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...your statement that people knew that they were voting to leave the Single Market and the Customs Union... That's not what I said. F knows what most people (on either side) voted for. I said that I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who knowingly voted for remaining subject to all the ru...

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Contrary to what you are claiming here, lot of people voted to leave on the basis that we would remain in the Customs Union and Single Market, indeed several prominent leaders of the leave campaign said that this was the case. I refer you to my post earlier up the thread where I provide quotes EDIT...

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So how do we control our borders then and "take our country back? And what's the use of having blue passports if someone from Eastern Europe can simply hitch a lift from Dublin airport to Belfast? That's a common confusion laid out as a retort. But, it's meaningless. There has never been a suggesti...

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It's the UK that's voted to end freedom of movement in and out of the UK from the EU, not the Irish. The only way to implement this is to have a hard border. Additionally, the UK govt, (most likely contrary to the wishes of the electorate) are also pursuing a policy of leaving the Single Market and...

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Just heard Owen Patterson on the radio (ex NI secretary). He's either really badly informed (v unlikely considering what he used to do for a living) or he's hoping that Eire back down by upping the ante. What they clearly haven't got is a solution to it (not a shock, as its going to be very hard to...

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The government were actually considering pulling out of the competition, but Boris 'Brains' Johnson persuaded them to continue with the bid. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/12/boris-johnson-raises-concerns-as-government-considers-abandoning/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; No...

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Not at all one of the more annoying pundits but his piece this morning on why Man City should fear the "lesser" teams was a high-point in taking 20 minutes to say what could be said in one sentence; proving that most TV is just a case of keeping speaking regardless of content and hoping that the vie...

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And I'd say one reason is that we are failing to educate our kids properly. 40-50 years of deliberately devaluing intellectual and academic achievement while the hungrier nations looked on and picked up the baton is coming home to roost. People might not like how South Korean and Chinese kids work t...

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Lancasterclaret wrote:The reality

What's your point with this graph?

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...why/how the 'conditions' make such a big difference to how the ball 'behaves'? Sounds like a load of nonsense to me. A ball bouncing on hard ground will bounce differently than a ball bouncing on wetter ground. Also the amount and height of any grass on the pitch will affect that bounce. You've ...

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I don't think anyone is in any doubt that we have to leave the EU after the vote, but its how we leave and what bits we keep are the issue. I don't agree with the decision mind, but if we can actually get a free trade deal with zero tariffs, stay in the customs union, somehow keep the UK together a...

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VAT threshold for small businesses might drop in the budget, possibly down to £43000 This would be good news for the economy. Not only would it raise the £2bn estimated, it might well flush out some duckers and divers who aren't paying much of any kind of tax as they get squeezed into compliance. I...

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We should. We won't.

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Here's an easy guide, is the person a) your good mate b) your colleague or subordinate If you don't both agree you are A then don't make fanny or dead baby jokes. Jokes between two As may still offend B if overhead. Until, of course, your former friend is no longer your friend and then decides that...

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Their train system has problems too. Don't believe everything Michael Portillo sees (usually things leaving on time from the initial terminus) represents every journey. They have overcrowding like nothing we have on some journeys and if you're out in the regions, it's not all bullet trains on time t...

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If you were to make an advert for colonial Africa, it would be post-colonial Africa.

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No. He was wrong. Referring to a linesman, who by definition must have been officiating a match from 1996 or earlier, was definitely the wrong decision.

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That scene is doubtless acted out in thousands of Muslim homes around Christmas. I've no idea why anyone supportive of Christmas would be offended, especially given how secular it's become. That said, of the four Muslim families I know well enough to understand, three have become deliberately and si...

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Funkydrummer wrote:Sorry about your inability to read.

Together with your inability to punctuate a simple sentence.

What's your position on people who can't even construct a sentence properly?

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aggi wrote:It's showing absolute immigration, not net.

Thanks. It's not really very useful then.

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Well done him. On the fringes at Swansea, grasped the nettle and went somewhere he knew he'd play more and have more expected of him. Well done.

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Very sad. I can believe people who can know nothing about the specifics of the issue are making capital out of it or scoring points. Because people are bell-ends.

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Well you must have found it interesting enough as you responded albeit weirdly. Would you be offended if I thought you were a bit of a thick ****. I know, I just can't help myself. I wouldn't be offended. It would be exactly what I'd expect of you; throwing an insult to distract from your flounderi...

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Here you go RIngo, EU immigration as a percentage of population. Note we're ninth in this yet the countries taking a higher proportion of immigrants are not seeing the same issue as we are. Capture.JPG I'm not really interested but if all those figures are positive, where are they all coming from?

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I agree that a tax charge on turnover is a bad idea. It may seem a good idea when you see Amazon turning over millions and paying no tax (no VAT in the UK, it all goes via Amazon Sarl in Luxembourg, an EU announcement is due on this soon) but when you have companies that in reality are still turnin...

