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.

why should some one living in a home worth over 2m pay a few pounds more then a home worth 40000

Bit early in the morning for you c?

been chasing up some stuff in saudi already :-)

Labour lead at 2

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 18th November - Con 32%, Lab 34%, LD 7%, UKIP 15%;

Scots find Miliband less credible than Nessie!

Just 2% say they completely trust Labour leader (but 24% believe in the Loch Ness Monster)

Only two per cent of Scots say they completely trust Labour's Ed Miliband

Separate poll found 24 per cent professed belief in the Loch Ness monster

Survey suggests Labour are set to lose all but 5 of 40 MP's in stronghold


By James Chapman, Political Editor for the Daily Mail

Published: 01:57, 19 November 2014 | Updated: 09:01, 19 November 2014






Labour's chances of regaining power are under serious threat from looming ‘annihilation’ by the SNP in Scotland and an unprecedented surge by the Greens in the rest of the country, polls suggested yesterday.

A Survation survey suggested Labour are set to lose all but five of their 40 MPs in their traditional Scottish stronghold in May’s general election.

It also showed that just two per cent of Scots say they completely trust Ed Miliband – far less than the 24 per cent who professed belief in the Loch Ness monster in a separate poll conducted in 2012.



More shite here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2840273/Scots-Miliband-credible-Nessie-Just-2-say-completely-trust-Labour-leader-24-believe-Loch-Ness-Monster.html

it amazes me people like cynic brag about their wealth but moan about paying their taxes . come on lets have a mansion tax now at 0.5% of value fair and good for the services

don't be an arsehole
i'm neither bragging nor objecting any more than anyone else about paying my taxes

typically of so many here, you don't answer the question asked ...... in this instance of how on earth do you think you're going to value with good accuracy every single house in the country and scrap banding altogether? ...... i think that is what you are suggesting

its simple all local estate agents no the value . that is how the gov formed the bands
fact . and less than 0.01 objected to their band .
I also think that the gov should give the public a vote on raising income tax for the nhs I also think the nation lottery should be voted on by the public for 50% of profits go to nhs care
only mean nasty greedy people would vote no

lets put it to the voters to vote on all these issues and let the voters decide

don't be an arsehole
i'm neither bragging nor objecting any more than anyone else about paying my taxes

this post says you do not want to pay greedy people never do

I would vote to pay more not greedy or selfish

if I thought 0.5% was going to alter my life I would be very sad and wasted my life

if you're going to stay with banding, then you obviously eliminate most appeals
however, did you not advocate abandoning banding altogether?

i may well be wrong, but i think it is local councils who value the properties in their area and the revenue from "council tax" goes to that council, rather as it says on the tin ...... thus absolute value-accuracy is not quite as important

if you're going to value houses and the money is then going to go to the exchequer, then you open up a complete can of worms and a total shambles will ensue


your crap about income tax is not even worthy of response

TANKER makes some good points on local estate agents and bands for the mansion tax.

Its the valuation officers who do it now at the LA.

the banding is fine and works .
as for your comments on tax that means you are a very greedy I am all right jack and fcuk the rest

that about sums you up cynic as all can see your father must turn in is grave after
what man kind did to help him in need

ed is now talking like a future PM and all at the club agree with is latest statements

whatever you say, but then 95% of what you spout is total tripe anyway, and this is another such occasion, and as abusive as usual

if you're now happy that banding should stay in place - a change of stance, but we're all allowed that - then fine
as it stands, i have no idea in % terms what our council charges and i suspect it will vary considerably from area to area depending on a great many factors

however, if you want to move away from a local tax, to one where the money goes to the central exchequer - for what purpose this change? - then it becomes a very different exercise

LA = what other than Los Angeles?

speaking the truth is not abuse . you are a man who does not want to pay is way and that is fact by your posts .
in my bringing up by my parents those that have should help those that have not .

Income tax was imposed as a temporary measure to pay for a war. No one likes paying tax unless they are mad. If I could pay less or no tax I would. Tax companies and let incomes be tax free. I would prefer a return to the poll tax, which was the fairest. It was based on working age people in the household. The more people, the more services they use.