The Death Lottery, Double Taxation and the Leaky Tax Bucket

newatc · 20 November 2024 at 5:21PM

If you worried about the level of IHT, you can always buy a farm

eskbanker · 20 November 2024 at 6:12PM

Grumpy_chap said:

eskbanker said:

Grumpy_chap said:
As per the rules, this forum is not for general discussion or discussion of policy

Which forum rule prohibits 'general discussion or discussion of policy'? Specifically political debate is off limits, but general discussion about policies without descending into mud-slinging about parties or politicians is usually considered OK?

Well, you may be correct, in which case I apologise.
The threads that get deleted seem inconsistent.

The rules specifically states "encourage discussion and debate" then each page has the "no political debate" yellow box. In sub-forums, the Benefits areas states "not about policy" and Housebuying areas states "avoid veering into broad, general debates about the market, the economy and politics" and previous more general discussion areas were closed down - Discussion Time plus Debate House Prices and the Economy.

It is unclear.

I know there's sometimes been debate about exactly what constitutes political discussion, but don't see anything overtly political within this thread.

There are indeed board-specific guidelines such as those on the benefits board and housebuying, also debt-free wannabe, where the steer is clearly to be more empathetic and supportive then elsewhere, but don't believe that there are any such specific restrictions on this board, and it's inevitable that policies, and the effect of changes to them, are legitimately discussed.

As you say, the old general chat boards were closed down but they were intended to be used for stuff that didn't fit within the scope of the subject-specific boards, so again the dialogue on this thread, relating very much to the core board topic of pensions, seems appropriate to me.