Bollocks, I am married to an excellent man with no interest in dress at all. Rather that than a proissy self obsessed clothes horse.
Although HB does look a state; I could also describe AD's tie but only becuase I watched clips of him after it was mentioned on here and pointed out that MN were right, it truly was awful.
OK so wrt to stamp etc Peachy's guide as to why I am OK with the way it has been done (bit not everything in the budget, soem minor things really narked me off)
*many people work hard, soem fo thema re very rich, some are middling and quite a few are really poor becuase of carer roles etc.
*The country is broke
*very high tax on high earners is bad if it risks chasing unusual talent away from the UK: we need both the grunt and the entrepreneours
*if the hosuing market doesn't shift again then the economy is stuck
*nobody on the island cannot live in a house under £999.999 in value. That doesn't mean people making a lot therrough sheer effort shouldn't be allowed to have nice homes, just that ensuring everyone can have a home and the economy improves comes before ensuring access to really special housing is given much in the way of concern
*Most people owning £££££ houses now benefitted from the housing market when a 2 bed cost £29k (well it did back home). Their equity was at least part luck rather than all graft
*we have a responsibility to protect the great many people who are vulnerable through no fault oif their own
*people who are genuinely unwilling to supporet themselves don't deserve that sme protection but their children and dependents do
the choice when we have a broke country is between cutting services that keep the poorest and most vulnerable above water, or endsuring luxuries for the super rich. That in my way of thinking is a no-brainer.
*If there were a way of penalising the people unwilling to work becuase of laziness without affecting tehir children etc that would be gold dust and a political holy grail and the super rich could have lots of nice little bonuses with the benefit money saved. Sadly there isn't an answerr to that so far. And chucking anybody out to grass when tehre is a genuine shortage of jobs would be excessively cruel: sink or swim is only OK when there's no weight strapped to your ankles.
*when there are no other options beciuase of a broke country, the rich can take more of a hit than the very poor (and really, being restricted to hoses under £1 mil is not a real hit). The rich benefit too from a buoyant housing market
- refers to my acceptance that my philosophy is only one way, many will agree with me (they ahve yet to see the light LOL)
And the bit that annoyed us is the restriction of post uni support to under 24's: Dh is the only over 24 on his course, he now faces a distinct disadvantage due to everyone else on his course getting help wrt to job searching- in what way did being a bit older, having a family to support and tackiling compulsory redundacy head on with retraining make him less deserving?
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