Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (26 Viewers)

chiefdave · Apr 9, 2020

chiefdave said:
While the rest of the country has pretty effortlessly switched to working from home it seems MPs need an extra £10K in expenses allowance to do the same.

shmmeee said:
Fake news. It’s up to £10k that can be claimed for staff purely to enable them to work from home

You say its fake news then post the same thing!

The document from IPSA even states costs related to home working are already claimable from the existing office costs budget. Does raise the question of why MPs and their staff need such a high allowance when the rest of us can only claim £6 per week tax relief. For a standard rate tax payer that works out at £62 a year.

Is quite funny seeing MPs and their staff tying themselves in knots on social media trying to justify it.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Apr 9, 2020

Saddlebrains said:
Tbh i dont know why @SkyBlueDom26 gets the shit he gets on the numbers. It's everywhere. The news. Forums. Social media. TODAY'S DEATH TOLL IS

You can't get away from it. Its fucking all
consuming.

Yes, i get why people say dont pay attention to single day numbers, as yes the trends are what we need, but fucking hell if the bloke wants to look for light at the end of the tunnel with daily numbers then so be it

Yes the figures are everywhere. Half the time it feels like it's replaced final score with the footy results.

But the thing is Dom seemingly gets really excited or depressed every day depending on those numbers and it isn't good for him. Getting very upbeat when the figures go down just leads to him taking it badly when they go up again, as we've seen for successive weeks when people told him not to get excited about figures over the weekend as Tue will likely once again see a spike, which it did and Dom was very downbeat by it.

Look at the numbers by all means, mention then on here. But don't get so emotionally embroiled in every days figures. A bad day isn't the end of the world, nor is a good one a sign we're seeing light at the end of the tunnel.

skybluetony176 · Apr 9, 2020

Ring Of Steel said:
I dunno, every time I see any footage of Tommy Robinson & his crew they’re usually in the process of getting battered, chased or restrained, bleating on camera about brutality and how they keep getting attacked.

Tommy Robinson is pretty handy in a fight. So long as he can sneak up behind them and hit them in the back of the head like a coward.

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
Check out your bullshit before you come out with it. I am in the highest band. It is about £3,900 a year.

You’ve been ripped off

Sick Boy · Apr 9, 2020

Raging about the fine now, feckin jobsworths.

David O'Day · Apr 9, 2020

chiefdave said:
You say its fake news then post the same thing!

The document from IPSA even states costs related to home working are already claimable from the existing office costs budget. Does raise the question of why MPs and their staff need such a high allowance when the rest of us can only claim £6 per week tax relief. For a standard rate tax payer that works out at £62 a year.

Is quite funny seeing MPs and their staff tying themselves in knots on social media trying to justify it.

It's additional funds if needed.

So yes it's fake news

David O'Day · Apr 9, 2020

skybluetony176 said:
Tommy Robinson is pretty handy in a fight. So long as he can sneak up behind them and hit them in the back of the head like a coward.

He's really short

Astute · Apr 9, 2020

Sick Boy said:
Raging about the fine now, feckin jobsworths.

I agree. But even though it is bad you have to look at it from both sides. You shouldn't have both gone. But yes they should be catching those doing wrong......

shmmeee · Apr 9, 2020

chiefdave said:
You say its fake news then post the same thing!

The document from IPSA even states costs related to home working are already claimable from the existing office costs budget. Does raise the question of why MPs and their staff need such a high allowance when the rest of us can only claim £6 per week tax relief. For a standard rate tax payer that works out at £62 a year.

Is quite funny seeing MPs and their staff tying themselves in knots on social media trying to justify it.

They have a responsibility to provide a H&S compliant work environment like every other employer. If you’ve got 5 staff who need laptops printers chairs and desks that £10k won’t go very far.

Not sure what tax relief has to do with it. It’s up to you to talk to your employer about home working equipment if you want it.

I’d be amazed if many even claim the full amount. Just more tired “lol all politicians are evil” crap that let’s through the actually awful ones because they’re “all as bad as each other”. Sorry I know it’s popular but IMO it’s destructive to democracy.

Astute · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
You’ve been ripped off

There you go. Wasn't far out.

Council Tax Charges

Suppose you pay nothing.........

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
There you go. Wasn't far out.

Council Tax Charges

Suppose you pay nothing.........

Odd you accuse others of bragging and now are showing you live in an £800,000 property

David O'Day · Apr 9, 2020

The coventrian said:
Of course they have but 9 times out of 10 it's the weird left that kick off. Funnily the majority of them couldn't fight there way out of a wet paper bag.

