BeastOfBodmin

Beat me to it.

I was taking you literally. Some would vote for it, others not. I even checked the Lib Dem's position and it seems they would be for taxing then spending on public services. Like you, I think the majority of voters would go for it.

In general, that would not be popular with Tory voters. Perhaps Reform supporters too.

For some reason the forum software doesn't want to quote your quotes. I will improvise... Then all the mooted replacement candidates have the same, wrong, ideas? Or is the UK in an economic situation that the Government cannot solve, irrespective the "solution" to the UK's economic problems? Methinks Rawnsley thinks only in terms of politics (how things are made to look) and not in terms of reality.

If there are any reading this thread with a fact-checker mindset: https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/GBR#ataglance The growth figure was updated from the previous 1.5% forecast, which is still in the spreadsheet mentioned below: You can download the CPI data from here, but you have to update the 1.5% to 1.6% yourself. https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO/OEMDC/GBR You can download real GDP growth data from here: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/OEMDC/GBR I combined the two spreadsheets and updated the IMF GDP projection from 1.5% to 1.6% I got a headache trying to find the Gilt price data so I gave up. I'm not sure if the numbers for 2024 are still projections (likely) or not. It's also difficult to know how much responsibility/ credit a government can take for inflation or GDP. I assume it's not known what the actual 2024 numbers are and the 2025 numbers are a projection. Note also the IMF predict essentially straight lines. It would be interesting to see how accurate their previous forecasts were. Labour have been in power for about half of the year. I conclude it's too early to see from IMF data what effect Labour have had on the UK economy, whether good or bad. In any case, neo-classical macroeconomic forecasting is not what one would call an exact science.

Has Sir Starver said Reeves has "his full support", or similar, yet? When he does, we'll know her goose is cooked, or her lettuce wilted. Mod Edit: removed deliberate misspelling of Keir

Could be. I just wanted to point out the tax calculator and the tax tables.

Exactly. One deducts the taxes paid in Country A from the due taxes in Country B. The reminder is the tax bill. Problem is that the Thai tax system has a relatively low tax threshold versus "The West", and you quickly hit the highest tax bracket. Thai Tax Calculation I am effectively retired here, though I draw no pensions as yet. The below is the result of THB 83,000 per month (~ 1mm p.a.), spouse does not work, one child in education, no other deductions at all. I would have to cough up THB 64,000 i.e. 6.4% in income tax before deducting taxes already paid in Country A. I assume you have to be working in Thailand to contribute to RMF, SSF & ESG, even though they want to tax as income monies that may not be income?

Goldilocks IMO. If you are too wealthy, they will be tied up in court for years, same as anywhere else in the world.

I expect they first need to work out how to use the blue piping in the build.

It's always 20 years away. What's Thai for "Chernobyl"?

I found this: Soil Temperature

My lot tend to say "More tea, Vicar?", but it's the same thing. Tangentially there's Quentin Taranteatime: "Shall I be motherf@cker?"

Russia invaded Ukraine 2022.02.24, no? It was still under Biden's watch.

What struck me is the thread was started, not to discuss the affected Californians, but to cast Trump in a bad light.