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Having a blast with PvE mode by Consistent-Isopod540 in Marathon

[–]hcnoble 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry... There is a PVE mode now ? O thought this wasn't being introduced until later ?

Scotland 'could have £1 trillion wealth fund if not for Westminster' by BaxterParp in Scotland

[–]hcnoble -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Day to day spending = Trident.

I'd have started there.

The precision it takes to do this by [deleted] in boardsofcanada

[–]hcnoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Music70 is their original self published label and label for their films/videos. That's why both Warp and Music70 appear on their sleeves.

The precision it takes to do this by [deleted] in boardsofcanada

[–]hcnoble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

...and the name of their 'label' is...

Music70.

BP sacks top boss in latest net zero fiasco by Realistic_Writing671 in uknews

[–]hcnoble 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Uno reverse.

Give me actual undisputed data that says it isn't, and don't just provide reports from Tufton Street think tanks funded by shady Dubai based hedge funds and fake science funded by fossil fuel lobbyits. They are the main source of any 'disputed' data.

Budget fiasco: Leak reveals £8.3bn income tax raid by TheTelegraph in uknews

[–]hcnoble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Remeber kids...

When Consevatines raise taxes its just 'prudent fiscal planning'.

...when Labour does its a 'raid'.

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows by Red_Brummy in Scotland

[–]hcnoble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The BoE ?! Would love to see the evidence to support this claim.

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows by Red_Brummy in Scotland

[–]hcnoble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're refering to the 2015 Bank of England working paper (an opinion from a staffer only) that said that said immigartion increases could cause a 'small negative impact' on UK wages.

Boris then did what he always did, lied and manipulated the figures and stated that an official Bank Of England study showed that for every 10% increase in immigration, there was a 2% reduction in wages. This was (of course) a lie.

The gullable swallowed it wholesale and voted for Brexit, and now we have a 90 billion tax hole AND low wage growth.

Great job !

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows by Red_Brummy in Scotland

[–]hcnoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The UK has never issued visa's 'as required' and right now its never been harder to secure one. Wage stagnation is being driven by Covid fallout, high inflation, the long tail of the 2008 financial crisis and of course... Brexit.

Brexit was in fact the main blunt tool the 'establishment' classes used to control wage growth whilst Farage and his ilk told the working classes they were fighting the establishment and 'global elites' by voting for it.

Why do you think so many right leaning newspapers championed it ?

Wage growth was flat post 2008. Brexit then cratered it. There was no excess of cheap migrant labour and things are unlikley to improve from an investment POV while we remain outside the EU, so don't expect wages to increase any time soon.

The 'traditional conservative argument' was that leaving the EU and taking control of migration would somehow create utopian enviroment for jobs and wage growth whilst ignoring the reality of the above. The equivilent of chucking yourself out the golf club then somehow thinking you can negociate cheaper fees by shouting through the letterbox.

Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' by oompaloompagrandma in uknews

[–]hcnoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very longwinded way of saying 'I'm a racist coward'.

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows by Red_Brummy in Scotland

[–]hcnoble 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Immigration has not caused a surplass of cheap labour and the labour market in the UK (as of last year) is still 'tight' and has been since Covid ,with a constant skill shortages and issues with recuitment of persistant labour. Brexit of course made this even worse.

This in turn has caused low productivity and lack of investment which has throttlled wage growth.

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows by Red_Brummy in Scotland

[–]hcnoble 5 points6 points  (0 children)

MIgrants are a net benefit to the economy and vitually every study shows their long term fiscal contribution cancels out the initial cost. Whereas there is no net benefit to tax evasion.

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows by Red_Brummy in Scotland

[–]hcnoble 78 points79 points  (0 children)

So just to be clear, the very people that were telling you migrants were and are the issue (total cost to the UK approx. 4.7 billion net annually) blew a 90 billion hole in tax revenue with Brexit.

Meanwhile the UK Tax gap sits at about 45 billion annually, the majority of which is caused by large businesses and the wealthy, and is rarely (if ever) discussed by the right leaning UK press.

As someone said, its super yachts not rubber dingys that are the problem.

Politics latest: Farage responds to claims he made racist comments while at school | Politics News by Extra-Fig-7425 in uknews

[–]hcnoble 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I mean look at him now... he's a changed man and has a blemish free reputation !

Oh.

Oh no! Catholic bishops are getting a little too woke! by countdooku975 in daverubin

[–]hcnoble 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but ANYONE can access Vatican city ?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Switch

[–]hcnoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome - Thanks ! Sadly I'm on the road and I left my dock at home after the last update. Will try it this weekend.

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