#252

Glad our country hasn’t done anything stupid like spend billions of pounds on a few aircraft carriers meant to carry billions of pounds worth of these planes. :grimacing:

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#253

Some decent analysis by the FT, going to copy Meadway’s tweet because apparently the main site isn’t a fan of cross posting content :sweat_smile:

If Starmer is really insistent on voting against any rise in corporation tax it seems like one of the most obvious own goals he’s made recently and I’m genuinely curious as to how he’s going to justify it.

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#254

Isn’t the line that “we want to see a return to OCED average levels of corporate taxation, but during the recovery from a pandemic is not the time - we need to focus on business investment and growth instead.”

Seems they’re going for the economically responsible/friend to business angle, but I’m not exactly convinced that what they’re calling for is incompatible with a higher tax on profits.

#255

Yes, although perhaps I’m missing something but higher corporation taxes don’t prevent things like investing in R&D or fixed capital (to some extent I guess certain investment allowances are being lowered).

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#256

Yeah, that’s kind of what I was getting at with my last bit… I don’t see why Labour can’t call for both, but I think that’s down to them trying to brand themselves as pro-business / new management still. In my mind it’s a losing battle and the best pitch Labour have had since the earliest of New Labour in terms of cosying up to business in a way that wasn’t laughable is when Miliband talked about “Responsible Capitalism”.

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#257

I thought that this was pretty funny

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#258

This is a brave tweet…

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#259

:grimacing:

#260

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#261

:face_with_hand_over_mouth:

#262

normal

#263

Fuck’s sake.

#264

fucking hell. :open_mouth:

#265

Scottish election campaign materials starting to trickle in. I’ve had leaflets from the Tories and the Lib Dems. Literally every line was about the SNP; not a single policy between them. Contemporary party politics sucks.

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#266

Unionist parties before the election: A vote for the SNP is a vote for another independence referendum.
SNP before the election: We intend to hold an independence referendum if we win the election.
[SNP wins election]
SNP after the election: We intend to hold an independence referendum.
Unionist parties after the election: Now is not the time. Once in a generation. Dividing families. My DaUgHtEr In PoRtSmOuTh WoUlD bEcOmE a FoReIgNeR. More/better/faster/sexier/federal devolution.

#267

Oh good

#268

lol interesting choice of words

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#269

No words

#270

Bringing in here because it’s not directly corona chat any more

It’s (IMO) an inevitable consequence of private sector involvement.

In my first job as a graduate IT dev/support guy my time was charged to clients at about six times what I was paid!

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#271

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