He's boringly predictable when he writes about this sort of thing. Wonder why he bothers.
Because he is now really quite old and he has totally run out of ideas. But he still wants the job
The whole thing smacks of an elderly mad in a panic, staring at the empty laptop screen
I actually sympathise with him (perhaps as I age!) but there comes a time when you put your columnifying ammunition into a box, and store it in the attic. He may be near that time, The Falklands, FFS
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
Fun fact I just read on Twitter. Tokyo builds more houses each year than the whole UK does, tho UK is 4x bigger.
House prices in Tokyo haven’t moved in 25 years.
Isn't there a tradition in Japan where houses are not built to last more than a few decades, due to earthquakes? Hence all the wooden construction? If houses do not last as long, you will build more.
So I was told during my course. I daresay someone will correct me...
What's most interesting about this is that Rishi's wife must not have taken up British citizenship. I find that a truly odd decision.
See, I don’t mind that. It’s up to her.
It’s the the idea that - according to her declaration to HMRC - that she is “just passing through” which is an abomination.
Or at least, it becomes so when you have several homes here, are raising a family here, have donated to the bloody school here, and your husband is launching a blitzkrieg on the poorest in society here as Chancellor or the freaking Exchequer here.
I mind it because it speaks to something deeper and it puts a very big conflict of interest in the Sunak household.
Firstly she lives here and has made a life here, she has kids who presumably are British citizens and her husband who is effectively second most powerful person in the country she has chosen to live in. The "just passing through" statement is a result of this, not some odd tax wheeze IMO.
I hadn't realised until now that Rishi's wife was not a naturalised citizen, I'd assumed she was and had given up her Indian nationality as so many others do, mainly because having a British passport is such a huge upgrade on an Indian one, even for a billionaire. She also has legitimate non-tax related reasons to give up her Indian nationality, she lives here.
Also, no one, not a single person keeps their Indian citizenship as part of a tax avoidance wheeze. It's a fucking headache and the Indian government revels in attempting to claim global taxation rights of its citizens, it's why everyone is so desperate to give up their citizenship as soon as they qualify for British nationality.
Getting back to the point, given that Mrs Rishi is willing to live with all of the hassle that comes with having Indian citizenship rather than British citizenship it's fairly safe to assume she sees herself as Indian first, not British. I think that's a huge conflict of interest for the chancellor.
Takes us back to the big question of principle that this government has tapdanced around since 2016 (after all, that's when this government coalesced as a coherent movement).
Is the UK trying to become a place where the feet of global elite temporarily land?
Or is Somewhereism where it's at?
In theory, you can hold the two together, but it's jolly hard in practice.
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Fight....fight...fight...fight....I am not going to be shocked if Big Dom drops another smelly shit.
If it’s Dom, who is he doing it for?
No, I am saying Team Boris is briefing against Sunak. And Sunak is Big Doms man, and every time Team Boris have prodded Big Dom hornet nest, he takes a bit dump on Boris.
What's most interesting about this is that Rishi's wife must not have taken up British citizenship. I find that a truly odd decision.
Where does she live most of the time? She was born in India to Indian parents. Perhaps she still feels Indian?
It's perfectly reasonable to "feel" Indian and take up British citizenship. My mum did it and so many others do it too.
That's what's been bugging me more than anything else, if Rishi's wife doesn't see herself as actually British despite living here for years, that's a much bigger problem than a few tax issues. The chancellor is married to a foreign citizen who, when it comes down to it, won't have Britain's best interests at heart. There's a huge conflict of interest there.
I don't see that at all.This isn't America. We vote for a person not a couple and I couldn't care less who the Chancellor is married to or their sex or whether they're married at all. This is getting a little weird
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
The M&S on the corner of Fenchurch Street has got a great little hot food bit downstairs. You can get a half chicken, some kind of grain and salad for about £7 and it's both tasty and filling while being pretty good value for the area. The queue has become pretty horrendous lately though so I'm having to go earlier and earlier.
Fun fact I just read on Twitter. Tokyo builds more houses each year than the whole UK does, tho UK is 4x bigger.
House prices in Tokyo haven’t moved in 25 years.
I might be wrong on this, but I think that stat might be a bit misleading....I believe for cultural and tax reasons, in Japan very common not to do major renovations, rather to just knock down homes (especially when somebody dies) and rebuild i.e. they aren't expanding the housing stock when they do so.
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
Bizarrely Boots sandwiches are also pretty good, and excellent value in their meal deal. Not sure why.
Mauripol is going to be a genocide up there with the worst in recent history isn't it.
