Anybody watching the Budget?

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Count Steer wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:57 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:36 pm I don't get that money to go to the Muslims killed in the wars.
How about the Indian Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists?
There is a Sikh Troops War Memorial, put up in 2022 in Leicester. The India Gate memorial in Delhi was built by the Brits for all the 74,000 Indian troops that died in WW1.
There ins Hindu Memorial here in Brighton
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Count Steer wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:57 pm However, this one may just be that our glorious leaders have realised something about voting numbers since the Rochdale by-election....
They have been extremely slow on the uptake of most evidence over the last few years. I think they can no longer separate lies from their truth
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Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:25 pm I think they can no longer separate lies from their truth
Seperate lies from"their truth" ??

"Their truth", for virtually all politicians, is a lie. The best you can hope for from politicians is small lies.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:14 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:25 pm I think they can no longer separate lies from their truth
Seperate lies from"their truth" ??

"Their truth", for virtually all politicians, is a lie. The best you can hope for from politicians is small lies.
Kind of my point …
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Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:41 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:14 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:25 pm I think they can no longer separate lies from their truth
Seperate lies from"their truth" ??

"Their truth", for virtually all politicians, is a lie. The best you can hope for from politicians is small lies.
Kind of my point …
If they're speaking, they're almost certainly lying!
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:37 pm it's like when hospitals had cleaning and infection control measures during COVID. Shouldn't you have those all the time? :D

Read Florence Nightingale's works. Clean and wash things, don't have dust traps, and children are grubby little blighters.
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Contains some swear words and piss taking so might offend blah blah blah.
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Ahem. You're two days late (see page 1 of thread)...
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MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:38 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:35 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:21 pm

The slimy money grubbing self serving twat bastard.
It's been on the cards since more people started vaping and fewer continued smoking. Man's got bills to pay.
I know, it was a contributory factor to including vaping in the tobacco products directive way back in 2014, still doesn't make it right.
If he needs to raise money double the VED on leisure vehicles.
Vapes are hard to tax, I saw they are targetting nicotine which is about the only thing that isn't commonly available elsewhere. I'm looking forward to caffeine based vape liquid.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:38 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:35 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:21 pm

The slimy money grubbing self serving twat bastard.
It's been on the cards since more people started vaping and fewer continued smoking. Man's got bills to pay.
I know, it was a contributory factor to including vaping in the tobacco products directive way back in 2014, still doesn't make it right.
If he needs to raise money double the VED on leisure vehicles.
That would be my car and motorcycles. :( Well, my Micra.
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Mussels wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:38 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:38 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:35 pm

It's been on the cards since more people started vaping and fewer continued smoking. Man's got bills to pay.
I know, it was a contributory factor to including vaping in the tobacco products directive way back in 2014, still doesn't make it right.
If he needs to raise money double the VED on leisure vehicles.
Vapes are hard to tax, I saw they are targetting nicotine which is about the only thing that isn't commonly available elsewhere. I'm looking forward to caffeine based vape liquid.
I know, s'why I'm only slightly miffed rather than royally pissed off.
I get my super strength nicotine from a company not affiliated with the vape industry, so it should slide under the radar, however if they go at it as the TPD does then anything and everything will have a tax attached, flavours, base liquids, atties, mods and even batteries.
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I imagine doubling the VED on leisure vehicles, even if you could robustly define them, would be a drop in the ocean compared to taxing all the filthy ex-smokers :thumbup: