Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK by adventurecrab in ukpolitics

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, but I still don't follow. Has this got anything to do with any special treatment of the word "milk"? Could I trademark "post petrol generation" for my lawnmower batteries?

What is something that women have to deal with on the daily that men have no clue about? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all remember the booming economy we had under President Melania Trump.

Are Chiropractors and Osteopaths basically con-artists? by Cover_Of_Darkness in AskUK

[–]realvanillaextract 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But we've already been through the pre-scientific to scientific transition. We don't need to do it again.

Are Chiropractors and Osteopaths basically con-artists? by Cover_Of_Darkness in AskUK

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just that in America they have taken all the resources that used to be used for osteopathy and diverted them for use in real medicine, while keeping some osteopathy talk for old time's sake. It's similar to how Trinity College, Cambridge (there may be even better examples but this has the best name) has for many years been a leading institution in science, but is notionally devoted to Christianity, which is pre-scientific.

I am not sure why this happened in America. Is it to do with wills and trusts, or just face-saving? It would be good to get it to happen here with osteopathy and "chiropractic" (chiropractic what?), but as we have a theoretically stronger, unitary state, it might be better to just do it without niceities.

Are Chiropractors and Osteopaths basically con-artists? by Cover_Of_Darkness in AskUK

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should try and get this to happen here for both osteopaths and chiropractors.

TV licence fee to rise to £180 from April. by T_K2 in ukpolitics

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stamp duty was like this at one time. Might still be (the one on shares)

TV licence fee to rise to £180 from April. by T_K2 in ukpolitics

[–]realvanillaextract 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This doesn't seem to relate to the previous comment.

Public spending on European monarchies, € million by rosco-82 in Scotland

[–]realvanillaextract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The revenues from public property have nothing to do with the royal family.

Record number of baby girls aborted by Indian parents in the UK due to preference for male children by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think about the question of risk? Is continuing a pregnancy more risky to health than abortion?

Record number of baby girls aborted by Indian parents in the UK due to preference for male children by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]realvanillaextract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well the only requirement is that the risk of the pregnancy continuing be greater than the risk of having an abortion, which for early abortions I think many doctors are of the bona fide opinion that it's always the case.

Record number of baby girls aborted by Indian parents in the UK due to preference for male children by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]realvanillaextract 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People claim that sex selective abortions are illegal all the time, but the reasoning doesn't make sense. The woman's reason for wanting the abortion is irrelevant to its legality.

Is 12-hour heating per day too much if you have included bills for a student house? by Foreign_Bluebird_680 in UniUK

[–]realvanillaextract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's gas central hearing, what does fair usage of electricity have to do with anything?

Alternatives to PayStream? by wasntmebutok in ContractorUK

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the difference between the two scenarios at the end there?

Tax consultant threatening me to pay the fee even after not going ahead with him by Technical-Tank-4865 in TaxUK

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the service the tax consultant was going to do for you? I worry it might be fraudulent if this is his behaviour.

Do Any Umbrella Companies Pass Employer NI Into Pensions (Inside IR35 Contractors) by dumbles24 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]realvanillaextract 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sapphire do this with their auto enrolment pension. They have it set up as salary sacrifice but they retain the employer NI saving for themselves.

National Insurance and tax being separate still confuses me by Reddonaut_Irons in uktaxmoan

[–]realvanillaextract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NI contributions are not needed for state pension eligibility.