One hopes not.
I am a little squeamish about the genocide word. I think some of the rhetoric has been genocidal, and I’ve read that genocide-guy’s tweet, but to me genocide has to be systematic and I’m not sure this has been.
It’s still a barbaric war crime though and Putin should be on trial.
I see he has admitted to suffering serious losses today, which is interesting.
Hmm, a systematic extermination of Ukrainians seems to be what's happening in parts of Ukraine at the moment.
I don’t want to get into an argument about it, and I admit I don’t follow this closely on Twitter etc, but I disagree.
What we see is the Russian army and low-discipline soldiers doing their shabby, brutal, murderous thing.
Germany intelligence have incepted radio communications that say the opposite.
The radio traffic intercepted by the BND makes it seem as though the atrocities perpetrated on civilians in Bucha were neither random acts nor the product of individual soldiers who got out of hand.
Low level soldiers were replaced by Wagner Group and Chechens with a particular purpose in mind.
A good indication is whether the country publicly says the actions are wrong. That their troops abusing civilians is wrong; that it recognises what 'civilians' are. That troops breaking the rule of law will be prosecuted.
Is Russia saying that, or is it saying that *anyone* who looks at them oddly in the street is a Nazi, and can therefore be raped, abused and/or murdered?
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
Does it also depend on if you want a restaurant, or will be happy with a gastropub? My town of 17,000 has Indians, chinese, chippies, Italians etc. None that classy, but within 5 miles are at least three decent high end pubs. We also have an excellent Indian in an old Little Chef on the A36. It’s gone slightly downhill in the last few months, but it’s still a fantastic place to eat, with an emphasis on healthier Indian/Bangladeshi cuisine.
But doesn’t seem to be borne out by any “real life” results, local or by-election. Which suggests saying Labour is a lazy way of expressing opposition to the Govt. Doesn’t mean people will actually vote for them.
What's most interesting about this is that Rishi's wife must not have taken up British citizenship. I find that a truly odd decision.
Where does she live most of the time? She was born in India to Indian parents. Perhaps she still feels Indian?
It's perfectly reasonable to "feel" Indian and take up British citizenship. My mum did it and so many others do it too.
She is a director of her father's investment firm - which is based in India, and may require Indian citizenship to hold - which she cannot do and get a British passport. She does appear to have extensive ties to India - the issue is not her, but her tone deaf husband.
Part of the challenge of being a Chancellor (I would assume) should be creating an environment where more non doms want to 'dom', settling here and paying equitable but not ridiculously high taxes. To have his family do the exact opposite is just so way off the pace as to be ridiculous.
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
I have this issue with refrigerated bread, which is problem for prepared sandwiches wherever they come from.
@Leon you are right about the M&S sandwiches, we posted the same thing at the same time.
But, no, you can’t just pull into, say Nelson in Lancashire, and expect to find a decent “sit-down” meal.
Whereas in my experience in provincial France you can. Provided it’s at the right time of day!
incidentally I also agree on the roast beef and horseradish sandwich from M&S. It is succulent. My fave sandwich lunch is that plus the hoi sin wrap. Fucking genius
I add just a bit of Kikkoman soy to the hoi sin wrap, or maybe - if I’m very daring - a dab of sriracha, but it is pretty much perfect
You just can’t get this anywhere else in the world, with such reliability
They are so good they have rendered picnics a little redundant (in terms of planning). Just bring booze and condiments, let M&S provide the sandwiches, fruit, ham, salami, juices
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
I have this issue with refrigerated bread, which is problem for prepared sandwiches wherever they come from.
I find leaving the sandwich out of the fridge for about 20 mins fixes any issues with fridge bread and enhances the flavour of the fillings which almost always taste better at room temp.
The unsophisticated islanders desire to remain British of course irrelevant in his elite liberal eyes
The British troops certainly had a sense of humour. They called the Falkland Islanders 'Stills'. Initially they called them 'Bennies' after Benny in Crossroads. The officers banned the use of the term Bennies so they called them Stills because they were 'Still Bennies'. Having had a slight work contact with the Falklands and also some soldiers who went there I think it is fair to say they aren't the brightest buttons in the box.
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are seriously and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
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They've been doing that for months. He only cares now because it is working.
He depth-charged his own prospects in less than 50mins when he stood up in the Commons in late March and delivered the most out of touch Budget in memory.
Whilst energy and food crisis hammered middle england he waxed on about a mythical tax cut sometime near the next GE because he thought that is what the burghers of the 1922 wanted to hear.
Everything else is a side dish.
He has no one, absolutely no one to blame but his own arrogance and tin ear.
