The Hamas Covenant is only about 750 words, a very small fraction of a squillion.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:10 pmSays the chap who expected me to read umpty squillion pages of the Hamas covenant to back up a point he hadn't even articulated.
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Actually closer to 3000, according to the word count function in MS Word....irie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:32 pmThe Hamas Covenant is only about 750 words, a very small fraction of a squillion.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:10 pmSays the chap who expected me to read umpty squillion pages of the Hamas covenant to back up a point he hadn't even articulated.
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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:54 pmActually closer to 3000, according to the word count function in MS Word....irie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:32 pmThe Hamas Covenant is only about 750 words, a very small fraction of a squillion.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:10 pm
Says the chap who expected me to read umpty squillion pages of the Hamas covenant to back up a point he hadn't even articulated.
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If you put it into MW Word then you can manage the first page.
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But I'll be buggered if I'm willingly reading all six pages of it...
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Should take about 10 minutes to read all of it - a small price to pay to understand one of the key roots of the Israel/Hamas/Hezbollah/et al. war.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:11 pm But I'll be buggered if I'm willingly reading all six pages of it...
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I think I already understand that the protagonists have been knocking lumps off each other for millenia and are unlikely to stop any time soon.
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Here's a thought. Keep this thread to what the title says.
Today's news.
Move the shite to the Votes thread.
Nah. Won't work. Muppets just love to argue the toss at any price.
Today's news.
Move the shite to the Votes thread.
Nah. Won't work. Muppets just love to argue the toss at any price.
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Ignorance is bliss.
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What’s that got to do with what’s in today’s news?
Israeli guy on the news (today’s news!) says they’ve killed thousands of Hamas fighters. That’s got to be good eh!
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So who is looking at their payslip and trying to work out what 2% of the NI is?
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About £2.40 for me, i'm gonna be loaded, all hail king hunt and rishi what a legend, my money worries are over!KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:43 pm So who is looking at their payslip and trying to work out what 2% of the NI is?
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If my maths are right (far from certain) the most you can benefit by due to this NI change is £754pa.
Logic being, at the moment it's charged at 12% on everything between £12751 and £50271, then 2% after that. So if your taxable income is above £50271 you'd pay a total of £4524pa in NI (12% of £50271 - £12751) at the higher rate, in future you'll pay £3770. A saving of £754pa, or about sixty quid a month. All your earnings above the ~50k are unchanged.
I mean, better than a kick in the bollox, I'll take that £60 . Not sure it's gonna change my life drastically. Assuming my numbers are correct, as above
Logic being, at the moment it's charged at 12% on everything between £12751 and £50271, then 2% after that. So if your taxable income is above £50271 you'd pay a total of £4524pa in NI (12% of £50271 - £12751) at the higher rate, in future you'll pay £3770. A saving of £754pa, or about sixty quid a month. All your earnings above the ~50k are unchanged.
I mean, better than a kick in the bollox, I'll take that £60 . Not sure it's gonna change my life drastically. Assuming my numbers are correct, as above
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8.5% for some of us.
Doesn’t mean I don’t want what they get as well!
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Paid for from increased tax take. (Freezing income tax levels and removing freeze on fuel duty and putting it on an inflation escalator). The govt. giveth, the govt. taketh away.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:04 pm If my maths are right (far from certain) the most you can benefit by due to this NI change is £754pa.
Logic being, at the moment it's charged at 12% on everything between £12751 and £50271, then 2% after that. So if your taxable income is above £50271 you'd pay a total of £4524pa in NI (12% of £50271 - £12751) at the higher rate, in future you'll pay £3770. A saving of £754pa, or about sixty quid a month. All your earnings above the ~50k are unchanged.
I mean, better than a kick in the bollox, I'll take that £60 . Not sure it's gonna change my life drastically. Assuming my numbers are correct, as above
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That's the problem, a bloody expensive and inefficient way to give you (some of) your own money back!Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:09 pm
Paid for from increased tax take. (Freezing income tax levels and removing freeze on fuel duty and putting it on an inflation escalator). The govt. giveth, the govt. taketh away.
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Pensions up by ~£50/month will help fund all those operations that have to get done privately. Spire etc will be pleased.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:19 pmThat's the problem, a bloody expensive and inefficient way to give you (some of) your own money back!Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:09 pm
Paid for from increased tax take. (Freezing income tax levels and removing freeze on fuel duty and putting it on an inflation escalator). The govt. giveth, the govt. taketh away.
Small Government, low tax, take responsibility for yourself, is IMO the way to go.
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The trouble is that most of the UK population would view that with horror. They won't even stop shoving cream cakes and Greggs down their necks, let alone any sort if fiscal responsibilityCousin Jack wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:19 pmCount Steer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:09 pm
Paid for from increased tax take. (Freezing income tax levels and removing freeze on fuel duty and putting it on an inflation escalator). The govt. giveth, the govt. taketh away.
Small Government, low tax, take responsibility for yourself, is IMO the way to go.