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Topic Originator: desparado
Date: Wed 26 Nov 14:18
Just read that UK gov has announced a cool £20 million for the regeneration of Kirkcaldy town centre and promenade in the budget. Good for them but I wonder why Dunfermline is continually overlooked ?
What an opportunity we missed in 2014.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 26 Nov 14:38
Cause Kirkcaldy is a Labour stronghold……absolute disgrace that they are getting more money to invest but the city looks to be over looked.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 26 Nov 14:44
I wondered why Kirkcaldy was being singled out. Gordon Brown having a word in the Chancellor`s ear maybe?
You have to laugh at folk thinking Scotland would not be capable of running its own affairs when Westminster can`t manage to make a Budget announcement without it being leaked by a public body independent of the Government.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 26 Nov 15:17
The early release was shambolic. The hollering over the actual budget announcement from Reeves was just as bad. Some of it was inaudible because of the rabble being blurted out by both sides.
Scotland should be thankful! Over £800m from our masters coming our way……
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Wed 26 Nov 15:21
No idea why the speakers just don`t start firing folk and telling them to get out.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Wed 26 Nov 15:29
Usual "House Jock" staged question yesterday about NHS waiting lists in Ayrshire, posed to Wes Streeting !
Since health is devolved why didn`t the Speaker stop it?
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Topic Originator: desparado
Date: Wed 26 Nov 15:53
Well if KDY is getting millions from UK Gov then surely Dunfermline should be getting a bigger share of the pot from Fife Council funds that are delivered from Holyrood ?
Maybe our invisible Red Tory MP can fight our corner?
What an opportunity we missed in 2014.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Wed 26 Nov 16:38
Quote:
desparado, Wed 26 Nov 15:53
Well if KDY is getting millions from UK Gov then surely Dunfermline should be getting a bigger share of the pot from Fife Council funds that are delivered from Holyrood ?
Maybe our invisible Red Tory MP can fight our corner?
But, but....The town square?????
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Wed 26 Nov 18:49
Reading the BBC earlier and it`s got one of those articles where they talk to all different people with different circumstances and how they feel about the budget. One of them was a guy with a household income above 100k who is not happy with the reduction in the cash ISA limit from 20k to 12k. Will cost him a couple of hundred pounds in interest per year. I`m not sure if he`s classed as one of the fabled `squeezed middle`.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Wed 26 Nov 18:58
The very well know loss aversion in action.
I`ve known loads of people who are massively focused on minimise tax for retirement and pension reasons even if they don`t actually need the money.
It could be they have only one earner in that couple and they want to keep below 100k, or he wants to keep below the higher tax rate at 50k or wherever it is.
And even if they benefit elsewhere they`ll be ignoring that and focusing only on the loss I`m sure.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d6zwppjvjo
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Wed 26 Nov 19:29
Quote:
desparado, Wed 26 Nov 15:53
Well if KDY is getting millions from UK Gov then surely Dunfermline should be getting a bigger share of the pot from Fife Council funds that are delivered from Holyrood ?
Maybe our invisible Red Tory MP can fight our corner?
Yeah, good one. Everyone knows the money has gone to central Fife since 1996. Easily the worst public realm in Fife when you go down Dunfermline High Street. The "City Square" is just a cheap waste of time and they know it.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 26 Nov 20:37
What we need to remind is that we are still trying to fix the huge debts and mismanagement left to Labour by the Tory`s
If we all have to contribute a wee bit extra to fix it then so be it
Towks post at 18.49 just shows the gap and attitude .. that has grown wider between the rich and poor over the last 10 years
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Wed 26 Nov 23:37
And I can’t even sail my yacht
She’s taken everything I’ve got
All I’ve got’s this sunny afternoon
The trouble is Buspasspar, we don’t ALL have to contribute a wee bit extra - just the (increasingly small proportion of) workers. And taxing income isn’t taxing wealth nowadays.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Wed 26 Nov 23:57
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don`t they help themselves,
But when the taxman come to the door,
Lord, the house lookin` like a rummage sale, yeah.
Prefer that song Ted
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Thu 27 Nov 07:54
I`m surprised they kept the triple lock for all these wealthy and asset rich pensioners if I`m honest.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 27 Nov 09:03
Triple lock will mean my 71yr old wife will pay tax next year on her State pension, first time since she worked in 2018!
