In todays news...

[mangocrazy]

That's what Labour would have us believe. The nut jobs are sitting quietly in the NEC and other murky corners waiting for Labour to get elected.

People such as Rebecca Long-Bailey, contributing author of the 2019 Labour manifesto, have gone very quiet. For now.

Paranoid much? RLB and her ilk are quiet because they've effectively been disenfranchised. Friends of mine who were ardent Corbynistas have been shown the door at their local Labour party. This isn't a skin deep change.

For every dickhead shown the door another one enters. In all parties. Only the gullible believe otherwise.

Yeah, paranoid then. Your view is clearly not for changing, so I won't bother. And my friends may be left wingers but they are very much not dickheads. When the insults come out, debate changes to a slanging match. I'm out.

[Count Steer]

Have to smile, wryly.

Labour try to sideline party outliers, Conservatives throw out dangerous radicals like err Ken Clarke, Anne Milton, Philip Hammond, Oliver Letwin, Dominic Grieve etc.

Yet it's the Labour Party that's under threat from a takeover.

[irie]

Paranoid much? RLB and her ilk are quiet because they've effectively been disenfranchised. Friends of mine who were ardent Corbynistas have been shown the door at their local Labour party. This isn't a skin deep change.

For every dickhead shown the door another one enters. In all parties. Only the gullible believe otherwise.

Yeah, paranoid then. Your view is clearly not for changing, so I won't bother. And my friends may be left wingers but they are very much not dickheads. When the insults come out, debate changes to a slanging match. I'm out.

I was referring to political parties hence "in all parties"!

[Bike Breaker]

I think I've worked out what the problem is. We always vote in the wrong party for government. I know this because whichever party is there at the time, it gets everything wrong whilst all the other parties know the solutions and how they would manage them. Since they're all there for the good of the country and its people, wouldn't you think that they'd want to pass on their knowledge so those solutions could be executed?

Yeah, right! Neither do I.

[KungFooBob]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-d ... e-67440814

Jesus H Christ, could the Police not find a better named officer to comment on the inquest?

[Noggin]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-d ... e-67440814

Jesus H Christ, could the Police not find a better named officer to comment on the inquest?

I know, I'm going to hell, but even with the seriousness of the report, because I went looking for the officers name, I did laugh out loud!!

How did he manage at school with a name like De'ath

[Count Steer]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-d ... e-67440814

Jesus H Christ, could the Police not find a better named officer to comment on the inquest?

I know, I'm going to hell, but even with the seriousness of the report, because I went looking for the officers name, I did laugh out loud!!

How did he manage at school with a name like De'ath

I worked with a Tim De'ath....surprisingly no-one took the pee. Nice chap, but a bit other-worldly. I suspect he was from a landed gentry outfit that fell on hard times.

[Bustaspoke]

You can buy a motorbike from Dave Death https://www.davedeathmotorcycles.co.uk/
Seems like they're a big shop so punters mustn't be put off by the name

[KungFooBob]

Proper hard hitting NEWS!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-67437740

[Yorick]

Proper hard hitting NEWS!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-67437740

Knobheads moaning

[Felix]

Proper hard hitting NEWS!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-67437740

Probably some piss head from Glasgow thinking Extreme ironing is still a thing.

[Felix]

Knobheads moaning

Almost as bad as moaning about tourists

Knobhead tourists. Ours is the family resort and it's fantastic. No knobheads.

But tonight 3 pissed up kids with no shirts wandering about.
Just seen them go in 3 bars and all refused to serve them. Strict shirt rules.

Now they're all angry and shouting. Knobheads.

They'll be going home soon hopefully

[Yambo]

Proper hard hitting NEWS!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-67437740

"Those unfamiliar with outdoors culture don't always understand the first unwritten rule of the hills, which is leave nothing behind but your boot prints."

Which is all well and good until those same boot prints are the cause of accelerated pathway erosion and the same people jump up and down about that.

No pleasing some people.

[cheb]

You carried all that stuff to the top, you can carry it all back down. And it's easier as you have gravity giving you a hand.

