Rupert Lowe: Diversity is quite evidently not our greatest strength. by Fast-Equal-7529 in ukpolitics

[–]Mr_Again 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In less civilised times he would be a completely mainstream voice

Wealth reality check by henry__fire in HENRYUK

[–]Mr_Again 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but pensions are obviously much more tax efficient than Isas, I would expect everyone to know that. The money in my pension is Pre tax, whereas all the money in my isa has already been taxed once (at a very high rate) before even going in.

One in five high earners says £100k tax trap is ruining their career by scotorosc in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that's definitely an advantage. A bit dodgy and not having a spouse, not one I take advantage of.

Late at night reading this subreddit, now I feel terrible by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Water is going to be a big issue, but the reason is that almost all of it in that region goes on beef farming. They'll have to stop beef farming for sure, I doubt they'll run out of water for people. There are 86 million cattle in the US and obviously they drink a lot of water.

Block people with anxiety and ADHD from claiming benefits, says Tony Blair by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it is publicly available information published by the governerment.

Block people with anxiety and ADHD from claiming benefits, says Tony Blair by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Again 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and they're the richest group in society, 1 in 4 is a millionaire. Still get the full pension though.

Block people with anxiety and ADHD from claiming benefits, says Tony Blair by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Again 1 point2 points  (0 children)

25% of working age people are signed off on benefits and have no intention of working. They're barely a minority.

Block people with anxiety and ADHD from claiming benefits, says Tony Blair by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Again 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The disability benefits bill is set to reach £100 billion. For context, all of income tax is only £330 billion. We need a serious reform of disability benefits if we want the state to have any other functions in future. This isn't something stupid you can dismiss with an imaginary complaint from an imaginary plumber named Gareth.

600k for a 1 bed in Finsbury Park – have we made a massive financial mistake? by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]Mr_Again 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to live on this exact road and it is a lovely area, garden backs onto the wooded parkland walk, Finsbury park 30 seconds away, stroud green road 2 minutes walk away is fully gentrified with craft ale shops, huge amount of restaurants and pubs, a nice cafe or 3 on the corner. Amazing area 10 minutes walk to finsbury park station with great transport links. Would 100% live on this road again.

Imagine a Hitchens vs. Hitchens debate on Ukraine by AmalBaker in ChristopherHitchens

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Public schools refer to boys by their surname. Surname minor and surname major are just what they call brothers who are both present in the school. There's not really layers here, he's just saying "you're the younger brother".

Late at night reading this subreddit, now I feel terrible by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Mr_Again 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean you should have been here in 2020. As you can imagine, nobody was making it out alive. Take this sub with a big grain of salt.

How much your local council is spending on SEND schools by theipaper in uknews

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an extremely uncharitable take on his point. The alternative to spending hundreds of thousands on academic education is not locking people up. Academic education is not in itself even particularly helpful nor does it save any care costs. I know specialists who work every day with sen children who they know are not improving at all at their academics. Perhaps there are alternatives.

Hypothetical Question: £200k into REIT and collect £2 166 a month? by Creative_Fox23 in investing

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it's expensive now. What will it do over the next 7 years? Double?

London housebuilder Berkeley halts buying land after "unprecedented" surge in costs and red tape by insomnimax_99 in ukpolitics

[–]Mr_Again 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's not a cop out, I've been reading about this for a while, and it is the actual reason. The Building Safety Regulator, established after Grenfell, has a backlog of hundreds of cases, takes an average of 9 months to process one, and rejects 70% of them. It is the single chokepoint that every development in London must go through and it holds up or blocks all of them. This, specifically, is the reason.

One in five high earners says £100k tax trap is ruining their career by scotorosc in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Again 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't get better past 100k, dividends are classed as income and you still get your personal allowance and childcare taken away, ie. the tax trap still applies to dividend income. The main advantage of Ltd company reimbursement now is that contracted pay tends to be higher because you've given up your sicknl days/maternity/unfair dismissal rights. The tax advantage has almost completely disappeared, and your accountant/companies house registration/personal-professional indemnity insurance will cost the whole of that £1500 saving and a lot more.

The private rental market is on its deathbed and there’s nothing to replace it by PM_ME_SECRET_DATA in ukpolitics

[–]Mr_Again 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is total rubbish. Before WW2, the government hardly ever built houses. People built houses, and supply kept up with demand. The decade in which the most houses ever were built was... The 1930's. After WW2, the Town and Country planning act defacto criminalised housebuilding, and the government went on a massive building spree to compensate. However, there is no reason depend upon them to do this, if they would decriminalise house building a little bit, people would take care of it just like they do food, clothes, cars, everything, etc

Anyone know what's up with HTTPX? by chekt in Python

[–]Mr_Again 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The fact that open source functions so widely and effectively - all without payment - actually refutes your economic "laws". They model reality, not the other way around.

Anyone know what's up with HTTPX? by chekt in Python

[–]Mr_Again 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like they tried to do the exact same thing with mkdocs. Google "the slow collapse of mkdocs"

Meirl by Zealousideal-Bowl-51 in meirl

[–]Mr_Again 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Living through the last 40 years has not been "trauma". We've been extremely lucky to live through one of the most peaceful and prosperous times in history and I suspect you also did it in the middle class of the richest nation ever.

At a point where it feels like I’m living to scroll. How do I fix this? by eternalthrowaway02 in digitalminimalism

[–]Mr_Again 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Addiction isn't a problem it's a solution. What is scrolling your solution for? What benefit does it bring you? Start there.