Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

AHOJ . why do you think the market is down .
i will tell you i have spoken to some investors
there answers it is bad for the uk .we will not be investing

Thanker,
How big are your investors?
Pensioners are not paying for tax cut from the rich as headlines say. Tax cut from the rich helps them to trade and invest inside UK rather than diverting part of it to other countries ... for tax purposes. Isn't it good?

a dam site biggerthan I .
the budget was bad for investors in general like retail
but good for oil and gas .
have just been phoned the french have gone in he is dead

my post before the tv have just said my caller was on the money again
nice to have good pals

he is dead good info from the spot

AID just been in formed of the 12 in oxford shocking news .
and the law must come down hard and bring back the noose .
praying on children is sick. and must be dealt with very hard indeed .
no matter who they are it is now all over the uk

It is sad that he dies. He could be a good source of information.

I am sure they have his contacts, etc and gain access to others who might have helped him.

At least get the facts right. Pensioners still get tax relief which will rise over time, the same as everyone else.

They have just had a change in the extra age related allowance for over 65s. This amounts to approx £83 per year. This is easily exceeded by the rise in pensions this year. The removal of the age related allowance is to simplify the tax system. It means that everyone is then taxed on the same basis. It is part of the process to streamline and modernise the income tax system. It is why the rise in the basic pension was unusually large.

There are also plans to simplify the Nat Ins for employees and employers.

greggs may well shut the shop bad news for take aways .
but i agree with taxing them bad for health

the tax will close most of the high street shops .
the streets will be left to the yobs

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OAP tearing Clegg apart on Radio 2 atm.

Nick Ferrari's Listeners Budget: In Full

http://www.lbc.co.uk/nick-ferraris-listeners-budget-in-full-52512

What I have become more and more fed up with is political liars of all shades.

When you look at the present government by Cameron, Osborne, and cohorts such as Clegg, Lansley and co. is that to me they not only seem to me, to be incompetent at their functions, but also are incompetent liars and this is becoming more and more obvious to the public due to media exposure.

The necessity to try and sell (PR) unpleasant policies by glossing them up is more the action of political spivs than leaders.

This with u-turn after u-turn is producing an apathetic public and disillusionment and complete loss of respect for government.
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But I suppose you get what is voted for and not for what you paid.

Ps.

I think the present government with its leadership have taken opinion of goverment to a new low.

come on all you wonderful poitical pundits .... what would YOU all have done?

it's very easy being an armchair critic, especially without putting forward alternative suggestions, let alone live with the aftermath.
the coalition (tories) picked up something of a poisoned chalice, and imo, i think they've done a pretty good job considering the dire circumstances in which the country was placed by the previous bunch .... and yes, i accept that was not 100% their fault either

I am pretty happy with all of the budget. The louder Fred, the unions and the Labour whine and winge the more convinced that the budget was spot on.

I guess they are trying to rationalise, that by first giving the pensioners a pension rise before the Budget, it was then OK to start taking it off them again with some Budget taxation changes and adjustments.

Lots of pensioners are missing the first bit.

Lots of opposition (both pensioners and political oppostion) are not missing the last bit.

Such is politics.

All the pensioners get the 5% rise. The change to the age related allowance is less than their increase. In fact the gradually rising general tax allowance is due to overtake the age related allowance and effectively wipe it out anyway. No pensioners are worse off as a result of the budget. Thr pension rise was the biggest that that there has ever been. This was done to allow for the gradual reduction in the age related allowance.

The french police have shot dead that bastard in toulouse but has anybody spotted that the numberplate on the polo volkswagen parked outside is "AD 911"...coincidence or deliberate ?.....might be careful....