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Brixton
You are the only one on this board that has bleeding knuckles after a long walk.

chips
"Mother Nature will always rebalance the situation"
Only after the human race has brought own its own extinction!

Brixton
I seem to remember Falky said France or Scotland. Nice try though, bless.

Gary59
I've quoted that Billy Connolly one a few times on this board before. lol

No sign of global warming in the Northern Isles.......a comfortable 16 degrees today.

Before Boris Johnson resigned Kier Starmer and Labour were banging on about the cost of living crisis and what is the Government going to do to help people survive shouting about cutting taxes instead of raising them! Now after several of the Tories candidates for Conservative leader have said they will bring in tax cuts if they win, Kier Starmer and Labour have now changed there stance demanding to know how they will be able to afford it!

The SNP's Ian Blackford gets the Penny Mordaunt treatment.........Penny Mordaunt putting Ian Blackford in his place. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtNUGB7JcKk

Nadhim Zahawi has announced if he wins the Conservative leadership election as PM he will reduce basic rate income tax to 19p in 2023 and 18p in 2024.

Brixton
"I did know Inuit."
You are confused between Inuit and init.....lol

After 92 trading days, buyback complete to date:
Total shares to date.................................................3,103,984,952
Total Cost to date... ................................................ £1,389,247,474.99
Average price paid to date.......................................44.757p
Percentage of £2 billion buyback completed.........69.46%

From the telegraph article:
"After Thursday's second ballot there will be a pause of three days ahead of MPs getting a chance to grill the candidates about their policies on a "super Monday" of hustings.

Three sets of hustings are planned for Monday, July 18 - one by the 1922 committee and open to all Tory MPs, one by the 92 group of senior Tory MPs and one by the anti-woke Common Sense group."

PMSL......"and one by the anti-woke Common Sense Group"

Conservative leadership candidates will be forced to agree in writing that they will not withdraw from the contest if they are in the final two names put to a vote of the party's members, under new plans to stop MPs stitching up who is the next prime minister.

Senior Tories are desperate to stop one of the candidates withdrawing from the contest as Dame Andrea Leadsom did in 2016, handing the leadership unchallenged to the overwhelming favourite Theresa May before members were given a chance to vote.

The Telegraph understands that leadership rules to be agreed on Monday include a 'Leadsom clause' under which any candidate who makes it to the final two will have to submit themselves to a vote of party members.

One senior party source said each candidate would have to agree that they "must go to the ballot of members if you get to the last two" when they enter the contest.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/11/1922-committee-rules-how-tories-will-elect-new-prime-minister/

"UBS cuts Lloyds price target to 60 (61) pence - 'buy'"
Interesting that UBS has cut target prices on Lloyds, Barclays, Natwest, HSBC, but has RAISED the target price for Standard Chartered?

livestock
Just take the dividends and be patient, probably have to wait a year or two, and it may go lower than current level in the short term, but I think your break even price and more will be achieved certainly in the medium term.

Squabbling Tories tear themselves apart over tax as race to succeed Boris becomes bitter: Javid shreds billionaire Sunak's record as chancellor, Truss vows to abolish National Insurance hike and Shapps and Zahawi say they will boost defence spending.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10998861/Squabbling-Tories-tear-apart-tax-race-succeed-Boris-bitter.html

Gazzleberry,
I would not have thought your suggestion would go anywhere near replacing the deficit to the treasury if fuel duty was scrapped?

Hi Gazzleberry,
You say "after all, it is just unearned income, rather like the dole". As far as I am aware dividends and job seekers allowance are classed as earned income, you have to declare it on your Tax Return, and they are added to your wages/salary to give total income for year?

Just wondering; would the rules allow Boris Johnson to throw his hat in the ring for the Conservative Leader election if he was brazen enough?

Gazzleberry,
In a nutshell, you suggest scrapping the £2000 dividend allowance?

Plato
"It is annoying that the Chancellor can't even get petrol/diesel back down to £1.25 per litre. That is actually within his control - just knock off the 57p fuel duty"
WOW, so simple, but how would the Chancellor then make up the short fall for the Treasury? Raise tax's elsewhere? Introduce new taxes? Or cut back on spending......NHS, Education, Infrastructure, Services, MOD?