Is Bill Nighy older than the USA?

It is always funny to see rich people in the paper complaining about rich people problems

Agreed - we need a lot more homes and the political will to make it happen

Reducing liquidity in any market makes it less efficient. In the case of housing it must also reduce mobility in the workforce at some level. I do think there is a problem with too many large family homes occupied by single pensioners. This ain’t good in a country with a massive housing shortage

are more driven by preserving their assets to pass on to children and grandchildren

Pretty nice! I didn’t read the article, I think bcs it was paywalled. A lot of folks do downsize to release equity so they can have a nicer lifestyle. But I meet a lot of older people who are used to a modest lifestyle and are happy with it. They wouldn’t be motivated by getting more income, they

I am not saying that stamp duty is unfair. You may feel it would be rational to pay it. But for many older home owners it is a real disincentive to move and that is a problem for the housing market.

Yes I agree with you.
But I am not the one you need to convince.
The person who spent £50k on a house decades ago may now be living on modest pension income. Asset rich and cash poor. They possibly scrimped and saved all their lives. So now they don’t fancy spaffing a load of dough on stamp duty.

There’s no unearned money here, it’s stamp duty on a purchase. £15k seems like a lot of money to many oldsters. For a pensioner buying a £500k flat that could be a large proportion of their annual income. The point is many feel they don’t want to be penalised for downsizing. So they stay put.

There us a genuinely significant problem with empty-nesters refusing to downsize because they can’t stomach the stamp duty. Of all taxes I think this one is underrated for its harmful effects. It reduces mobility in the labour market and disincentivises older folk from freeing up family homes.

To be fair, it’s a rational move.
Ukr needs US on side as the Europeans can’t offer the depth of military support required.
Donny responds well to this sort of flattery.
It will never catch on with the locals and they can dump the idea when Trump moves on.

Basically if you are wondering what Liz Truss’s take on any subject might be, just imagine the worst and most unpatriotic take possible, and you won’t be far off.

Robbins Vets

Imagine there’s no heaven

I’m pretty sure Jesus said it’s a just war when the aim is to stop people talking about your connections to a paedo

Perhaps best not to set your house on fire before you throw a party

Ok, so it’s not a war, definitely not a war, but it IS a just war?
Ok, I think I’ve got it now…

So true. I have spent a lot of time in different parts of America and can confirm that the Yanks are total lightweights.
Come back to when you have downed a bottle of port between 2, snorted a few shots of vodka, and then gone out on the piss. On a school night. An actual school night!

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*hanged.

Pictures are hung.
Men are hanged.

Unless they have a massive cock

No. Extending a leg causing your opponent to fall over it, 2m from the try line should definitely be a pen. I accept Dupont MAY not have meant it, but intentions are irrelevant.
See also: Players bumping into each off the ball isn’t a penalty by default, but if it prevents a tackle it’s obstruction

Even if its accidental it’s still a pen?

Son’t worry, Tice is a man of great integrity. I am sure he will pay back the money to HMRC and announce a dignified resignation to forestall any hint of hypocrisy.

To have played so badly all day on such a hard course and come out of it one over par is actually pretty decent.
I think he hit 2 fairways all day.
He cant play that badly tomorrow.

He ruled the air today. Unreal

The only scenario in which she should have taken that Fabergé into the pub is if she has just swallowed it secreted it up her arse

I don’t understand a single word of this headline…

Haiti’s nice this time of year

Reminds me of that door on the Oval Office

Its to keep you away from the feckin ice cream