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are serious and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
Indeed and Parisian restaurants serving the reheated crap railed against the regulations to mark out what was prepared on site and what wasn't. Even at a basic bloody Nandos they grill the chicken on site, but in scores of Parisian restaurants (supposedly a global leader in cuisine) they were simply defrosting and microwaving pre-prepared dishes and serving them to unsuspecting punters.
In London you can walk around and go to most reasonable looking restaurants and get something decent, if you know where to go it can range from decent to incredible even on a reasonable budget. In Paris I don't think this is possible any longer, especially not on a budget.
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are seriously and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
The fact that the French affect to be shocked, and indeed pass laws to discourage it, should tell us something, though.
In the UK no-one would be much surprised that their buffalo chicken strips did not come from a nearby agriturismo.
While I’m at it, in France the waiters are often competent middle-aged people, suggesting the job retains some kind of status.
In the UK, it tends to follow reflect class status. Posh restaurants in the sticks (a vineyard, say) often have posh kids doing the waiting, less posh places, less posh kids…
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are seriously and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
The fact that the French affect to be shocked, and indeed pass laws to discourage it, should tell us something, though.
In the UK no-one would be much surprised that their buffalo chicken strips did not come from a nearby agriturismo.
While I’m at it, in France the waiters are often competent middle-aged people, suggesting the job retains some kind of status.
In the UK, it tends to follow reflect class status. Posh restaurants in the sticks (a vineyard, say) often have posh kids doing the waiting, less posh places, less posh kids…
Lol, talk about spinning it positively. It became an issue because restaurants were still trying to pass off the food as freshly prepared on site. No one in the UK believes that Spoons are doing anything other than microwaving the burgers and reheating some chips and if they tried to pretend otherwise we'd all have a good laugh about it.
I do really like that about Greece, all of the restaurants have to mark out what is cooked from frozen, it just gives everyone notice of what not to bother ordering. I think we should bring the same rules in over here to encourage more fresh food.
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are serious and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
Indeed and Parisian restaurants serving the reheated crap railed against the regulations to mark out what was prepared on site and what wasn't. Even at a basic bloody Nandos they grill the chicken on site, but in scores of Parisian restaurants (supposedly a global leader in cuisine) they were simply defrosting and microwaving pre-prepared dishes and serving them to unsuspecting punters.
In London you can walk around and go to most reasonable looking restaurants and get something decent, if you know where to go it can range from decent to incredible even on a reasonable budget. In Paris I don't think this is possible any longer, especially not on a budget.
This is why i always, in France, go for the grand old brasseries, especially the ones with seafood - oysters and cockles and clams on display
They make enough money they don’t need to overcharge and they are so big they can afford proper staff, And you can’t freeze a fucking oyster without ruining it
Have oysters and fruits de mer than andouilettes with chips and mustard. Bottle of house red. Sorted. Proper Gallic Happiness
I do really like that about Greece, all of the restaurants have to mark out what is cooked from frozen, it just gives everyone notice of what not to bother ordering. I think we should bring the same rules in over here to encourage more fresh food.
Although fresh will probably cost more, and for some food frozen can be better.
Given that literally everyone in the whole world will get covid at some point (probably soon), these updates of so-and-so has covid seem rather passe these days. I mean I - Anabobazina - have covid, but I keep forgetting about it.
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They've been doing that for months. He only cares now because it is working.
By why now?
Good question.
He is already in massively deep shit over the Budget, which is still playing out as the massive energy bills and NI costs land on doormats.
Why is someone turning the knife exactly now?
Fall guy after the locals?
Yes, I can see this. Being as Johnson is a shit.
PM: "Well, we've, erm, erm, clearly, erm, erm, terrible night, erm, sad for councillors, erm, ah, ah, I once went to a council office. Decent canteen.
Anyway, erm, we have listened to what the voters have, erm, said and in the words of Auxilliaric of Troy, I've decided "to throw my Chancellor into the river"
I do really like that about Greece, all of the restaurants have to mark out what is cooked from frozen, it just gives everyone notice of what not to bother ordering. I think we should bring the same rules in over here to encourage more fresh food.
Although fresh will probably cost more, and for some food frozen can be better.
Sure, but they can still order the frozen options. I'm not suggesting we get rid of them.
Given that literally everyone in the whole world will get covid at some point (probably soon), these updates of so-and-so has covid seem rather passe these days. I mean I - Anabobazina - have covid, but I keep forgetting about it.
Just had an email from one of my students who has just tested positive, so he’s shafted now until after Easter. Still not tested positive personally, but I’ve never been much for testing (about eight times in total). I guess my time will come.
