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Granny Tax Hysteria

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  • Thrugelmir
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    SandraScarlett wrote: »
    https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31778

    New - online Granny Tax Petition

    xx

    Austerity will hit us all.
  • StevieJ
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Glaxo announced a return to UK manufacturing this week. Costs benefits of overseas manufacturing abroad are diminishing.

    And [STRIKE]Anglo [/STRIKE]Dutch Shell is disappearing icon9.gif
    Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in a move that follows the sale of the nearby Stanlow refinery and is seen by some as a more general retreat by Shell from the UK

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Austerity will hit us all.

    I thought it was simplification ;)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Thrugelmir
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    I thought it was simplification ;)

    Was tax raising though.
  • StevieJ
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Was tax raising though.

    You mean Ozzie was being economical with the truth, we will file that along with CPI more accurately reflecting pensioner behaviour shall we :)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ess0two
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    And [STRIKE]Anglo [/STRIKE]Dutch Shell is disappearing icon9.gif



    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base


    They've really shafted Thornton big time.

    Labs and analysis areas are staying as support to the refinery,the rest is gonna be turned into some sort of business park long term.
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  • Thrugelmir
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    You mean Ozzie was being economical with the truth, we will file that along with CPI more accurately reflecting pensioner behaviour shall we :)

    Part of a far longer term plan. As there's still a significant budget gap to bridge. Something that growth cannot fill either. As there's no cheap credit to provide a smokescreen anymore. The UK is now less productive in output terms than 10 to 15 years ago. As many thought leveraging up on debt was the way to accumulate wealth.

    So politicians of all views need to readjust. Question is who is brave enough to spell out the truth first?
  • StevieJ
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    ess0two wrote: »
    They've really shafted Thornton big time.

    Labs and analysis areas are staying as support to the refinery,the rest is gonna be turned into some sort of business park long term.

    Gone are the halycon days when Schueys F1 car could be seen during testing on site icon9.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Part of a far longer term plan. As there's still a significant budget gap to bridge. Something that growth cannot fill either. As there's no cheap credit to provide a smokescreen anymore. The UK is now less productive in output terms than 10 to 15 years ago. As many thought leveraging up on debt was the way to accumulate wealth.

    So politicians of all views need to readjust. Question is who is brave enough to spell out the truth first?

    On their track record, obviously none of them ;) They are not bad at terminlogical inexatitudes though, so they don't really need to spell it out.:)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    On their track record, obviously none of them ;)

    Agreed. Days of professional politicians are numbered. They will require a skill, experience or knowledge not just a idealogical dream in future.
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