It's lost. Keeps passing ridiculous laws that only effect 0.1% of people just to look like it's doing something. On many occasions people charged for breaking these laws get to court, and the laws are then overturned by judges because they contradict another law.
I expect this is what will happen here, eventually, but it might take 7 years to happen
Carp. Had it in poland. The toughest fish meat I've ever had, riddled with tiny annoying bones. Tastes a bit like discount supermarket proscuitto... not exactly horrible, but it was so much effort to eat the damn thing to boot
A kangaroo steak I had in oz is in the top 5 steaks I've ever had
As an oyster fan, I can confirm that different species make a pretty enormous* difference to both flavour and texture.
*within the confines of slimy salty shellfish meat
tucking in to anything salty with lemon and tabasco is also pretty good though
Most of my print jobs... maybe one a month, are for either artistic reasons or for making labels to stick on things.
I do still print tickets out of habit though, just in case I lose/forget my phone or drain the battery that day, though this has literally never happened.
My mistake, s/b .org.uk, not .co.uk
But thats the blog... probably more relevant to go to https://taxingwealth.uk/
That's kind of by design. Every country has a kind of 'total value' that effects IMF loans, World Banking, and general status. The UK is "worth" so much more on paper because of the exorbitant price of property; politicians and homeowners want to keep it high for that reason.
They don't even need to increase income tax, is the thing. They could just give HMRC an extra 1bn in the budget, and HMRC would bring back 8bn thanks to all the extra investigative staff. They could put VAT on all financial services too, that would raise a few hundred million.
But the main thing would simply be to charge CGT at the same rate as income tax. That closes all sorts of loopholes when it comes to avoiding IHT etc.
taxresearch.co.uk has a TON of viable plans, that would raise tens of billions, but politicians tend to pretend those options don't exist, because they'd annoy Rupert Murdoch
There are some peculiar branches of libertarian thinkers (Stephen Molyneux being a prime example) that think nothing should be government/tax funded, up to and including e.g. roads. He reasons private companies should build them, and make them all toll roads, or find some other way to recoup the costs.
Not counting non-fiction. Are there any novels, poems, movies etc. that have realigned or punched holes in your political leanings, rather than reinforced them?
It occurred to me that, as an adult, I feel I need a reason to invite friends over. My wife thinks this is pitiful. I invited a couple of friends over for a curry and a boardgame night - it was a fine evening - but without that reason of having a shared activity, I'd never have done it.
Jusy wondered if I'm alone in this, and if there's any men out there who DO invite male friends over with no plans or expectations for the evening?
Pic unrelated.
Absolutely lame, but age 12 I remember the worst most intense pain I ever felt was sitting on my own thumb after pulling a wooden stool towards me - crushed it right on the edge corner and it was so intense.
Way more painful than the time I got a drawing pin (thumbtack) half embedded in my heel, impaled my wrist on a set square, or winded myself falling chest-first off a skateboard.
I've been pretty lucky/sensible