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So there is. Just been reading about it, and it turns out to be a fairly useless piece of legislation to stop people like you or I flagrantly avoiding tax. The threshold for action is high, and there are no penalties! It doesn't apply to what the Paradise Papers report. As the TUC points out https:...

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In the same vein, I understood there were moves to introduce a 'general' tax law that would criminalise any structure that was obviously designed to avoid a legitimate tax obligation, even if the said practise wasn't strictly forbidden in statute. Seems to have gone off the radar, though. We alread...

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john'sroseyspecs wrote:Is the Curry' s ad the one which says the real meaning of Christmas? When referring to a large screen plasma? Should be banned until December 1st.

That's the one.

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box_of_frogs wrote:Anyone any idea when the Brighton tickets will be coming out?

You can't say that sort of thing any more.

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Curry's PC World straight to the top of the 'quick, turn over' list. Not for the first time.

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Quickenthetempo wrote:Surely it has to be based on performances in the Ashes test matches, not just England or Australian careers.

The stats on the BBC page are exactly what you're suggesting; "Selection has been based on performances in all Tests involving England and Australia."

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cricketfieldclarets wrote:Car tyres should be treat very much like making love to a beautiful woman.

Do you really want to save a few quid and compromise on quality and efficiency?

There is nothing a beautiful woman wants more than to be made love to "efficiently", I imagine.

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Interesting isn't it that it is reckoned that annually Benefit Fraud costs the country £1.2b which is between 0.5 and 1% of social security spending and it is treated as a despicable crime yet tax avoidance overall is estimated to run to £25b. You could argue that it is done with the agreement of t...

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A good start thatdberight but Gilchrist was a modest wicketkeeper and Boycott, as an opening bat, avoided the really fast bowling when he could. It also took Steve Waugh some time to get going, just initial observations. Waugh, across his career has about as impressive credentials as anyone, albeit...

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If he was to take such steps now, it would be illegal. If he does retire abroad, as he states he intends to, then that will impact on his involvement with being Burnley chairman, but it will mean that his tax avoidance methods will work in a legal manner. If he stays on as Burnley chairman and take...

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aggi wrote:Some of it looks legal, some of it such, as the loans with no intention to be repaid, are something that aren't legal and HMRC are cracking down on heavily at the moment.

Agreed.

What appals me even more is that the 'stars' of Mrs Brown's Boys have that sort of money coming in. For that!?!

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UpTheBeehole wrote:The course of action Garlick took is no longer legal, which should give an idea of how shady his arrangements are.

I used to get Mortgage Interest Relief At Source. That's not legal any more. Are my arrangements shady?

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Boycott
Sutcliffe
Bradman
Steve Waugh
Hammond
Miller
Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
Thomson
Trueman

Impossible to compare across eras of course.

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JohnMcGreal wrote:...an informed general public leads to pressure on the politicians and law makers to correct an injustice such as this...

I look forward to the informed general public's view on these difficult and complex tax matters.

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So, Joe Gomez, who got easily bullied by the man mountain that is Manuel Lanzini, gets into the England squad. But Tarks doesn't. Good work Gareth...

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Of the 40 or so threads on the front page, only 4 or 5 are not clearly either 'BFC' or 'not BFC'.

This is one of them.

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Lowbankclaret wrote:...it would not phase you.

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We are sat here crying at celebrity gogglebox. Corbyn not a teAr in his eye at a young girl dying. Heartless ******* I'm no fan of Corbyn but that's a truly bizarre thing to say that demeans you, not him. Even setting aside that there's no 'normal' response to that, I imagine he (like any other sen...

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This was all pretty well tied on once both Mrs May and Mr Corbyn had made public statements on the matter, now I think the allegations will be drip fed out over the coming months to try to alleviate the embarrassment of the establishment as a whole. The final numbers may well be quite worrying in t...

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Sidney1st wrote:It's probably going to be easier in the long term to have one thread about suspended MP's

Agree. But it seemed unbalanced to tag it on to a thread headlined 'Labour MP suspended'. Perhaps one for each party?

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Lunatic with a wardrobe exclusively stocked from 'Man at Bacofoil'.

More likely to change me from 'Leave' to 'Remain'.

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Charlie Elphicke (Dover). 'Serious allegations that have been referred to the police'.

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It says a lot about her that, because Brillo pad is under a category marked "other views", she's happy to assume, and say to the nation, that he thinks those jokes are OK. By the way, I do think jokes in bad taste are OK in private. Nearly every joke (apart from surrealist ones) relies on someone's ...

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Mrs G is an HR Director and her perspective is: There is likely to be an explosion of disputes in almost every industry, private and public as this trend gathers momentum. She deals with a lot of cases like this, some genuine, but some a way of winning an unrelated grievance i.e passed over for pro...

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Spiral wrote:...if the dossier is authentic and true.

Which we already know it's not. Doesn't mean nothing on it is true.

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