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UK tax on pensions
Chomper Higgot replied to brewsterbudgen's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Yes. But think carefully about doing do. If you don’t take the 25% tax free lump sum then your monthly pension payments are each 25% tax free, the impact is significant over just a few years. If you’ve not done so check your state pension NI contributions and give careful consideration to what address you give HM Gov. -
The reason the UK fought the Falklands war was the then Thatcher Government was in its knees, tge Argentinian invasion played directly into Thatcher’s need for a distraction. She, for the first time in British military history, took the victory parade, normally presented to the Monarch and went to the polls on the post Falklands war polling boost. The ‘natural resources’ argument came after the war.
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Judiciary Democrats go after GOP ‘whistleblowers’ in FBI probes
Chomper Higgot replied to Scott's topic in World News
Put all this evidence in a court of law under oath and penalty of perjury. -
Judiciary Democrats go after GOP ‘whistleblowers’ in FBI probes
Chomper Higgot replied to Scott's topic in World News
We know what a whistleblower is thank you. We also know what conspiracy is. And we are being presented with yet another GOP fake investigation. -
Finland starts construction of Russia border fence
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Finland is in Scandinavia, their stance is more relevant to Scandinavia. -
Johnson is not happy with the deal, but has he any political power left to do anything about it, he certainly appears to have accepted divergence isn’t going to happen. The extremists in the ERG are oddly quiet and the DUP has yet to respond. This is the problem with people who only know how to break things. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/02/rishi-sunak-brexit-deal-under-pressure-after-opposition-from-boris-johnson-and-dup
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Up to your usual efforts to drag the discussion off track. Perhaps we should pay attention to what Government ministers have to say about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/feb/14/rishi-sunak-tory-conservatives-labour-china-latest-politics-news-updates