Someone calculated that the tax paid would be the equivalent of the winter fuel payment, smoke and mirrors?🤔😡
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Thu 27 Nov 09:20
People below 35k would have been better off with the personal allowance being increased.
Chancellor on the radio telling me how great it is she has decided to take more money off people and spend it how she thinks her back benchers think it should be spent, even though the vast majority of the voting public disagree with it.
I suspect much of this is at the feet of that weirdo Torsten Bell.
It might be nice if she linked a thank you to the British people to supporting the investments to improve things. It`s their money, not hers.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Thu 27 Nov 09:38
She might be alright LA. Once the new triple lock boost is applied the weekly state pension is a maximum of £241 quid a week or £12549 per annum. The personal tax allowance is staying at £12570.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 27 Nov 10:04
Quote:
The One Who Knocks, Thu 27 Nov 09:38
She might be alright LA. Once the new triple lock boost is applied the weekly state pension is a maximum of £241 quid a week or £12549 per annum. The personal tax allowance is staying at £12570.
If things don`t change 2026/27 will be the defining year, if we`re still alive!🤔
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Topic Originator: charlie1
Date: Thu 27 Nov 10:19
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Thu 27 Nov 09:03
Triple lock will mean my 71yr old wife will pay tax next year on her State pension, first time since she worked in 2018!
Someone calculated that the tax paid would be the equivalent of the winter fuel payment, smoke and mirrors?🤔😡
The new pension rate is only £21 above the tax threshold. Government have stated if this is your sole income they will not apply tax - would be £4.20 per year. Would cost far more to administer!
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Thu 27 Nov 10:36
I think it`ll be 2027/28 when the tax on basic pension becomes more of an issue. I`m sure you and your good lady have a few more World Cups left in you yet!
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 27 Nov 15:23
Quote:
The One Who Knocks, Thu 27 Nov 10:36
I think it`ll be 2027/28 when the tax on basic pension becomes more of an issue. I`m sure you and your good lady have a few more World Cups left in you yet!
Meant to say 27/28, at our age you can`t look too far ahead although another WC qualifying campaign like the last might be the coup de grace!🏴😎
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 27 Nov 17:30
She is just a Lassie LA .. I have an insurance policy for the washing machine and Me and Mrs Buspass lives .. I cancelled the washing machine policy and it broke down the following week .. I`m keeping the life one going :-o)) COYP
Post Edited (Thu 27 Nov 17:32)
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 27 Nov 19:05
Quote:
Buspasspar, Thu 27 Nov 17:30
She is just a Lassie LA .. I have an insurance policy for the washing machine and Me and Mrs Buspass lives .. I cancelled the washing machine policy and it broke down the following week .. I`m keeping the life one going :-o)) COYP
She`s holding on to get her WASPI payout!🐝🐝🐝🤣🤣🤣
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 27 Nov 20:29
LOL ! .. Mrs Bpp as weel ..
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Thu 27 Nov 21:11
Quote:
Buspasspar, Thu 27 Nov 17:30
She is just a Lassie LA .. I have an insurance policy for the washing machine and Me and Mrs Buspass lives .. I cancelled the washing machine policy and it broke down the following week .. I`m keeping the life one going :-o)) COYP
"And isn`t it ironic, dontcha think?"
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Fri 28 Nov 17:10
A real storm is blowing over the budget now, it turns out we never had a 20 billion black hole but a 4 billion surplus and the OBR told the government in October.
Why have we then been hit with 30 billion in tax rises at the budget?
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Fri 28 Nov 17:11
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 28 Nov 17:10
A real storm is blowing over the budget now, it turns out we never had a 20 billion black hole but a 4 billion surplus and the OBR told the government in October.
Why have we then been hit with 30 billion in tax rises at the budget?
To give Israel more bombs?🤔🥲
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 28 Nov 17:38
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 28 Nov 17:10
A real storm is blowing over the budget now, it turns out we never had a 20 billion black hole but a 4 billion surplus and the OBR told the government in October.
Why have we then been hit with 30 billion in tax rises at the budget?
To pay off the interest on the couple of TRILLION debt the strong and stable Tories got us into?