Couldn't we?

Astute · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
Odd you accuse others of bragging and now are showing you live in an £800,000 property

No I don't. Bought two properties band D. Get hit with top tax bracket. 2xD=H

SkyBlueDom26 · Apr 9, 2020

Boris out of intensive care, brilliant news!

Ring Of Steel · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
You’ve been ripped off

I would argue that everyone gets ripped off when it comes to Council Tax

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
No I don't. Bought two properties band D. Get hit with top tax bracket. 2xD=H

So you don’t have a band H property then

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

SkyBlueDom26 said:
Boris out of intensive care, brilliant news!

It is Dom - it’s essential for the moral of the country Johnson makes a good recovery

Ring Of Steel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
No I don't. Bought two properties band D. Get hit with top tax bracket. 2xD=H

I love going for a bike ride of an evening then getting back & looking on here to see what new nonsense and lunacy has kicked off

Ring Of Steel · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
It is Dom - it’s essential for the moral of the country Johnson makes a good recovery

I take your point and would agree, however at the risk of being told I’m being sick or depraved, when it comes to Boris I don’t think we should confuse ‘moral’ for ‘morale’

chiefdave · Apr 9, 2020

David O'Day said:
It's additional funds if needed.

So yes it's fake news

That's what I said! They have an additional 10K expense allowance.

IPSA said:
Provided an additional £10,000 to each MP’s office costs budget to support the setting up of working from home arrangements.

https://theipsa-web-staging.azurewebsites.net/media/185648/bulletin-19-march-2020.pdf

Back in the real world the likes of you and me are entitled to a whopping £62 a year to cover the additional expense of working from home.

Wonder how many MPs will suddenly discover they have family members who provide services to assist with setting up home working?

SkyBlueDom26 · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
It is Dom - it’s essential for the moral of the country Johnson makes a good recovery

Deffo mate, is going to be a brilliant PM!

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
No I don't. Bought two properties band D. Get hit with top tax bracket. 2xD=H

Why don’t you get 50% relief on your second home?

Astute · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
So you don’t have a band H property then

I pay tax band H. So I know hiw much band H is. And further to your comment you won't even find a property around here for 500k. But of course you know everything......

Not everywhere shot up in price. That is why you can still get a house around here for less than 40k. But I suppose you also know that.

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

SkyBlueDom26 said:
Deffo mate, best prime minster of my lifetime!

Ignore the snipers Dom this is a big boost for the country

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
I pay tax band H. So I know hiw much band H is. And further to your comment you won't even find a property around here for 500k. But of course you know everything......

Not everywhere shot up in price. That is why you can still get a house around here for less than 40k. But I suppose you also know that.

There is a 6 bedroom farmhouse in LA 14 for £500,000 and it’s £250 month council tax

clint van damme · Apr 9, 2020

SkyBlueDom26 said:
Boris out of intensive care, brilliant news!

Wonder how long it will take to fully recover?
He needs to take the time advised. You can't just walk out of intensive care and back into work.

Astute · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
Why don’t you get 50% relief on your second home?

They are both my home. But I now get single occupancy.

tisza · Apr 9, 2020

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Surely you must have those in revolutionary Paris?

Probably a bit high-brow for this thread

Ring Of Steel · Apr 9, 2020

clint van damme said:
Wonder how long it will take to fully recover?
He needs to take the time advised. You can't just walk out of intensive care and back into work.

If available info is anything to go by it will be a fair while yet, even if he was only on oxygen treatment as opposed to the dreaded ventilator

Astute · Apr 9, 2020

Grendel said:
There is a 6 bedroom farmhouse in LA 14 for £500,000 and it’s £250 month council tax

Farmhouse? Oh yeah. So where is that? LA14 is a big area.

Flying Fokker · Apr 9, 2020

PM out of intensive care but remains in hospital

Boris back on ward.

Grendel · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
Farmhouse? Oh yeah. So where is that? LA14 is a big area.

Walney Island

Deleted member 5849 · Apr 9, 2020

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The coventrian · Apr 9, 2020

Astute said:
Check out your bullshit before you come out with it. I am in the highest band. It is about £3,900 a year.

What bullshit? I never said I was in the highest band. Mines just gone up to about 280 a month. I was replying to some dickhead that said I lived in jardine.

Tommo1993 · Apr 9, 2020

Political wars, tax rate wars, whatever next?

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