Theresa May

bigadaj

gadgetmind wrote: »

For just that one act, I would gladly get down on my knees and kiss his feet. I then stand up and kick him in the nuts for all the messing around with pensions allowances, you lknow, people saving their own money for their own old age.

Just make sure you don't do that the other way round!

saver861

kidmugsy wrote: »

Almost nobody seems to have had a kind word to say for The Great Pension Liberator. No wonder politicians despise the electorate.

Well the relationship between politicians and the electorate is much the same as that between footballers and their fans - very fickle!!

Would someone else done the job any better than him for the last 6 years? Probably not ..... but he still ends up on the scrap heap..... but glad he done the pension thing before he went though!

gadgetmind

Shame he could get rid of 45% tax, but there is hope of tax simplification moving forwards.

saver861

gadgetmind wrote: »

Shame he could get rid of 45% tax, but there is hope of tax simplification moving forwards.

Well Mr Osborne was known for wanting to pull one out of the hat on budget day ... I think he revelled in the showmanship of it all .....

Mr Hammond on the other hand would appear rather bland in comparison .... I wonder if that means no more rabbits out of hats on budget day.

badmemory

I suspect that anything he pulls out of the hat may be more in the nature of myxomatosis than rabbits. Hope I am proved wrong.

gadgetmind

Everyone is telling me that investment and hiring has dropped off a cliff, so he won't have much to play with.

I'm speaking to recruitment agencies next week to haggle terms. I play hard ball and have done for decades, If they are hungry, they talk, otherwise they laugh at me. I'm guessing that we'll do some talking.

kidmugsy

gadgetmind wrote: »

Everyone is telling me that investment and hiring has dropped off a cliff

Is that going to be a very short term effect, while the Remnants are still working each other up into hissy-fits?

Are our brave Captains of Industry going to prove themselves the equivalent of the ninnies who had hysteria over the death of Princess Di?

bigadaj

kidmugsy wrote: »

Is that going to be a very short term effect, while the Remnants are still working each other up into hissy-fits?

Are our brave Captains of Industry going to prove themselves the equivalent of the ninnies who had hysteria over the death of Princess Di?

I think they'll be more concerned with Theresa Mays pronouncement on executive pay than anything else.

gadgetmind

kidmugsy wrote: »

Is that going to be a very short term effect,

Unlikely. The investment will go elsewhere and the hiring will be done elsewhere. Momentum away from the UK seems to be gathering.

Of course, if you're increasing your UK investment and hiring, then please tell.

atush

How cute

the Remnants

Not.