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 28 Nov 17:49
Quote:
jake89, Fri 28 Nov 17:38
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 28 Nov 17:10
A real storm is blowing over the budget now, it turns out we never had a 20 billion black hole but a 4 billion surplus and the OBR told the government in October.
Why have we then been hit with 30 billion in tax rises at the budget?
To pay off the interest on the couple of TRILLION debt the strong and stable Tories got us into?
Its ok though, the 20k tax free that Reform will give us will help sort that out!
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 28 Nov 18:03
Following the budget, an Ipsos poll has revealed that Reform UK is the party the UK electorate trusts most to manage the UK economy. This is despite the fact that they have not presented a costed, integrated economic plan or nominated an MP to become Chancellor of the Exchequer if they are elected to form a government - and of course this is the electorate who gave us Brexit. We`re in safe hands!
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Fri 28 Nov 18:09
That says more about the British electorate than anything else eck..... we should have an intelligence test before folk are allowed to vote. If we are testing immigrants for English language then I think that`s reasonable.
On the additional taxes..... after months of folk slagging her off for having too little leeway it makes perfect sense to build a bit more. It is tiny in percentage terms of the overall budget.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 28 Nov 18:51
I hope Reform DO get elected as it`ll expose them for what they are - frauds. Farage can`t even manage a party let alone a country. Absolute cockwomble.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Fri 28 Nov 18:57
Quote:
jake89, Fri 28 Nov 18:51
I hope Reform DO get elected as it`ll expose them for what they are - frauds. Farage can`t even manage a party let alone a country. Absolute cockwomble.
Strikes me as akin to wishing a family member has a heart attack to prove they need to lose a bit of weight!
I hope he gets discredited before then but we are reliant on a bunch of absolute loons understand what`s right infront of their faces.
Brexit is costing us 90Bn a year and still he isn`t getting properly challenged on it.
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Fri 28 Nov 19:47
‘Brexit is costing us 90Bn a year’.
Two words - worth it.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 28 Nov 20:13
Not the two words which came to my mind.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 28 Nov 20:33
Quote:
ipswichpar, Fri 28 Nov 18:57
Quote:
jake89, Fri 28 Nov 18:51
I hope Reform DO get elected as it`ll expose them for what they are - frauds. Farage can`t even manage a party let alone a country. Absolute cockwomble.
Strikes me as akin to wishing a family member has a heart attack to prove they need to lose a bit of weight!
I hope he gets discredited before then but we are reliant on a bunch of absolute loons understand what`s right infront of their faces.
Brexit is costing us 90Bn a year and still he isn`t getting properly challenged on it.
But this isn`t the Brexit we voted for etc etc.
It`d be brown trousers time for Farage if elected. He`s a workshy grifter. Unfortunately, the intellectually challenged think he`s a man of the people because he smoke fags and likes a pint...while shirking responsibilities and stealing a wage. What a lad!
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Fri 28 Nov 21:36
Brexit has been the worst thing to happen to the UK ever, and yet it seems the same morons that voted for that are still stupid enough to vote for Reform.
Democracy is dead now, there really does need to be some kind of intelligence test before people are allowed to vote, otherwise people like that Tad Allagash can vote.
These dosey tw@ts do everything the billionaires tell them to
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Fri 28 Nov 22:31
‘Brexit has been the worst thing to happen to the UK ever’
Really?
Worse than:
The Battle of the Somme?
The Blitz?
The Fall of Singapore?
The Suez Crisis?
The Winter of Discontent?
The Music of Ed Sheeran?
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Fri 28 Nov 23:29
Quote:
Tad Allagash, Fri 28 Nov 22:31
‘Brexit has been the worst thing to happen to the UK ever’
Really?
Worse than:
The Battle of the Somme?
The Blitz?
The Fall of Singapore?
The Suez Crisis?
The Winter of Discontent?
The Music of Ed Sheeran?
Certainly worse than the first five, but you may have me on the music of Ed Sheeran
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sat 29 Nov 08:08
It`s not just Brexit. We saw in 2007/8 all these rich organisations that were "too big to fail" bailed out using OUR money. They repaid us by cutting their workforce, closing their offices, moving things offshore. We then ended up pressured into Brexit, which again benefited a few while punishing millions. The latest is this push to come out of the ECHR.
Perhaps it`s time for politicians to show their working and have it scrutinised rather than being able to come out with daft soundbites?
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