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True. One night I came home with £84.50, she said "who on earth gave you only 50p", "they all did" I replied.

Both myself and my wife had part-time second jobs at one stage, she did waitressing and I did a little bit of prostitution.

We've always been very cautious of over stetching ourselves, perhaps due to the very high interest rates in the late 80's and the subsequent negative equity. As the interest rates gradually fell, we kept paying the same amount and managed to bring the term down by several years, now mortgage free thankfully. I do feel for the youngsters now though.

I had to Google 'Dunning Kruger', here am I in my (early) 60's learning new things about myself. 😜

I do, but perhaps more along the lines of what egg suggested, nuclear is key IMO.

North sea oil, I highlighted the bit I agreed with.

3.5/5, not too bad

Bond markets starting to get twitchy, they are concerned that the new government shows no signs of making tough decisions and cut spending. They look like another 'tax and spend' Labour government apparently.

The triple lock though does have to go, that is almost universally agreed. The problem is that none of the political parties will admit this because it will lose them votes.

Nice one Turkish, lucky fella!

I have to agree with this post. You (Osvaldo) make a lot of good points IMO, but the language you use leaves you open to ridicule and consequently people will play the poster rather than the post. It goes both ways though, I see agressive language from those who disagree with anything right of centre.

Good idea, maybe I'll start a new travel thread.

I had high hopes for this thread when I started it, sadly it’s become another slanging match like so many others. 😟

State pension forecast to increase to £13,036 next April.

Some bloke at the protest in Portsmouth wears a burqa and tells the police he’s gender fluid and identifies as a Muslim woman 😁😁

Yes, but odd how it takes a ‘far right’ march before anything happens. Banning face covering should be implemented nationwide IMO.

Eeerm yes, his words implied welfare spending took priority over defence spending.

English schools have gone up in the international rankings due to policies introduced by Tory government, let’s hope this government doesn’t undo all the good work. Scottish schools have dropped down the table.

The Scottish government increased the higher tax rates only to find the overall tax revenue fall. This is problem with trying to tax those ‘wealthy bastards’ more.

Not that I can read his mind but I don’t think he is implying that at all, in another post he mentions lost tax revenue. Tax plans should be determined by what’s best for the country and maximising revenue is a huge part of that.

Where did Os mention anything about a person's vote? (not that I'm an expert on this). The point he is making is that increased taxes for the wealthy are counter-productive, they end up raising less revenue.

70 Up starts on 16th, apparently the final one, remarkable series.

I don’t agree with a lot of what Os posts, but this was very funny.

Basic, but decorated, a bit like an IRA cell.

This post doesn't apply to me.