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by Lagamorph » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:52 pm

Kezzer wrote:Imagine trying to one up each other with shittier and shittier puns

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by Lex-Man » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:13 pm

Kezzer wrote:Imagine trying to one up each other with shittier and shittier puns


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by <]:^D » Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:26 am

Kezzer wrote:Imagine trying to one up each other with shittier and shittier puns

shit-tree-er?

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:25 pm

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by KK » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:50 pm

For people that believe these things...

The latest YouGov voting intention survey for The Times, taken following the latest EU agreement, finds The Conservatives have retaken the lead over Labour for the first time in many months, with The Tories now on 42% (up from 40% last week) and Labour on 41%. The Liberal Democrat voting intention meanwhile stands at 7%.

The most popular party of those who define themselves as working class is Conservative (at 45%) and Labour on 40%.

On who would make the best Prime Minister, 37% of people prefer Theresa May while 28% favour Jeremy Corbyn. A further 35% chose Don’t Know.

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by Cheeky Devlin » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:41 pm

Scottish Budget delivered.

New 19% and 21% tax bandings introduced.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotl ... s-42309353

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twitter.com/BBCPhilipSim/status/941316614200483841


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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Rocsteady » Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:11 pm

Good move. Having visited the US I'm more in favour of progressive taxation than ever.

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Meep » Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:13 pm

Doesn't seem like the bands are going to be a huge amount of difference, I mean we're talking about less than £1 a week if I'm guessing it right (I'm terrible at maths though). Kind of a waste of time.

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by Cheeky Devlin » Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:03 pm

Meep wrote:Doesn't seem like the bands are going to be a huge amount of difference, I mean we're talking about less than £1 a week if I'm guessing it right (I'm terrible at maths though). Kind of a waste of time.

The 19% band equates to £20 less tax a year. So there's no real tangible difference for people earning less than £33. It's a trip to the cinema for two people, or a cheap night at the pub.

Under the old bandings, assuming an income of £44,272 (The max before hitting the Higher 40% rate) you would pay £6,484.60 in Income Tax.
That's:
£11,850 @ 0% (Tax free allowance) = £0
£32,422 @ 20% = £6,484.60

Under the new bandings that would rise to £6,667.12.
That's:
£11,850 @ 0% (Tax free allowance) = £0
£2,000 @ 19% = £380
£10,150 @ 20% = £2,030
£20,272 @ 21% = £4,257.12

So it's a rise of £182.50 a year for people with that income, or £3.51 more a week.

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by Oblomov Boblomov » Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:51 pm

Reading about this Commons drama, I'm wondering why voting is done in a way that isn't anonymous. Surely attributing each vote to a named person discourages MPs to vote in a way that represents what they truly believe is right, if it differs from the Party line?

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by Oblomov Boblomov » Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:52 pm

Oh and I support progressive taxation. Go Scotland!

(Sorry, self-employed people.)

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Lagamorph » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:00 pm

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Reading about this Commons drama, I'm wondering why voting is done in a way that isn't anonymous. Surely attributing each vote to a named person discourages MPs to vote in a way that represents what they truly believe is right, if it differs from the Party line?

But at the same time MPs could never be held accountable for their choices if voting was all completely anonymous.

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by TigaSefi » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:00 pm

twitter.com/hackneyabbott/status/941386055684521984



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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Lagamorph » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:03 pm

Well, technically Fire does put out water if there's a lot more of it I suppose.
I guess you could get a fire sprinkler by just filling a regular sprinkler system with petrol and putting lighters on them.

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by andretmzt » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:10 pm

It's been deleted?

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Lagamorph » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:12 pm

andretmzt wrote:It's been deleted?

Which is why I grabbed a screenshot,

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Oblomov Boblomov » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:15 pm

Lastpostamorph wrote:
Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Reading about this Commons drama, I'm wondering why voting is done in a way that isn't anonymous. Surely attributing each vote to a named person discourages MPs to vote in a way that represents what they truly believe is right, if it differs from the Party line?

But at the same time MPs could never be held accountable for their choices if voting was all completely anonymous.

It's hard to hold anyone accountable for anything if we have to assume that they're voting the way they've been told to, regardless of whether or not they actually believe in it.

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by andretmzt » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:15 pm

strawberry floating hell :lol:

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Grumpy David » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:20 pm

The Remain MPs getting a tough time in Barnsley Question Time tonight.

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PostRe: The Politics Thread 3.0
by Preezy » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:12 am

Just emailed my local MP (Henry Smith, bloody Jonny Foreigner) about the proposed scrapping of the Childcare Vouchers scheme next year. Democracy is alive and well :toot:



I bet he doesn't even read it, the banana split :x


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