Whitey Grandad

It also happens with a flat tax.

"Our data scientists do" They would say that, wouldn't they. I maintain that their results show that they have their modelling wrong. This confirms what I have been saying, that the figures are subjective. Someone has created this 'model'. It's hocus pocus. Snake Oil of the purest form.

That would be very noble if that were to happen. Unfortunately that is not usual.

That would be very noble if that were to happen. Unfortunately that is not usual.

I know you are not that naive. The outcome of a Tax Investigation is entirely in the hands of the investigator. They can go back over all time and add tax to what was agreed in writing 40 years ago. If you disagree you can ask for a Tribunal but you need a lot of money for that. In my case they refused any allowance for capital purchases despite what it says in the relevant Tax Law. "We don't agree with that interpretation" was what I was told.

No, I doubt we ever will agree. I date back to a time when there was a Supertax of 95%. There's a strong argument for a flat rate tax, certainly in terms of maximising revenue. I don't keep "more for myself" because I choose not to work so hard and I don't take so many financial risks. This is one reason why Britain fails economically.

They walk among us. What an idiot!

Good grief. Somebody, or some people, have to sit in front of a screen and allocate a value to that chance. More importantly, no two opportunities are ever the same or even similar. There are simply too many factors. To ignore or dismiss those is to oversimplify.

Someone is being conned here and it isn't me.

We bought Aribo from Rangers. How is he viewed by their fans now?

Disproportionately more tax though. It's almost as though they don't want you to work harder and earn more.

And a lot more work. Is it worth it?

That's the point. I kept in in the business and it was taken from the business. This was when I was a sole trader.

Of course xG is subjective. Somebody sits in front of a TV screen and decides whether an incident should have resulted in a goal. A different analyst would give a different interpretation. A video doesn't begin to show all the factors that can influence whether an attack can result in a goal.

I understand it well enough to know that it's a con. shouldn't line up perfectly but over a large sample of games it ought to. I understand it enough to know that it is closer to meaningless than reality. There was a game recently in which Chelsea were 5-0 ahead despite at that stage having an xG of well below 0.5. The extreme example that you give is a form of reductio ad absurdum but that can have its uses. It also shows the ineffectiveness of xG in this instance. Let's face it, it doesn't matter who we play in goal anyone with our Saint's defence in front of them is starting with an expected three goal deficit anyway.

I understand it well enough to know that it's a con. shouldn't line up perfectly but over a large sample of games it ought to. I understand it enough to know that it is closer to meaningless than reality. There was a game recently in which Chelsea were 5-0 ahead despite at that stage having an xG of well below 0.5. The extreme example that you give is a form of reductio ad absurdum but that can have its uses. It also shows the ineffectiveness of xG in this instance. Let's face it, it doesn't matter who we play in goal anyone with our Saint's defence in front of them is starting with an expected three goal deficit anyway.

That had a lot to do with it.

I suppose Musk cannot ever be President because he's foreign born.

Yep. You're just an economic work unit. I've been self employed mainly for 43 years and in all that time I've had a couple of better years but I had one good year in particular. HMRC clobbered me with a tax investigation and stole nearly £50,000 from me. That was money that I was going to invest in expanding the business but instead it hamstrung us. I learnt then that hard work and sacrifice didn't pay off and I wound back our ambitions significantly. They killed the goose.

That's true even with a flat tax rate be it 20% or 40%. The problem is that we have a progressive system where the marginal rate gets progressively higher. It's almost as though they don't want you to work hard and make something of yourself.

Deep fried preferably.

Nothing from this season?

Stephens in goal and Bazunu in central midfield?

We finished 4th. I suspect that wouldn't be good enough for Rangers..

"Please see" Yes please.