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whats this pass thing you speak of

I get those types of calls regularly at work. I just wind them up something rotten until they get fed up . Tell them you can only discuss matters after THEY have answered some security questions. I usually put them on hold for ages too whilst I go and make a cup of tea . I'm sure I read about some guy, when phoned asked the caller why he is calling a murder scene and how he new the deceased. then wouldn't let him put the phone down till he answered his questions

just bloody well get better Stan. Top Villa bloke

and what do you know. Penalty not given

It would be a very big mistake to buy the "one rogue fundraiser" line. Oh I don't think its just the one, but I do think people in senior positions should begin to understand the consequence of their actions

I think its time someone was prosecuted. This one would be a good start. He should not be allowed to work in politics again

Dont go to utah. was in a bar one night and after 2 beers the waitress asked us if we should wrap it up. ie thats enough for you guys ehy dont you just go home for a bible reading

Kenny Dalgleish and Suarez apparantly

I dont agree with that, I have worked in large companies employing 800+ people on the shop floor. When we put incentiveised bonus schemes, not only did production improve but individual pay packets did also. So these people, and about 99% of them got it, worked harder to get more

Surely these companies using HGV's etc,to distribute their goods, by paying about 6 times more for road tax, than the average family car, are paying their share towards the infrastructure

Just wondering Peter, what proportion of these rich people made the money out of their own graft and hard work.

wont steam bugger the electrics?

ebay. why put no reserve if the opening price is £50.

I have in all of them Say it quietly but I was impressed with the French trains I'm just wondering how to put this. Didn't you find they had, well, sort of...French...people on them? not sure if this is true, but its what I heard 4 people in the carriage of a train - Tony, a pretty young blonde girl, an ugly old woman and a Frenchman. It all goes dark when the train goes through a tunnel. In the dark there's the sound of an almighty slap, and when the train emerges from the tunnel the Frenchman is rubbing his face, and there's a huge red mark on his cheek. The old lady thinks "I bet that Frenchman fondled the blonde in the dark and she slapped him" The pretty young blonde thinks " I bet the Frenchman tried to fondle me in the dark, got the old lady by mistake, and she hit him" The Frenchman thinks "I bet that Englishman fondled the blonde in the dark, but the blonde thought it was me and hit me" Tony thinks "I hope there's another tunnel coming up soon so I can slap that French twit again"

just call it PFI and everyones happy

Correlation does not imply causation. No, you are right. But it does provide a strong hint as to what may well happen and historically has happened

Why? Correlation... why not?

What qualifies as a comparable country? I should imagine that it would be rather difficult, actually, and probably not too sensible to draw conclusions on that basis. Oh i don't know if you just took the G8 countries and looked at the past 100 years, well I would think that generally if a tax reduction resulted in more / less revenue in most cases , then the same would apply here. Now I'm not trying to make it an exact science, and I don't know the outcome (more or less revenue). But In my mind anyway It would take away many of the arguments from both sides if you could just state that historically this is what happened

Well, the C4 news story at the moment is just explaining how a number of companies (including A4E and Emma Harrison - formerly a government tsar/guru/advisor or summat) had paid unusually large dividends before the beginning of the tax year in order to avoid incurring the increased rate. Ignoring any debate on whether that ought to have been expected and so on, it would mean that any calculation on how much this tax increase raised is distorted by these kinds of transactions. To get some kind of picture (though for reasons mentioned earlier in the thread this would still be pretty finger in the air), one would need to run the rate for at least a couple of FYs so that these kinds of single transaction distortions could be taken out of that equation. I agree with that. However we always have to reinvent the wheel don't we I was just thinking on a historical level over the last 100 years, it should be relatively easy to compare what happened in comparable countries. And I know some people try to avoid tax, but I dont think thats a new thing, There must have been tax dodgers before the war

Good question. I think he is asking which is the greater sum of money. Tax avoidance, How much more money, (or less) would be collected if 50% tax rate was abolished and what is the cost of government waste. I dont know where to look for the figures. I think the only one that could be defined would be the tax rate. That could be compared to other countries and what generally happened when tax rates were altered. You would think that would happen here

I just think its a class thing. No one ever complains about the bloke sitting on the edge of a lake, river or canal, trying to hook a fish, weighing it and the throwing it back. There are over 2m doing that in the UK alone

its a strange one isn't it. Nothing is really black and white. If it was a close member, I would strongly disapprove. If it was a distant family member over claiming a few quid then no. If it was a distant family member who was really taking the piss, like the poster who said about getting a new car on disability allowance every 3 years. Well I don't know what I would do in that situation, but it would really piss me off. Another point on this though, In the scenario where a different member of the family reported them, and it all came out in a family do, who would you side with? The one one the benefit fraud or the one who reported it. And lets not compare it to murder, what about burglary. A few TV's DVD's etc. What then. most burglars eventually shit on their own patch. Its difficult. Like I said nothings ever black and white

Just wondering how you know that, unless you are a closet Tory and sit in on the key strategic meetings

But dont you think the Man U kids were 20 years ago. And what are our kids not good enough for. Well maybe not the league title, but in 10 years time they will be top 4 material, well a few of them will

As for the first point, aren't these figures taken from a self selecting poll where less than 10% of the industry replied? As for the second point, 3 or 4 days ago you said you thought it laughable that a GP should be responsible for his own budget. I think he should. I asked who you thought should be., I dont know you think should be responsible. As for the NHS as a whole, I think it is fantastic. However I also think changes are necessary. I think there are far too many people in suits and far to few people in uniforms. Now how changes come about I don't know. However, I dont think you have to re invent the wheel. Just look at other countries and see what works and cherry pick from that