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:think: I have no idea how these people avoid prosecution. Yeah. Friends in high places, right up to HRH ! In cases like this, where there was a clear duty of care, I think they should check if there were offenses after the individual knew that there were allegations, & chose not to act, & ...

The sheer number of opportunities they had to do the right thing and they turned all of them down for over 40 years.

At least 3 generations of gutless moral cowards.

My friend used to stream the occasional rugby match but none of the streams load any more on Brave browser and the streams are unwatchable with pop ups and new tabs opening using Chrome or Firefox. r Does anyone else have friends in need like I do? Not sure what the problem is here. Firefox or Viva...

The amount of issues that can be resolved by blocking javascript and just enabling it for the sites that require it should not be inderestimated.

https://noscript.net/

I'm told that a vanilla Firefox installation with noscript and ublock origin might still work. Apparently a VPN is often required.

robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:20 pm
Biffer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 11:24 am Just watched the first season of The Diplomat and thoroughly enjoyed it.
My missus has been watching this and it does get increasingly silly.

It really does!

Still fun though. I think it's like Slow Horses but with rather better written characters.

The BTL model that we perfected in the UK of amateur landlords committing minimal amounts of their own capital to acquire scarce residential property and paying minimal interest rates is an absolute wheeze. I know someone who bought several houses on interest-only loans so at one point was paying a...

Even with the wind you shouldn't be missing a penalty in front of the posts.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 5:11 pm I’ve paid £75 to watch those Cape Fuckwits at the Stoop in the freezing cold next weekend. FML.

Don't worry, it's Harlequins! absolutely anything could happen.

I hope the weather is better than today.

I realise that the point will be immediately made that this is a sample size of 1 but last night's result points to a continuing weakness in Prem rugby. Bath, runaway leaders, losing at home to LaR who have been dogsh*t in the T14 this season? LaR were hammered at home to newly promoted Vannes last...

TB63 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 6:44 am Held my dads' hand as he passed away yesterday, 3 months to the day after my mum.
96 yrs old, so he had a good innings. Nothing medically wrong. Old age and a broken heart..

Sorry to hear that. I think being there does help though.

Looks wholesome and seasonal ... https://www.foodbeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cheekymcd.jpg ... just a few pen marks and you'll never look at it the same way again! :lol: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzW1CxjUoAAOTt_?format=jpg&name=medium :lolno: A bit like when somebody got goatse on th...

Apropos of nothing, I just returned from my uncle's memorial service in Edinburgh. He was a teacher at Merchiston Castle for many years and very involved with rugby there. I met Fraser Brown's dad. I imagine the list of Merchiston alumni who played for Scotland has a few names on it.

It's not expected to be a panacea, but private ownership has been a gigantic pisstake - consumers getting rinsed while the operators make more and more money while providing worse and worse service. Something we're seeing all over the place now thanks to the desire for growth uber alles I rode trai...

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 1:53 pm Might as well post this here - Oz have barred kids (anyone under 16) from social media.

Not entirely sure how it will be regulated, but an interesting step.

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/breakin ... s-pornhub/

Will say again - the RFU does not have the capacity or capability to run a £600m renovation project successfully, it will bankrupt itself and the whole English game attempting to do so, and should use the funds to secure an advantageous deal at Wembley whilst they have a position of strength from w...

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 8:59 pm He seemingly owes the ladies a beer

Also quite impressive that his salary+bonus would pay the wages for the whole Women's league.

In case anybody wants to keep flogging this horse, here's a detailed analysis from Dan Neidle.

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/11/24/how ... t-farmers/

But your first example used a farm more than three times that size. Why? Using that as an example of what's needed to make living suggests your friends can't make a living. The farm isn't capable of providing a living on its own, it's too small. My cousin took early retirement to run it. 20 years a...

How much is the farm worth? How big is the house? It's about 300 acres of average quality arable land, house is probably close to £1m. I'd say a little under £5m total. But your first example used a farm more than three times that size. Why? Using that as an example of what's needed to make living ...

You were using 500 / 1000 acres as if it was the norm, I pointed out that's not the case. If they're farming rented land, it doesn't attract IHT. In fact if they're renting it opens up the possibility of them being able to buy the land they're farming, which is a good thing, no? The legislation hit...

