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[Mr. Dazzle]

10ft deep trench would be effective and would allow the planning friendly fence

[Count Steer]

The photo in the article looks like an Edwinstowe parody of 'American Gothic'.

(I particularly like this version )

[JackyJoll]

10ft deep trench would be effective and would allow the planning friendly fence

Should it have snakes at the bottom, or piranha-infested water?

[Mussels]

I'm not commenting on the rights and wrongs of what the couple has done by building a high fence to protect their autistic daughter who has 'a tendency to climb'. However, does anyone else see a fundamental flaw in the design of the fence?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-not ... e-67438457

When I was ten I regularly vaulted six foot fences to get into a building site, those horizontal batons won't make much difference.
They want some privacy in what the council probably call a front garden, I have similar rules here where nothing over 3 feet is allowed. They should have put a hedge in instead, easier to get away with.

[irie]

If they want to stop the child getting over the fence then razor wire would be a deterrent. Whatever happened to brick walls with broken glass cemented on top?

Probably against their human rights. These days you'd have to install multiple warning signs and have to pay damages if scum tried to climb walls and hurt themselves while trying to get into your property.

[gremlin]

Shouldn't social services be called in respect of calling a child 'Tiona-Jai'?

[Mussels]

Rishi Sunak: The time has come to cut tax
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67472117

Woohoo! Unfortunately I expect 'cut tax' really means not increase it as much as they wanted.

[Yambo]

You can't keep cutting tax and making up the shortfall by borrowing.

Well, you can but it's not the best way to run a country. Or is it?

[Count Steer]

Rishi Sunak: The time has come to cut tax
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67472117

Woohoo! Unfortunately I expect 'cut tax' really means not increase it as much as they wanted.

Well, they've given the nod on the level that Council Tax can be increased by without consultation or objection. 5%

So I don't expect local services to improve much, just get a bit more expensive.

[Cousin Jack]

You can't keep cutting tax and making up the shortfall by borrowing.

Well, you can but it's not the best way to run a country. Or is it?

You can if you are a PM facing losing your job in 12-18 months. Either the tax-cut bribe works, and you get re-elected, or it doesn't, and it becomes someone else's problem.

[wheelnut]

You can't keep cutting tax and making up the shortfall by borrowing.

Well, you can but it's not the best way to run a country. Or is it?

It’s the best way to get re-elected. Let the next guy worry about spinning the plates.

[Yambo]

You can't keep cutting tax and making up the shortfall by borrowing.

Well, you can but it's not the best way to run a country. Or is it?

You can if you are a PM facing losing your job in 12-18 months. Either the tax-cut bribe works, and you get re-elected, or it doesn't, and it becomes someone else's problem.

It’s the best way to get re-elected. Let the next guy worry about spinning the plates.

Clear cut evidence then that this Conservative government's priority is not what is best for the country.

I wonder why the media do not pick up on it. Maybe they don't care about what is best for the country.

I think Liz Truss should be brought back.

[Taipan]

You can't keep cutting tax and making up the shortfall by borrowing.

Well, you can but it's not the best way to run a country. Or is it?

I think it depends on the Debt-to-GDP Ratio?

[v8-powered]

Whatever happened to brick walls with broken glass cemented on top?

I can remember those when I was growing up and hadn't seen them for circa 30 years until we went to Madeira a few weeks back, seems to be en vogue there..

[Cousin Jack]

I think it depends on the Debt-to-GDP Ratio?

I does, and the ratio is not good. It will get worse.

[irie]

I think it depends on the Debt-to-GDP Ratio?

I does, and the ratio is not good. It will get worse.

Not disagreeing with you but ...

... what matters is the UK ratio relative to that of other comparable countries, particularly continental European.

[Cousin Jack]

It is all the economics of madness. Debt near (or above GDP) might just be acceptable if we were investing in infrastructure that will pay for itself over the next 100 years. We are not, we are spending most on current account stuff that should be funded from current taxation.

Basically we are spending more than we earn. And that is not sustainable. Our children and grandchildren will have to pay for it.

[irie]

It is all the economics of madness. Debt near (or above GDP) might just be acceptable if we were investing in infrastructure that will pay for itself over the next 100 years. We are not, we are spending most on current account stuff that should be funded from current taxation.

Basically we are spending more than we earn. And that is not sustainable. Our children and grandchildren will have to pay for it.

Our children (and indirectly our grandchildren) are often party to this madness, fuelled by social media promoted victimhood and wokeness [sic].

[Count Steer]

It is all the economics of madness. Debt near (or above GDP) might just be acceptable if we were investing in infrastructure that will pay for itself over the next 100 years. We are not, we are spending most on current account stuff that should be funded from current taxation.

Basically we are spending more than we earn. And that is not sustainable. Our children and grandchildren will have to pay for it.

Ah, the sins of the fathers...Deuteronomy 5:9-10

Guess who made this mess?

[irie]

It is all the economics of madness. Debt near (or above GDP) might just be acceptable if we were investing in infrastructure that will pay for itself over the next 100 years. We are not, we are spending most on current account stuff that should be funded from current taxation.

Basically we are spending more than we earn. And that is not sustainable. Our children and grandchildren will have to pay for it.

Ah, the sins of the fathers...Deuteronomy 5:9-10

Guess who made this mess?

Enlighten us.