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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Didn't pay too much attention to Hunt waffling in parliament this morning, but I found this in the OBR statement later. I can't remember anything being said about a 12p per litre fuel duty rise next March - a rise that will flow through to virtually everything everyone buys. Sneaky or what?

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    Bolton's Boots, Nov 17, 2022
  2. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    Another regressive tax. Quelle ****ing surprise.
     
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    No not mentioned..... shockng
     
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    Did anyone else notice he slipped in that they will be reviewing the retirement age next spring.
     
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    oldfrenchhorn, Nov 17, 2022
  5. oldfrenchhorn

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    I have had a good chat with my friend in Dorset tonight. His son owns a pub down there, and is in trouble. The chef left after the Brexit vote and went home. His replacement is not really very good, and the customers are complaining that the prices asked are too high for what is now basic pub food. He has just received his electricity bill for October that has gone from just over £5,000 to £10,500. And today he has been told that he has to pay the waiting and bar staff more money. This pub is very popular with the locals and is well used, but how can he cope with these rises, along with increases in the price of food and drink? Can he stay open? He doesn't know. Another strand of the UK fabric is being put into serious doubt.
     
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  6. Toby

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    He needs to stop Remoaning and listening to the Project Fear stuff. Everyone knew what they were voting for. Maybe he could offer extra Sovereignty sides with all the meals? Or unicorn steaks? According to the Government the forecasts are amazing and we're definitely not suffering, he just needs to believe in Brexit more and everything will be fine.
     
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  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    My friend, who I have had long arguments with over Brexit, was one of those taken in. I avoided the subject tonight.
     
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  9. Bolton's Boots

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    He's an expert at 'slipping things in' without mentioning them - he managed to slip this in too -

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    Bolton's Boots, Nov 18, 2022
  10. andytoprankin

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    There’s something about Tories from Kent, isn’t there?

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    andytoprankin, Nov 21, 2022

  11. Hornet-Fez

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    Is that a BUF insignia on his left sleeve? The irony of a Poppy and that thing being worn at the same time is clearly lost on it. Definitely an it cos that ain't a man.
     
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    New British Union, apparently. Also scum, though, so you still get the mark.
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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  15. Bolton's Boots

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    A knight of the realm - he'll get more than his fair share.
     
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    They’re all ****s, is the point. Spending “…should represent value for money, especially in the current economic climate”! <laugh> <doh>
     
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  17. Bolton's Boots

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    Not for nothing are they known as the Sleaze Party.

     
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    Bolton's Boots, Nov 29, 2022
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    Flipping heck - I'm no paragon of virtue in this regard, but Neville Southall has really let himself go...

     
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