If you're trying to back your argument up with numbers that are blatantly very wrong, it's your own fault when someone points out your argument is pish. Feel free to show me any numbers I have given that are incorrect. I have pointed out what it takes to make an actual living on a farm. Smaller far...

Again, you numbers here are only about the very largest farms. 90% of farms in the UK are less than 500 acres. 59% are less than 123 acres. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-in-england-and-the-uk-at-june You can give your opinion on how hard ...

So you can even time when you want to take the mortgage out with regards to clearing the last of it. And if course, that's assuming you have a farm with £4m in the first place. A farm with a value of £4m is unlikely to be a viable business to start with. It's too small. 500 acres would be a good st...

Average farm size in the uk is 80 hectares, around 200 acres. So you’ve picked an example which doesn’t portray the average situation. That’s what people are doing here, pretending big farms and big assets are the average. 1000 made the maths nice and easy. It's also about the size of of my two unc...

Useful analysis from BBC Verified about the number of farms actually impacted by the new IHT rate. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rlk0d2vk2o I see the demo in London was addressed by Jeremy Clarkson who called his farm Diddly Squat due to the amount of IHT he would pay on it once he died. Fe...

So you can even time when you want to take the mortgage out with regards to clearing the last of it. And if course, that's assuming you have a farm with £4m in the first place. A farm with a value of £4m is unlikely to be a viable business to start with. It's too small. 500 acres would be a good st...

The price will drop off it's no longer a tax dodge. Won't effect working farmers, except to reduce their tax bill. And perhaps make farming more accessible again. £200k is a very straightforward mortgage to get on a £4m property I suspect, and won't require a huge income either. £200k spread over 1...

Useful analysis from BBC Verified about the number of farms actually impacted by the new IHT rate. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rlk0d2vk2o I see the demo in London was addressed by Jeremy Clarkson who called his farm Diddly Squat due to the amount of IHT he would pay on it once he died. Fe...

We really are abysmal at regulation in this country. We keep on making the same regulatory mistakes seemingly in thrall to the private sector who demand and get risk free returns. It is hardly a surprise that so much of our infrastructure is owned by foreign investors when it is such a good bet for...

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 7:21 pm
Dinsdale Piranha wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 1:31 pm
Uncle fester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 9:05 am Half life 2 is free on steam, as if you don't have it already…
Until Witcher 3, Half Life 2 was the best game I had ever played.
Bioshock should be in the conversation.

Yup. Certainly right up there - the whole series is excellent.

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 9:05 am Half life 2 is free on steam, as if you don't have it already…

Until Witcher 3, Half Life 2 was the best game I had ever played.

This may be of interest to some - the Guardian have an article on the handcrafting of copper whisky stills. Even the true-blue engineer in me loves good craftsmanship. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/11/handcrafting-copper-whisky-stills-in-scotland-photo-essay I'm not quite sure the co...

If Itoje had just had the wit to see the kick wasn't going ten, & let it hit the ground; then it was an English scrum on halfway, with less than a minute to go. For someone who's supposed to be one of the smart ones, it was dumb When was Itoje credited with being smart? He's been a dim pen mach...

assfly wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:05 am
Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:51 am Special mention to Stroll for losing it on the warm up, then driving into the gravel trap. What a fucking muppet.

Very Alain Prost-esque.

My niece and her other half own a bakery and it's going well. Gail's tried to buy them out but they know they are outselling the local Gail's significantly.

That's another tough business mostly due to the very antisocial hours.

There probably is something in finding a way of protecting smaller businesses (apologies, I really don't mean that term in a derogatory way). For example I work for a large insurance company, and the big bosses at my work are saying they don't care what comes out of the budget, they know they have ...

RIP.

Added plenty of colour to the board in a rather unique way!

Is there not some possibility knowing the shot man was a wrong un the trial was allowed to proceed in order that the background would then be made public and cries of a cover up/rioting in the streets avoided? I may be in cloud cuckoo land but was thinking about why it even took place….? No guarant...

It's pretty interesting the Eye are backing Phil Hammond to the hilt editorally on this so far. He's raised some interesting theories and thrown light on just how badly departments are run and managed across the board The senior management at the Countess of Chester hospital are in full arse coveri...

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