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But the “contributions “ to a private pension would then become additions to taxation. Employer admin saved. Pension provider margin saved. Means more money to invest but political embarrassment.

I disagree. The full state pension after a lifetime of NI contributions is half the minimum wage. One of the lowest in Europe. Now, even if you employ only 1 person, you have to administer a pension for them. There is a cost to millions of people doing that admin which could have been avoided

PM first needs to understand that hard hats at a jaunty angle are a no no.

Good news for Russians. Europe was closed. Crimea was made uninhabitable. But at least now you can holiday in Nth Korea. Vladimir Putin - the gift that keeps on giving!

Auto enrolment was the government bypassing their failure over decades to provide a decent state pension. They mandated further deductions from employers and workers sent straight to micro pension schemes. This massively increased the national admin cost but saved HMG face of increasing taxes.

One small step for man. One giant leap towards fascist oppression.

NI is a complete scam. It is not insurance in any sense. It just needs to form part of a simplified taxation system. And while we are at it get rid of auto enrolment pensions - it’s a huge admin burden for small businesses and another stealth tax.

Three to one. What brave heroes of Poland. Their mothers must be so proud of them. Especially the third guy who piled in.

For goodness sake yes. Poland has a border with an actual Russian state and a Russian puppet. It really should be doing everything possible to keep Ukraine with the European sphere.

It might work if it was relative rather than absolute. So the percentage of your income that goes on Income Tax, National Insurance, Council Tax, Vat.

Brilliant. If they liked him that would be very, very worrying

What a fantasist

I agree. The streaming companies are not to be trusted. “Owning” I title actually is some kind of lease - until they feel like changing their terms. They are not good at honouring contracts!

Putin is the only person left in Russia that still believes this. Meanwhile he has hidden his yacht- so maybe even he doesn’t believe it.

Any user of this room should have to first demonstrate that they have private medical insurance covering the entirety of their cancer treatment and revoke any entitlement to NHS care. Then it is none of our business I guess.

He’s in for a world of hurt. Homer understood men, and passions, and failures. The Odyssey is a journey through the self. Not Elons strong suit - self awareness!

It would have two consequences that to some extent cancel each other out. For one group it will reinforce their assumptions that Reform is crooked. For the other it will reinforce their assumption that the establishment is anti Reform. So I doubt it matters either way.

Not a single one of Musk’s predictions have ever come to be. Why do we even listen to him or bother interviewing him? I don’t want to listen to verbal diarrhoea any more than I would want to watch his actual diarrhoea!

Pure terrorism

It’s extremely scarce. So, you’re right, long shot on BlueSky. Good luck.