OneGuyFromBarlick

I suspect stanley's annuity might push him over the limit for pension credit , which would trigger normally some extra govt cash, also some suppliers if you go to their website and put your family make up and income in will add a £140 warm home allowance to your bill ( some seem more 'generous' than...

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those whom are inactive because they are long-term sick hitting a record high of nearly 2.5 million. (BBC doesnt report the amount of , or time frame of, the increase to that figure). Truly the sick men of Europe ?

We're both off to Burnley today in search of covid jabs (walk in centre). Flu jabs are booked for Saturday in Barlick. My pal walked into the Walk in Centre in Charter Walk Burnley. "Can I have a covid booster?" ... 'Have you booked ? ... "NO"... 'You must book first..."But...

I don't understand why some ports would be made free and not all ports. Surely if free ports are supposed to be a benefit then you'd make them all free rather than starting competition between them. It is more complex than that. The idea is that incoming goods can be processed then re-exported . Go...

It does look like at present , the cost to the govt of consumer support might be falling, possibly to not a lot. In part this is the present cost of Gas Futures - so the price the market is asking for for three months hence, is falling. This is due to europe having more or less topped up its storage...

FB_IMG_1662930651740.jpg ...and put out of work those people in India, Africa etc whose job it is to ferment green tea leaves to make our usual dark tea leaves. Do you know that numerous research projects worldwide have shown that green tea makes people depressed whereas seeing that golden liquid p...

Seen at a protest march in Leeds last week and reported on the Roundhay Facebook page :laugh5: 309735899_3354267768150570_5628000696910412535_n.jpg Post by Stanley » Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:10 am Does the placard say I blame Roundhay School? Very small for my old eyes.... In fairness so does Truss as sh...

UK could face daily energy blackouts in winter. This story cropped up some months ago and we were categorically assured it would never happen. But now some on the Anti-growth Coalition have stepped in in the shape of the National Grid. Not to worry we could always burn some coal (imported) and in 2...

I have something bladed like that somewhere (or did , might have lost it due to storage issues). Think it was a grapefruit scoop of some kind , but placed on a wooden stool ? Tom's looks like it had been something for melting metals for casting at some time in its life.

A rather unflattering tory party photograph of Liz Truss on the front of "The Times" today. And why did she wear red ?

Kwateng blamed the national mouring period for lack of time for detail and analysis of the mini-budget last night. Dep PM Nadine Dorries speech apparently sent members to sleep, but she is promising some kind of nationwide Dental Care recognition system to enable flexibility of where dental staff ca...

Disruption is the Price for Success

Shades of If It Isnt Hurting it Isnt Working

IF I understood Truss's latest interview with Peston , the Top Rate of Income Tax elimination had become a distraction, and anyway was only a minor bit of the tax amending proposals. That struck me as odd as if the proposal had been welcome by the tory faithful this would have been the flagship poli...

There is a pretty strong normal cold going about too ( poss enough to finish some people off ). Seems to be more in city areas where we all rub shoulders with one another but any indoor event will be a risk too ).

A piece in Private Eye detailing the enormous salaries being paid to the CEOs of the major water companies. Even the ones dropping sewage in our rivers. They should get no bonuses at all until that practice is stopped. No sooner had I written that when I heard about to fines Offwat is imposing on s...

I'm sure I'm just being a bit thick here but, the £400 government handout, to help with energy costs, is being paid out to consumers via their electricity account. The communication from Eon says 'Fixed Direct Debit customers will receive the money automatically as a deduction to their monthly Dire...

I think he has worked out that Not Going says a lot about the government, more than if he went and said words of any kind.

Might be worth trying this in the outdoor bottle gas pizza oven

Even the FT supports uprating benefits by increase in earnings rather than CPI FT via MSN The article notes that in work benefits have risen as a proportion of GDP - was that not part of Gordon Brown's income distribution with Tax Credits ? (maybe its the walloping increase in Housing Benefit=Landlo...

I dont agree with Keir Starmer, I think he fights the wrong battles and I dislike his views on Corbyn, but he seems the best in the Parliamentary Labour Party. A Party led by Allan Johnson and David Milliband might have done well and delivered a moderate left agenda but voters of all kinds ditched t...

You could argue (oil in Ajerbajan aside) that Ukraine was the key driver in the Soviet Union industry and technology post WW2.

Trusses declared Aim is More Jobs at Better Pay. The less declared is a big reduction in the scope of the state and the welfare state payments. The bankers on (Black?) Friday took fright at the mini-statement being unfunded, which was a bit daft as the kick in of most tax cuts would be in 2023. One ...

This is good news, although it's about `super-agers' it could help all of us in the future... `Study offers clues to super-agers' brilliant brains' LINK `US scientists believe they may be closer to answering why certain elderly people retain rare cognitive ability comparable to people 30 years youn...

Age is just a number and in itself it never killed anybody. There was always a strong rumour that King George VI was helped on his way and the report of his death announced much later. So Queen Elizabeth II woke up that morning and said to herself,'Bloody hell' I'm 96 I'm off this afternoon. All ni...

PanBiker wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 16:20 Indeed but it does sound weird having your name all over the national news.

I have often wondered why they attribute names to them, why not just an incrementing number. H235 or similar followed by H236 etc would be fine.

Of course if it were truly a rare event it would be Iain with two eyes