspect) I don't know the ins and outs of the tax bandings, VAT rates etc in Scandinavian countries. The overall tax may be less than ours.....it may be more. They may pay no road tax, low fuel tax, high VAT. Do you know for a fact that their social support systems are better than ours?

No, if only because it's ridiculous.

‘We’ve got some bone idle people in the public sector. There, I said it – bone idle people.’ How many fire fighters could you get for the price of one Matt Wrack and all of his chronies?

What would you do for 4-1?

lol

On the up side, it didn't last long...3-1 Palarse

+ 1

I'm not the one talking about high earning bankers, I'm talking about high earners.

Feck.

I guess you also need to be good at what you're making in order to export it.

Sorry VFTT but you're just being daft now.

But surely old fashioned values are the best. People used to have to save for a deposit on their house, they used to have to save for a new car, or a new telly. They got things fixed, didn't throw them away. Holidays were earned and paid for. Why shouldn't you have to show you can raise a deposit on a house and be responsible before you get a mortgage? The trouble is we live in a society where everyone has wanted their fancy mobile that they can't do without at £40 per month, Sky TV at £60 per month, big tellys, flash cars, 2nd homes. It's all about personal choice - get what you can afford not what you want. Just because someone will lend you the money doesn't mean that you should borrow it. Sure, some banks have a lot to answer for. But so do some consumers. Nobody held a gun to their head when they were getting their second home, or overstretching on their mortgage - we;re all grown ups.

'High Earning Bankers'. Don't you mean 'High Earners'? 'Parasitic scum'......benefits cheats, layabout work shy? If anyone thinks that ditching all high earners resolves all our problems is living in la la land

This confirms there's no point enlightening you. So our current banking industry leaves the UK and some other country gets the tax. Meanwhile, in your world, someone waves a magic wand and pays for the doctors, nurses, firemen, armed forces etc, etc.

50% tax.

We need wealthy individuals who may be, but probably aren't, bankers. Everyone's driven differently - we need different types of people. Many people do fantastic charitable work....I know a very senior banker who does....but he's a greedy banker.

Aren't manufacturing companies bowing to ever increasing competition and demand from consumers to pay less and less for their goods though? Doesn't that drive manufacturers to find cheaper ways of doing it....and the highest overhead of a company is it's workforce, so they find a workforce who will do it for less (India, China etc). Ultimately consumer is king, and I'm not sure manufacturing would ever have lasted long in this country in the modern world of consumerism.