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You'll need an executor in the UK that you name in the will. Someone you trust, or you can pay a solicitor to do it.

Just make a UK will leaving everything to your wife. Any decent UK solicitor can handle it.

2 hours ago, NORDO said:

Bush could always claim WMD and start another war 

he, Cheney and Rumsfeld should have been prosecuted 

Along with Bliar.

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

My keen eye failed spot anything in that BBC report that modifies the Lords’ report to include all your musings that I spotted were missing in the first place.

 

 

None so blind.....

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m sufficiently sighted to understand the Lords’ report provides zero support to your claims in this post.

Try this for size. I know you'll believe it as it comes from the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwxzpqrnjko

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

With the exception of your ‘slash benefits’ non of any of that addresses the issue in Lords’ report.

Are you so blind as to not see that the UK's out-of-control government spending goes far beyond the issue of disability benefits? 

The Lords report covers just one symptom of an underlying disease. Tinkering around the edges will not resolve the fundamental problem, as Rachel from accounts is finding out.

" the only option is to question why we are, on paper at least, so chronically more sick than the rest of Europe."

There's you answer. Declaring you have a self-diagnosed 'metal health' issue has become acceptable, even fashionable. And the gullible benefit assessors go along with it, so that millions can sit on their sofas watching daytime TV and stuffing themselves with junk food, which of course exacerbates their 'metal health' issues'.

I actually find myself in agreement on something with Tony Blair. I'm going to lie down in a darkened room until it passes.

"The report notes that £65 billion is spent annually on health-related benefits, surpassing the government’s defence budget of £54 billion."

That's not even the biggest problem for Rachel from accounts. From the FT:

"The Treasury will spend £110bn on debt interest in 2023, according to a forecast by Fitch. At 10.4 per cent of total government revenue, that would be the highest level of any high-income country."

National debt and government spending are out of control, while public services get even worse. It's the perfect storm.

1 hour ago, biggles45 said:

Don't pay them if they don't attend, that will increase attendance! 

These clowns have been filmed clocking in at the Parliament office for 5 minutes on a Friday morning to collect their weekly allowances, then b*****ing off home for a long weekend. The European Parliament is about equivalent to the plenum of the CCP - a powerless talking shop set up to rubber stamp Queen Ursula's proclamations. And handsomely paid for the privilege, not to mention the numerous scandals concerning their expenses over the years,

The only time it served any purpose was when Nigel Farage was an MEP and regularly let off steam at the bunch of useless Eurocrats running the show.

27 minutes ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

He’s reversed the decision but fcs surely it doesn’t take a genius to figure this will not go down well with the UK populace! He’s either really thick, dangerous or both. I think whoever is advising him (inner circle) know he’s brown bread and realise for Labour to ever have a chance of staying in power, he and a few others has to go.

Agreed....but to replace them with what? I don't see any shining lights on the Labour front bench.

42 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

So there's a Greek guy running the British rightwing news that wants to keep immigrants out. Has the world gone mad?

The guy with a Greek name (who may or may not be Greek, have you seen his passport?) is running a news outlet that opposes ILLEGAL immigration and is in favour of a cap on the number of legal migrants to the UK. Perfectly sensible positions which the majority of the British public agree with.

On 1/10/2025 at 3:43 PM, uncletiger said:

After watching how all this has developed, I personally am inclined to believe Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) got closest to the mark of what is happening.  Trump is simply breaking the fake news.

 

It should be obvious by now that this is how Trump operates. Throw out an outrageous statement (the more outrageous the better) and while the media hacks are all choking over their coffee, everyone starts talking about a subject which was unthinkable before he said it. It's called the Overton window and it moves every time he pulls one of these stunts.

13 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

He never denied that.

No guilt by association? Has anyone ever been prosecuted for the cover up?

51 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There is no guilt or association, the responsibility and guilt is entirely that of the individuals and gangs who committed these heinous crimes.

Once again trying to deny the fact that these heinous crimes were covered up by mostly Labour councils and police forces.

3 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

The British public are notoriously slow to get angry about anything, but this issue is now gaining real momentum. The government needs to announce a new and fully independent inquiry focusing solely on these Pakistani rape and torture gangs, and those that enabled them and covered them up. If they don’t do this, it may not be long unfortunately, before we see more rioting on the streets.

 

Brits are now extremely angry about the cover-up, thanks to Musk shedding light on the murky issues that the establishment hoped would stay in the dark. When you delve into the details of the abuse, the level of medieval barbarity is shocking in itself. But the fact that this was covered up for decades by police, local authorities and (mostly) Labour politicians so as 'not to rock the multicultural boat' has incensed the British sense of fair play.

Starmer will not get out of this one unscathed. My money says he'll be consigned to the dustbin of history before the end of the year.

1 minute ago, Thingamabob said:

I backed her all the way until she fired Kwasi Kwarteng in a pathetic attempt to save her own skin. After that I had no time for her.

Agreed. She was a walking PR disaster, but the basic economic ideas she was trying to implement were correct. As Rachel from accounts is now proving in spades.

She's right of course, it was the BoE's ineptitude that caused interest rates to briefly spike. They came down again pretty quickly, until 'Rachel from accounts' came along and managed to push them even higher than they were under Truss.

3 hours ago, mfd101 said:

But most of the US debt is owed to itself! so not too much to worry about.

 

The huge advantage of running the international monetary system.

Ah, the Magic Money Tree theory. Unfortunately it's not true.

Most US debt is owed to foreign or domestic lenders, including banks, mutual funds and pension funds. So assuming you want your pension to continue paying out in your retirement (not to mention social security, Medicare etc) it is a huge problem.

https://www.pgpf.org/article/the-federal-government-has-borrowed-trillions-but-who-owns-all-that-debt/