Land of Hope & Glory? - UK Politics and other stuff

MOTs were mentioned upthread somewhere I believe.

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I donā€™t drink much but itā€™s good to know that when I do need to get sozzled I should be able to.

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I missed out by literally one day.

BTW Black Hackney cabs London Cab/Taxi Company, are not safe if they do not receive that Mot every 6 months, every enforcement officer in the country knows this is true and is caused by a bad design of the safety Cab + engine design.

Do not use these cabs while out and about to be safe, use any Mercedes or Ford etcā€¦ Refuse all London designs.

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And here it is, finallyā€¦

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Buckingham Palace shared a picture of the Queen at Windsor Castle, holding her weekly meeting with the prime minister over the phone - BBC

HELLOOOOOO

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https://mobile.twitter.com/bbc5live/status/1243134091681202177

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Rishi Sunak says self-employed people facing financial difficulties will be able to have 80% of their monthly wages covered by the government.

He says this will be calculated using average monthly profits over last three financial years.

He says support will be capped at Ā£2,500 per month, and will initially last three months.

Mr Sunak says the scheme will only be open to those who are already self-employed and have a self-assessment tax return for 2019.

It will apply to those with trading profits up to Ā£50,000 a year, he adds.

He says 95% of those who are majority self-employed will benefit.

He says he hopes people will be able to ā€œaccessā€ the scheme ā€œno later than Juneā€.

My startup (Iā€™ll call it that) hasnā€™t made a profit yet and Iā€™ve havenā€™t taken a salary for a few years. My business is built around mass participation events and everything has been cancelled.

So fucked.

sorry ignore I misread your post

Watching Question Timeā€¦

waaf - Tories trying to soft-soap it but weā€™re not doing anywhere near enough

I donā€™t want to be alarmist but the govt obfuscating the death figures and clearing out the Excel centre are pretty chilling signs. God I hope this isnā€™t as ugly as it feels.

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Paid up for another week myself, Ā£115.00 for the piper so I can make around double that.

At 8pm I was like why so many people coming out then the clapping happens and I realiseā€¦ Good showing here tbh.

:clap:Healthcare workers :gift_heart:

We have the whole of the NHS and network rail and council jobs + all the supermarkets and healthcare providers outwith the NHSā€¦ Other companies are in dire straits.

I think this maybe my last week tbh and Iā€™ll let my cousin do all the hours, we share a car and heā€™s not doing well atmā€¦ Heā€™s day shift though.

Weā€™ll work something out between us so he can earn as he has property to pay for.

Iā€™m averaging around 15 jobs a day 10 credits and some cash jobs.

@marty
After contagion watchā€¦ The Wire if I picked you up right that youā€™ve not seen it.

https://twitter.com/benphillips76/status/1243419126585937920?s=21

Well worth a watch. The consequence for electing a mini-Trump.

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Clapping for the NHS while giving the man who wants to dismantle it an 80 seat majority. Such a weird country.

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Boris tested positive for Covid-19.

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This is insane, thereā€™s loads of people who can move between PAYE and self-employed for exactly the same sort of reason as yourself. I know people in development who do it, a good mate is in a completely different field and does similar. To be fair the same gaps might exist in whatā€™s been done here given businesses/SE get help based on the gap between March this year and last, but what a fucking mess. Sorry.

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Gutted for him.