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.

As far as I can tell, how many years you have paid in don't count anymore.

MIG has taken care of that (I think) so the peeps can piss it all up the wall, and fall back on the taxpayer.

mansion tax
all hypothetical and with luck won't come to pass ....
however, if the tax is to be personal, then presumably if your house is jointly owned as is often the case, then presumably the notional £2m threshold should become £4m..... hahaha!

Based on rateable value.

Ha, Ha.

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Is it true, as reported, previously tory party members, MPs and councillors flocking in droves to, or doing back room deals with UKIP?

For people with big pension pots, I can see them taking the 25% tax free and leaving the rest where it is for now. They could use that 25% to help children and family members get on the property ladder. There may also be a few who cash in to put the money into property. In either case it may boost the housing market.

property
at present, you can't put pension money into residential
i wonder if that will be varied


mansion tax
rateable values have little reflection on realiseable reality .... and even these can change considerably and not necessarily upwards
in any case, if the tax were to be raised, it was surely a personal tax, and therefore my slightly facetious comment above would still stand

The rules now are that you can spend the money on anything. You can depend it on a holiday, a car or just having a hood time.

Twin peaks might make it back to the screen with some damn good coffee !.....without or without David Lynch.....(his directing is fantastic though)....

I think being a Twin peakie is a bit like being a Taddie (Tadpole Technology)....or having once owned an Alfa-Romeo......all a bit weirdly... but fascinating !.... come to think of it ....thinking of voting for the Lib-Dems...might be added to the list....

I used to like the woman who walked around with a log under her arm.

I doubt that it will go ahead without David Lynch.

I wonder whose arse she will bite?

Vote monster!

Max,

Good sensible speech.

Showed what Wavy Dave is dodging, but here is a real hero for you!

Borrowed from Mike,

The recession would have been worse if the Conservatives had been in power
5/April/2015

And what caused the crash in the first place Fred?

And who was steering at the time??

Be nice if we had Nigel and the Tories ,let him sort out immigration and the Tories can keep the recovery going . Perfect ..

Max.

People and institutions borrowing too much and piling into property at inflated prices and insufficient regulation of banks and Jonies Come Lately spivs in the city.

With insufficient earnings to cover losses.

Similar to what led to the collapse of the Heath government.