[JackyJoll]

One should be grateful to come upon such an item, were one to find oneself atop the Ben in disheveled moleskins.

[Noggin]

Jeremy Hunt considering cuts to inheritance tax - ://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67448602

I feel like this has been a long time coming, with property prices through the roof it's not hard to reach the threshold now and I've always felt it was unfair to tax people on property/assets bought with money that was taxed (several times in some cases) anyway.

France is way behind on this in someways. I don’t have any blood family to leave my apartment to. Because my niece and nephew are ‘removed’ it’s something like 45%. Can even leave to my brother to pass on as he’s a step brother, so would pay more than the kids!!!

Inheritance laws are tough in different places for different reasons

[Mussels]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-s ... e-67444742

Bradley Lowery: Sheffield Wednesday fan sentenced over photo jibe

It's now illegal to offend football supporters?!?
A ban from football matches was well deserved but how is this a criminal offence?

[ZRX61]

Jeremy Hunt considering cuts to inheritance tax - ://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67448602

I feel like this has been a long time coming, with property prices through the roof it's not hard to reach the threshold now and I've always felt it was unfair to tax people on property/assets bought with money that was taxed (several times in some cases) anyway.

France is way behind on this in someways. I don’t have any blood family to leave my apartment to. Because my niece and nephew are ‘removed’ it’s something like 45%. Can even leave to my brother to pass on as he’s a step brother, so would pay more than the kids!!!

Inheritance laws are tough in different places for different reasons

That's why you put property in a Family Trust, it doesn't get "inherited", you just change the beneficiary running the trust.

[Yorick]

Jeremy Hunt considering cuts to inheritance tax - ://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67448602

I feel like this has been a long time coming, with property prices through the roof it's not hard to reach the threshold now and I've always felt it was unfair to tax people on property/assets bought with money that was taxed (several times in some cases) anyway.

France is way behind on this in someways. I don’t have any blood family to leave my apartment to. Because my niece and nephew are ‘removed’ it’s something like 45%. Can even leave to my brother to pass on as he’s a step brother, so would pay more than the kids!!!

Inheritance laws are tough in different places for different reasons

When my nephew gets my half of this place, he'll be paying 160,000€ tax at todays value

[Noggin]

Jeremy Hunt considering cuts to inheritance tax - ://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67448602

I feel like this has been a long time coming, with property prices through the roof it's not hard to reach the threshold now and I've always felt it was unfair to tax people on property/assets bought with money that was taxed (several times in some cases) anyway.

France is way behind on this in someways. I don’t have any blood family to leave my apartment to. Because my niece and nephew are ‘removed’ it’s something like 45%. Can even leave to my brother to pass on as he’s a step brother, so would pay more than the kids!!!

Inheritance laws are tough in different places for different reasons

That's why you put property in a Family Trust, it doesn't get "inherited", you just change the beneficiary running the trust.

I'm reasonably sure it isn't that simple here. But once life is back on the level, it is something I have to look into and sort out. I have the details for a Notaire (fr)/Solicitor (UK) that can help. But, nothing is that simple over here

I do plan to try and do as much of the paperwork that is possible before it's needed simply because things went very wrong in our family before, so want to make sure that what I have (which isn't a lot TBF) goes where it should without too many costs

Jeremy Hunt considering cuts to inheritance tax - ://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67448602

I feel like this has been a long time coming, with property prices through the roof it's not hard to reach the threshold now and I've always felt it was unfair to tax people on property/assets bought with money that was taxed (several times in some cases) anyway.

France is way behind on this in someways. I don’t have any blood family to leave my apartment to. Because my niece and nephew are ‘removed’ it’s something like 45%. Can even leave to my brother to pass on as he’s a step brother, so would pay more than the kids!!!

Inheritance laws are tough in different places for different reasons

When my nephew gets my half of this place, he'll be paying 160,000€ tax at todays value

I think Europe has much more draconian laws than the uk - probably due to most countries with those sorts of laws being mostly catholic!! But it still sucks