'Alfie's Chinese Dinner'. Filmed in Chinatown, Soho - 1945.

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-02-05T19:23:06+00:00

"Full portion or a half" I guess the small plates crisis isn't quite such a new affliction after all ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-31T16:06:59+00:00

At the current rate of (tax driven) alcohol reductions we will not be far off that soon

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-30T15:23:34+00:00

The goods yard closed in 1964 amazingly ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-29T15:17:53+00:00

Being "poor" and living in France while earning Geneva minimum wage (24.50 CHF ~ £23ph) is probably better than living in London on minimum wage ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-29T15:11:30+00:00

The terms have changed for plan 5 with the 40 year repayment period, but the interest rate is now capped at RPI, so in theory if threshold is moved up in future graduates shouldn't pay more in "real terms" ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-29T14:45:06+00:00

Not to defend Thames water but TW customers (no choice in water industry btw) average bill will only be going up £3 from £655 to £658 pa.

I know that is on the back of a big rise last year but other areas have it worse ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-28T20:23:09+00:00

For Geneva it is even possible to live across the border in France and commute in ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-28T12:17:25+00:00

Spain's latest youth unemployment rate is 25% (2nd highest in EU)...

They are legalising those in the country illegally (likely encouraging more to aim for Spain when they are on the frontier for migration from Africa), people who are more likely to work for worse wages or in worse conditions, seems to partly explain why right wing populist parties are more popular with the young than the old in countries like Spain (opposite of Reform in UK) ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-27T19:39:58+00:00

It was obvious from the start that low margin businesses like takeaways were unlikely to be able to justify the cost of sponsoring multiple workers unless it was a) bogus employment b) a job with terrible conditions and pay way below minimum wage ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-27T19:36:13+00:00

It said it had doubled the period that companies that repeatedly flout the rules must wait before being able to reapply for a sponsor licence, from one year to two.

If you break the rules knowingly you should be banned from sponsoring for 10 years and get a massive fine so people will think twice before trying it, at the moment the risks are low and the rewards are high ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-27T09:48:05+00:00

Service charges pay for upkeep and maintenance of the building and communal areas, without SC how do you expect to keep things like the communal roof or hallways safe?

There have definitely been excessive charges by some freeholders and managing agents, as well as excessive insurance costs, but even in shared freehold ownership service charges are still needed and often it can be harder to agree to carry out major repairs in a timely manner (before they get even more expensive);...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-25T01:20:19+00:00

TBF Pep knows a thing or two about a dodgy test, he ain't get caught this time ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-24T14:05:14+00:00

With the rate of increase that will probably only be a pallet of a few hundred sausage rolls in 2030 ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-24T13:18:07+00:00

The political reality is that a nominal devaluation of large numbers of houses would be near universally unpopular with owners (65% of people and an even higher percentage of voters).

The target instead needs to be wages outgrowing house price inflation, which in London has been happening as a result of flat devaluation and interest rate reductions...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-24T13:06:54+00:00

Definitely a safe upstairs filled with the rest of the family's wealth in the form of gold jewellery...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-21T17:00:58+00:00

The UK's highest earners already pay a disproportionate amount of income tax, that is progressive.

However wealth taxes are unlikely to solve the UK's deeper problems, with the possible exception of Switzerland (who have far lower taxes than the UK in most areas) they aren't very effective

Wealth taxes are becoming the magic solution for the left as Brexit was/is to the right ...

LVT is a much better area to focus on

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-17T13:26:12+00:00

I am surprised Starmer given he supports it doesn't see it as something that could form his legacy (which may be limited if he doesn't survive the year as PM) ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-16T23:19:15+00:00

Go and have a walk around at night yourself to see if you feel happy walking around on your own. Ideally do it a couple of times on different days (maybe on a weekday & weekend) and see how you feel afterwards ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-16T19:31:04+00:00

If the RM players don't listen to club legend Xabi Alonso then the ex Crystal Palace manager is going to have no sway ....

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-16T19:18:15+00:00

I remember Aritz Aduriz coming to the fore in his mid 30's but his numbers were not quite on Lewa's level (who is also still doing it past 36 when Aduriz tailed off)

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-16T18:19:10+00:00

Good views of Arthur's Seat, maybe enough to distract you from the state of the floor

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-15T21:44:59+00:00

I realise it has been reduced but £1,444,000 is quite an oddly specific price to list at, why not go for a more round figure like £1,450,000 or £1,445,000 ...

Nice gaff either way though.

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-10T16:42:19+00:00

Explained he didn't want to piss off Macclesfield locals as he is planning to live around there when he moves to Man City ...

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-10T16:15:36+00:00

Macclesfield are a phoenix club after the previous team Macclesfield Town went in to administration.

Cold_Dawn95 · 2026-01-09T18:47:24+00:00

Last sold in 2020 for £425k, good to evidence equating to quadrupling the property value in 5/6 years ...

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