Separate Moan Thread About The Election

I think they come from the politicians, Amazon and the PO have never sent me anything about why I should vote for a particular party.

 

Agreed. I would be inclined to suggest a lower overall rate, say 25%. Giving a quarter of your wealth to the gov seems reasonable. Giving nearly half seems a bit steep. Re property, maybe provided at your time of death you own only one home which you lived in full time (until nursing or hospital care) and it is an average size (3-4 bedrooms, not a mansion with acres of land, pool house and stables), this could be exempt.

 

Exactly. Lowering tax can raise more and reduce avoidance.

 

The Tories appear to have conceded defeat ... and the polling stations aren't even open yet. Apparently it is part of a dastardly plan to persuade voters not to bother to turn out as it is all decided.

Read a very worrying article published by the Guardian yesterday. They are normally wholly pro Labour, but the gist was to fund public services, Labour is intending to join forces with asset management companies like BlackRock, who, of course, require profits in perpetuity. That is a perfect recipe for enriching the already rich and squeezing ordinary people out of owning assets.

We will see.

 

If it walks like a duck and barks like a duck, it's likely to be AI generated disinformation.
( a general observation not directly referring to previous posts)

 

@ViewAhead isn't this PFI all over again? Saddling us with huge amounts of debt for future generations.

 

I don't know whether the 10 Downing Street cat is still in residence but if not, a Barking ( mad ?) Duck would make an excellent replacement I think. It would fit in remarkably well and the Media in general would be falling over themselves to have it in shot when interviewing politicians / attending press conferences.
You never know.........we may even decide to vote for it next time around