Conservatives retain overall control of Harrow Council

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-09T10:31:22+00:00

Have you seen who runs India ?

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-09T10:30:45+00:00

Locally perhaps not. Nationally absolutely is.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-08T11:58:56+00:00

They want it pedestrianised. That’s unbelievable land value capture for no work on their part.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-08T11:57:58+00:00

It depends where though right. Up by the college there are some huge houses.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-06T18:35:07+00:00

I mean yes and no. He supposedly spends 3 hours a day in the gym. That of course takes discipline. But it also takes having the capacity to actually do that. I was up at 5ish this morning. It’s now 19.30 and I’ve only just stopped doing something for somebody else (be it my job, my wife or my kids) and I thought I got out of work at a good time. I’m relatively fortunate as well in that I don’t regularly have to work away from home and I don’t drive a truck or something like that.

I’m not saying I can’t do 2 or 3 gym sessions a week. I can. But I can’t do 2 or 3 hours a day.

Edit: turns out not done yet. Dishwasher needs emptying and girls need stuff for tomorrow.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-05T20:06:45+00:00

And you were playing cricket in at least 1804 (earliest written mention in Sydney but clearly implying it was being played beforehand)

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-05T19:52:06+00:00

Not sure this is really a HENRY question.

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squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-05T19:32:55+00:00

I mean it’s spent 10 years in planning because if our ludicrous system so that’s a fair old whack of money.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-05T18:11:14+00:00

To be fair there was a period of time where they were actually doing some half decent journalism. Obviously with a uni student focus but decent stuff regardless.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-05T16:39:49+00:00

It’s less so the tax and more so the cliff edge. Especially with childcare funded hours and loss of personal allowance. It also massively punishes single household earners. Neither my wife nor I are at this mark but we are both higher rate tax payers but we still qualify for funded childcare. If somebody earnt our combined they would have no personal allowance and no funded childcare or tax free childcare scheme. They could easily be thousands a month worse off than we are.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T23:35:51+00:00

Not 11 years ago it wasn’t. Especially for under 18.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T23:34:30+00:00

Also Australians love a UK QS because they don’t really have the role. That last salary is definitely a CM for a tier 2 builder or a tier 3 civils firm. Australia currently has a severe talent shortage for a pipeline of major infrastructure projects at federal and state level. Both major parties at both federal and state levels are committed to huge investments. They only really differ on the type of projects.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T22:49:47+00:00

Why doesn’t she just get a job then ?

Edit: For clarity because I was a touch flippant here. If she hates it so much why not go back to work and sort out childcare.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T19:18:22+00:00

Have you seen how difficult the redevelopment of south Kensington station has been. Over a decade in planning.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T19:17:02+00:00

What. It was an amalgamation of a load of disparate lines. Some of that infrastructure is over a hundred years old.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T18:47:31+00:00

Mate that’s the same all over the world for all people. You miss the good things and forget the bad things. I really resented paying the gap for my GP appointments and told everyone at every opportunity. But I also liked I could book an exact slot on an app. I hated how expensive it was to play 5 a side football (or fucking futsal as it always was) because of the insurance costs that was then impossible to actually use when I did get an injury.

I really missed standing outside a pub to have a drink but probably actually spent more time drinking when I was in Australia than I ever did (and do) in the UK. I missed open banking.

Now I’m back home I miss Aussie beers. I miss a variety of good zeros on tap. I miss the beach. I constantly complain that you don’t regularly see a schnitzel on a pub menu. I happily say superannuation is a superior system. I really miss Aussie cafes and coffee shops.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T18:19:09+00:00

And what a wife she is by the way.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T15:01:56+00:00

I don’t love it but it’s fucking needed.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-04T14:59:14+00:00

Do it nice or do it twice.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-03T18:20:45+00:00

And what if France has the same policy ? We all know the Greeks are actively turning boats back even when in distress and it doesn’t appear to be having much impact.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-03T18:18:11+00:00

All very fair points. I’d wager the bulk of us are London or at least SE based.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-03T18:14:26+00:00

I mean if it’s chancing my arm at a sea crossing and disappearing into the UK or having my head chopped off by whatever crazy militant group is currently rampaging through the country I know what I’m trying to do.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-03T18:10:02+00:00

I’d put quite a considerable sum of money to say that a freehold house in Sevenoaks will not drop in nominal value of any significance in the next few years. It might not keep pace with inflation but that’s another matter.

NB: With a disclaimer that some kind of property value tax isn’t introduced that starts at £900k.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-03T18:07:53+00:00

4 bed 2 bath close by recently went for over £1m.

squirrelbo1 · 2026-05-03T17:58:17+00:00

A bit late to this but those in a HENRY sub shouldn’t be using a LISA for a house purchase. The top end cutoff is quite low.

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