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Reply | Presser
at 16:03 18 Sep 2025
I think Matusiwa is going to be one of the standout signings of the summer. I know it's hard to tell from the upper tier of the Sir Alf stand but he looks like he's got the personal qualities we need. And the massive thighs.
You see it in little things from the highlights videos etc. |
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Reply | Driving offence advice please
at 11:29 17 Sep 2025
My original post said that the dashcam footage showed they were pretty much bang to rights. I don't think I've suggested that there is a case for the defence.
I was asking about what happens next and whether the after than 14 days sending of the NIP was relevant.
Thanks anyway. |
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Reply | Driving offence advice please
at 22:11 16 Sep 2025
Yes, I guess so. It's just a bit annoying that someone's made a relatively minor mistake which is clearly going to impact their insurance premiums for a number of years and then there's this on top which is going to pile more impact on.
That is, however, the result of driving in a time when much more of your activity is recorded for posterity than ever before. |
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Reply | The state pension will rise by 4.7% next year.
at 22:09 16 Sep 2025
Can we please stop making the argument along the lines of "I've paid in so I should be due £x or £y". National insurance has not for decades been, if it ever was, a hypothecated tax reserved for your pension.
Today's taxes pay for today's state pensions and the taxes of 10,20 or 30 years ago paid for the state pensions of those times. |
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Reply | Driving offence advice please
at 22:02 16 Sep 2025
Thanks, but the person my family member hit managed to avoid the car in front of them because it stopped, just beyond the traffic light stop line even though the lights were green, the lights went amber then red and the car my family member hit stopped behind the stop line.
My family member was doing the classic of looking at the lights and not the car in front, expecting them to go while the lights were green or take a chance on amber. The car in front was unfortunately stationary, hence collision. |
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Reply | Driving offence advice please
at 21:28 16 Sep 2025
As I said in the original post, the dash cam footage confirms the bang to rights nature of it but it just seems weird that someone who was was sympathetic at the time has now released their dashcam footage to the police when they didn't even ask the police to attend.
Perhaps they gave their front facing dashcam footage to the police because they wanted to get the driver in front of them (who basically caused the accident by stopping when entering a traffic-light controlled roundabout on a green light) a visit or letter from the police and the police asked for any other available footage. [Post edited 16 Sep 21:47]
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Thread | Driving offence advice please
at 18:57 16 Sep 2025
A member of my family has received a section 172 notice of intended prosecution for driving without due care and attention.
It’s the result of them rear-ending a car approaching a roundabout. The police did not attend, the person in the car they hit was very reasonable at the time, probably because they knew that the incident occurred because they’d had to brake suddenly due to erratic behaviour by the person in front of them.
However, the person in the car they hit is claiming whiplash etc. and their car had a rear facing dash cam which does show that the family member is more or less bang to rights. Is it likely that the driver sent that footage to the police? Or perhaps sent it somewhere else to do with their claim and it’s found its way to the police from there? Why would they do that, does it mean the injury claim is likely to be paid at a higher amount?
Either way the date on the S172 is more than 14 days (27 in fact) after the incident which is beyond the time frame for sending one isn’t it?
That aside, what’s the likely outcome from there? Complete the form and get points and a fine presumably? It’s their first offence.
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Reply | Why do no 2 people
at 09:55 16 Sep 2025
We had a new fridge freezer delivered yesterday. When I went onto the shop we bought it from's website yesterday I discovered that the price we paid ordering it at the end of August is 60% of the price it's currently at. No idea why.
Win! |
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Reply | Andy Burnham watch ....
at 08:59 16 Sep 2025
To what extent is the local Labour party able to choose its own candidate if there were to be a by-election?
Starmer wouldn't look good if there was pressure on them to choose anyone but Burnham. And he probably wouldn't welcome someone like Burnham looming over things from the back benches. |
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Reply | Tuanzebe
at 08:48 15 Sep 2025
There's a reasonably credible theory that the advent of oven chips led to a small, but noticeable, increase in life expectancy in certain parts of the UK, like Glasgow.
Due mainly to the reduction in people coming home from the pub after closing time and deciding to make themselves some chips using a load of oil and a naked flame. |
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Reply | Democracy in action?
at 15:08 9 Sep 2025
Clive Lewis' performance on the PM programme last Friday basically made me think that he wouldn't want to be deputy leader of any party that would have him as deputy leader.
Or at least deputy leader under the likely way Labour would select a deputy leader. |
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Reply | Very good on Angela Rayner
at 13:25 5 Sep 2025
Can't see the dates on those so they might be all round about the same time.
What you don't see of course is all the stuff that wasn't published previously following legal pressure. |
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Reply | Very good on Angela Rayner
at 11:55 5 Sep 2025
One of the reasons Zahawi's case received little news coverage is that he went to great legal lengths to keep it out of the public domain. Also Zahawi repeatedly said that he had paid his taxes in full even while negotiating a settlement with HMRC. |
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Reply | Anyone going to the England game tomorrow?
at 10:48 5 Sep 2025
There's a smaller car park at the Bescott Stadium station, which is one stop further out from Tame Bridge Parkway. I've parked there and got the train to Witton in the past.
However Walsall are at home tomorrow, kicking off at 3.00pm so might not be possible. |
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Reply | Very good on Angela Rayner
at 09:45 5 Sep 2025
What sort of advice do you think she would have got when selling her share to the trust? Some form of communication that says "watch out if you buy another property, this trust thing might mean higher rate SDLT is due?"
It might have been provided, it might not. Depends on what kind of job Shoosmiths did, and whether they're in the habit of dishing out unsolicited advice for nothing.
It's possible to make a case that getting the conveyancer to calculate the applicable SDLT based on information you provide is using them for 'tax advice'. You're asking someone to work out how much (of one specific) tax is due.
By using the HMRC calculator and telling the client "your SDLT liability is £X" that conveyancing firm is providing tax advice, albeit basic advice about one specific tax.
I think she's been naïve and a bit sloppy given the trust situation.
And Joe's comment about her being an effective housing minister is interesting. Suggests that the job of housing minister isn't about being familiar with the minutiae of housing tax law but devising and implementing effective housing policy. |
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Reply | Vardy's got a nice move
at 16:53 4 Sep 2025
They'd need to be careful with their phones. It would be terrible if one or more fell overboard. Garda is very deep. |
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Reply | Vardy's got a nice move
at 15:56 4 Sep 2025
Yes, she might prevent him from taking full advantage of the city's violin-making heritage in his spare time. |
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