Quote from: Legbiter on Today at 02:05:28 PMThe russians are really up shit creek though if they are relying on the Americans delivering a stable outcome.
Quote from: Tamas on November 26, 2025, 08:44:58 AMI like the tax on gambling. I guess some losers' money finding its way to organised crime is not great but the industry seems awash in money advertising absolutely everywhere, which is kind of gross.Just to come back on the budget I think it's very much a curate's egg and mainly seems aimed at party management. I am struck at how weak this Chancellor is and how weak generally the government is too which is extraordinary given the size of their majority.
Tax on 2m+ properties at least has symbolic value so good.
Not thrilled about the 3p charge on EV miles driven, that's going to almost triple our current 1.6p per mile cost, but we are going to survive.
(In fairness their heartlands overlap more or less totally with expensive houses.)
Most of new tax measures (not least because they're quite complex so will require design and implementation work) won't take effect until 2028. So spending will rise in the short term, while there will be long term revenue increases that will take force in *checks notes* an election year. That strikes me as basically quite unlikely:
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 28, 2025, 11:06:32 AMIs this another thing that's because of people bearing beakers?


Quote from: Jacob on Today at 12:08:35 PMSo apparently the key pillar of Trump's peace plan is to make Trump and his friends a lot of money...
I'm not sure how reliable a source Daily Beast is, but sounds believable: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-trillion-plan-to-cash-in-on-ukraine-peace-leaks/
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