Thread 20 Starmer - Spring Statement

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Ahem. Horse tax?

I shall tell little Tennyson. I'm sure he will appreciate it 😁

She knows. No point in telling her.

Happy birthday to Tennyson @ilovesooty .
Happy mothers day all. 🌷🌷🌷
Extra nasturtium tax added. (not my cat!)
My agenda is lunch with MIL, and family. Then home to drink wine and do some cross stitch and watch some rubbish TV.

My agenda will be watching Bournemouth v Manchester City later. I might have a chippy tea to celebrate if City win. If they don't I've got some hotel accommodation at Wembley to cancel.

@PandoraSox here you are

I do appreciate that my ‘delivery’ may sometimes grate, but I cannot abide hypocrisy or ludicrous falsehoods.

Let’s at least be honest, or make a decent fist of doing so.

Gosh @countrygirl99 , what a fantastic horse that is! You must be very proud to have brought up and ride such a magnificent creature! ❤️❤️

Is she/he a Clydesdale? We don’t have many round here but we see more when we travel up towards the NE and Borders.

Agreed. Very impressive!

The thing is, you expect us to believe everything you say about your financial expertise without question. And then you quote from the Telegraph. Hence our scepticism.

Economics is a complex field. There are eminent experts on both sides. Give us links, give us evidence, give us something to work with and above all give us a little courtesy. It should be clear to you by now that we have several posters on these threads whose politics are right of centre. They are welcome because they post respectfully. You could be welcome too, but not if you carry on as you are.

I'm slightly terrified of horses (yes, I surprised myself when I realised this) but from this safe distance I can appreciate that that one is a beaut.

I will happily share my financial knowledge, and I accept that other posters have experience of, say, the welfare system etc.

In future, I shall reply stating why I disagree with a particular post.

That horse is the stuff of legend.

I don't know how I feel about watching interviews with members of the electorate in Ashington who didn't realise what the approach of Reform is regarding the NHS.

"I thought Reform were for the British people"

"I thought Reform were better than that"

🙄

Gorgeous horse. My agenda today is to go for a walk in the sunshine, enjoy the delicious dinner Mr B is cooking me and reading some more of my book. Your curry sounds delicious @pointythings, it incorporates two of my favourite foods.

He's a fresian/traditional cob cross. That photo is a few years ago he's old and a bit creaky now and had to have a eye removed a couple of years ago. These days we just potter around and I give him mints.

Locally he really is 😆.

You have the best way with words 😊

Is “with respect” the new

“just saying” or “I don’t mean to offend but …..”

That's Ashington for you. It's weirdly like no other part of the North East.

Country your horse is beautiful. How have you kept him hidden behind d all the marvellous cats and dogs?

my agenda today is to try and battle through this current cluster bout - I did the crematorium which was crazily busy, costa and petrol!

I have done 200 sit ups. Now for legs and arms and then cook dinner, hoover and mop.

them bath and bed and hope this young breaks because I’m up at 4am to take ds training and then go to work!

Actually I've done its residents a disservice. The interview was in Ashfield - Lee Anderson's constituency. Mea Culpa.

Don't take this the wrong way, but...

I’ve never been on welfare luckily, but I’m not risking stocks and shares in this volatile financial climate.