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are serious and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
Indeed and Parisian restaurants serving the reheated crap railed against the regulations to mark out what was prepared on site and what wasn't. Even at a basic bloody Nandos they grill the chicken on site, but in scores of Parisian restaurants (supposedly a global leader in cuisine) they were simply defrosting and microwaving pre-prepared dishes and serving them to unsuspecting punters.
In London you can walk around and go to most reasonable looking restaurants and get something decent, if you know where to go it can range from decent to incredible even on a reasonable budget. In Paris I don't think this is possible any longer, especially not on a budget.
This is why i always, in France, go for the grand old brasseries, especially the ones with seafood - oysters and cockles and clams on display
They make enough money they don’t need to overcharge and they are so big they can afford proper staff, And you can’t freeze a fucking oyster without ruining it
Have oysters and fruits de mer than andouilettes with chips and mustard. Bottle of house red. Sorted. Proper Gallic Happiness
I miss France
Hmm.
Seems we have pretty much identical tastes, at least as regarding brasserie food.
You can get andouillette - or you could before the pandemic - at Brasserie Zedel Near Piccadilly Circus.
If the Sunak-Murtys have “no firm plans” to stay in Britain, will Sunak please resign and just fuck off?
He has no moral right to impose taxation on the British people, let alone the very poorest, whom he seems to have chosen to punish.
Can only a poor person govern now? Have we come to this?
No. Labourites are fine with rich and posh people. As long as they are Labourites. People from the same background who support other parties are scum.
More reverse genius from you on the very same day you made the case for a privatised railway with an exemplar that was - er - a nationalised railway. Bad day at the office. Tomorrow is another day.
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
Bizarrely Boots sandwiches are also pretty good, and excellent value in their meal deal. Not sure why.
Boots seem to be closing some of their branches. Such as the one in Ilford North (Barkingside), and another in Westminster (of all places).
I do really like that about Greece, all of the restaurants have to mark out what is cooked from frozen, it just gives everyone notice of what not to bother ordering. I think we should bring the same rules in over here to encourage more fresh food.
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
Bizarrely Boots sandwiches are also pretty good, and excellent value in their meal deal. Not sure why.
Boots seem to be closing some of their branches. Such as the one in Ilford North (Barkingside), and another in Westminster (of all places).
That may be related to changes in the pharmacy side of the business. I think home delivery for prescriptions is biting for some places.
One of the true and legitimate wonders of the UK is M&S.
You can get a hoisin duck wrap or a roast beef and horseradish sandwich of v good quality the length and breadth of the land, and I don’t think this is true of any other country I’ve been to.
Bizarrely Boots sandwiches are also pretty good, and excellent value in their meal deal. Not sure why.
The other week at Leeds station I discovered that the Boots meal deal was cheaper than the Sainsbury's version. Tasty sandwich, and it's closer to the ticket barrier.
If the Sunak-Murtys have “no firm plans” to stay in Britain, will Sunak please resign and just fuck off?
He has no moral right to impose taxation on the British people, let alone the very poorest, whom he seems to have chosen to punish.
Can only a poor person govern now? Have we come to this?
I still can't see the traction in this given that he is a tory - this is what they do, and people still vote for them anyway. The scheme is lawful, and organised by the government.
And, as far as I can tell, Labour don't want to get rid of non dom status.
I should bloody well hope not. That really would be cutting off our noses to spite our feet.
Most of the commentary about non-dom status has been extremely ill-informed, but in the particular case of Mrs Sunak that is irrelevant, it's politically a non-starter to have someone in Rishi's position as party leader.
OR as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The question I'm not musing on is how far up the greasy pole someone in Sunak's position can ascend without it looking awful.
Before the just passing through comment, I suspect Cabinet-but-not-to-do-with-money. Skin in the game and all that.
But if Mr S is tied to Mrs S (and I hope so) and Mrs S sees herself tied to India more than Britain, then sorry Rishi, you don't get to run the country, because of the likelihood of you going somewhere else. It's not a major deprivation; lots of people who want to be MPs and ministers don't get the chance either.
Someone must have known the facts of this all along. And the political consequences are obvious. What the hell were the Conservatives thinking?
That they can get away with it. Because fan boys will always find obscure reasons, like critics are being racist, or sexist, or trying to steal Indian taxes.
Trying to steal Indian taxes is a great one.
Once you see that, you realise that the poster is basically a malevolent idiot.
