Sir Ralph

And have a WC with no European teams - could luck with the revenue generation on that. Your investors will all of a sudden be less keen

This is the end of Gianni. He can’t survive this. Thought he had it all under control but that’s was arrogance does. He didn’t engage other confederations and proposed a controversial idea without telling them. Did he expect they would just whimper in the corner and accept it?

Never given a proper chance with us and we didnt play to his strengths.

Or maybe to let the fans know the main man is at the heart of things, with the players, if it goes wrong.

The FA / EFL have lost the plot over this and I think will go completely over the top - I reckon a significant ban will be imposed (ie 6 months or more). They seem to want to really really make a point about this. I can’t see them punishing the club so hard and letting Tonda off. What will be very unreasonable, if they do that, is how late they have left the decision. Not only kicking us out of the play off but messing up our prep for this season too, when they should have acted quicker. Fingers crossed

I honestly think they are going to give Tonda a lengthy ban even though they have taken too long to charge him and left us in no position to get a replacement before the season starts. They have acted like jumped up bureaucrats over the entire spygate matter and the whole issue seems to have gone to their heads

I read before the WC that infantino only cares about Asian and African confederation votes (which is why he gives them lots of funding) as that’s enough to see him reelected. This will generate more money for those smaller confederations which is why the motion will get through because of their votes. Looks like uefa are now going to tell their fas to threaten boycott which is the right thing to do. Could be the end of old egg head. I think they should threaten boycott for removal of the proposal and that infantino must also step down. The WC doesn’t exist without the European nations and the WC is fifas prized asset - it can’t afford a boycott and neither can the smaller confederations. Go hard

The WC is nothing without European teams people won’t watch a cup with Brazil, dirty argies with no Messi and Morocco.

I can see uefa getting to the point of asking European fas to threaten to pull out of the WC to stop him. This is too far - this is where commercial interests will (if they don’t already) start threatening the independence of sporting decisions. I imagine this could have been what influenced some of the dodgy decisions during the WC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8xng9894z0o

As a general point this forum can’t seriously be taking what these “yoofs” say as having credibility. Maybe the next Question Time should be a panel of kids hanging out in the local McDs car park.

Where is that mentioned please?

Absolutely now for the tax cuts 😂

Words can’t even….any chance for Owen jones to deflect. I can imagine such a balanced response if someone on the right had done this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4k2djd5qpo I like the policy and like most think it’s a positive move. Using the education system to actually prepare kids for the real world shocker!

Yes and crucially then linked to local council tax band payments, which are principally set at a local level to address local infrastructure. This is nationally based. Its very different.

You can have a local property tax based on local values - update the values if you want to. Have a tax that reflects the cost of local services and spend the money on local services. This appears to be a central taxation strategy for redistribution nationally which has littlebearing on local matters (sort of contrary to Burnham's proposals for devolution) under the badge of a local property tax. We already have income tax which does that job.

I've heard this argument been made a number of times. Its just different to the current approach but doesnt mean its wrong. This forum seems to have an issue with anyone who makes a suggestion which goes against the grain of the 'centrists' that have hijacked it.

And they are off. The 'centrists' who cant sensibly debate anything. You have an anger issue. Seek therapy.

Income tax already has a scale whereby if you earn more you pay more tax. In terms of Council tax this is for paying for local public infrastrucure. you havent answered why somebody in a 5 bed in London should pay the same as someone in Blackpool in a 5 bed property (who benefits from a lower cost of living) and that money doesnt go to the local area that the larger council tax payer lives in.

Why?

Yes for local public infrastructure that we use such as rubbish and recycling, street lighting, libraries, police and fire funding etc. My genuine question is why is it that Council tax could now be based on national values? Does somebody in a 5 bed house in Blackpool use less or more infrastructure than someone in a 5 bed in london? My understanding is that with this new tax my money would go to fund infrastrucutre in other area, not in my local area. Why? It is irrelevant to mitigating my public infrastructure usage footprint as its in a completely different area.

This is about council tax. What is the purpose of Council tax?

Isnt Council tax a charge for services though. What does it have to do with the value of the property. If you have a 5 bed in blackpool or london why do you rely more on services if you are in london, rather than blackpool? Hopefully they dont bring it in. Transitional arrangements would be required as if you have already paid stamp duty you shouldnt have to pay this and it would catch too many pensioners otherwise that couldnt afford it. My Council tax would double to just shy of 5 figures annually. It would be a joke if it was brought in, just another way of taxing those who have worked hard. The statement after it was batted down by the spokesman was that the chancellor would be taking a view on all matters.

“Hardly answers a question when pushed and then pivots. “ I asked a straightforward question where did I pivot - you haven’t answered it

So you can’t answer the question?