I don’t think I’m a malevolent idiot, but I’m just raising arguments against yours. You believe it’s untenable, I don’t. I think it may harm his electoral prospects. And that may mean he won’t get to be pm. Fine. But please don’t just insult someone for having a different viewpoint, or even just raising possible points. Otherwise a discussion never happens.
Did you claim that if Ms Murty were to regularise her status in the UK it would deprive India of taxes?
I don’t see it in this nested thread.
If you did, perhaps elsewhere, them I’m afraid I stand by my point. It’s a gratuitously bad faith argument to make.
I did claim that, but I am not well versed in tax affairs. Is your case that she should pay twice? In the U.K. and in India?
I wonder how much tax she does actually pay in India on her Indian income. Or might we find that affairs have been arranged so that little or none is paid there either?
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are serious and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
Indeed and Parisian restaurants serving the reheated crap railed against the regulations to mark out what was prepared on site and what wasn't. Even at a basic bloody Nandos they grill the chicken on site, but in scores of Parisian restaurants (supposedly a global leader in cuisine) they were simply defrosting and microwaving pre-prepared dishes and serving them to unsuspecting punters.
In London you can walk around and go to most reasonable looking restaurants and get something decent, if you know where to go it can range from decent to incredible even on a reasonable budget. In Paris I don't think this is possible any longer, especially not on a budget.
This is why i always, in France, go for the grand old brasseries, especially the ones with seafood - oysters and cockles and clams on display
They make enough money they don’t need to overcharge and they are so big they can afford proper staff, And you can’t freeze a fucking oyster without ruining it
Have oysters and fruits de mer than andouilettes with chips and mustard. Bottle of house red. Sorted. Proper Gallic Happiness
I miss France
Hmm.
Seems we have pretty much identical tastes, at least as regarding brasserie food.
You can get andouillette - or you could before the pandemic - at Brasserie Zedel Near Piccadilly Circus.
(Weeps tears of food nostalgia).
How's the food in NYC atm, I've heard from colleagues that it's back to pre-pandemic levels and lots of new places have started appearing again.
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
You and I both know that that menu screams frozen bought in stuff to reheat or fry up.
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
Are you so silly you don’t think most French bistros buy in frozen shit and do exactly the same? Do you really believe that cute French resto in a town of 30,000 people has a team of cheap labourers (in France! Lol) slicing the shallots and reducing the jus?
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are serious and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
Indeed and Parisian restaurants serving the reheated crap railed against the regulations to mark out what was prepared on site and what wasn't. Even at a basic bloody Nandos they grill the chicken on site, but in scores of Parisian restaurants (supposedly a global leader in cuisine) they were simply defrosting and microwaving pre-prepared dishes and serving them to unsuspecting punters.
In London you can walk around and go to most reasonable looking restaurants and get something decent, if you know where to go it can range from decent to incredible even on a reasonable budget. In Paris I don't think this is possible any longer, especially not on a budget.
This is why i always, in France, go for the grand old brasseries, especially the ones with seafood - oysters and cockles and clams on display
They make enough money they don’t need to overcharge and they are so big they can afford proper staff, And you can’t freeze a fucking oyster without ruining it
Have oysters and fruits de mer than andouilettes with chips and mustard. Bottle of house red. Sorted. Proper Gallic Happiness
I miss France
Hmm.
Seems we have pretty much identical tastes, at least as regarding brasserie food.
You can get andouillette - or you could before the pandemic - at Brasserie Zedel Near Piccadilly Circus.
(Weeps tears of food nostalgia).
How's the food in NYC atm, I've heard from colleagues that it's back to pre-pandemic levels and lots of new places have started appearing again.
Unimpressive so far.
Yes, restaurants have opened back up properly. But downtown is still at 40% pre-pandemic occupancy, last I looked.
Admittedly I’ve had little time for proper dining. A lot of family restaurant stuff; all that exciting stuff is ahead of you.
The unsophisticated islanders desire to remain British of course irrelevant in his elite liberal eyes
The British troops certainly had a sense of humour. They called the Falkland Islanders 'Stills'. Initially they called them 'Bennies' after Benny in Crossroads. The officers banned the use of the term Bennies so they called them Stills because they were 'Still Bennies'. Having had a slight work contact with the Falklands and also some soldiers who went there I think it is fair to say they aren't the brightest buttons in the box.
So what, they still want to remain British and we have an obligation to ensure they remain British. No matter the sneers of the British liberal elites and the desires of the Argentine government
Given that literally everyone in the whole world will get covid at some point (probably soon), these updates of so-and-so has covid seem rather passe these days. I mean I - Anabobazina - have covid, but I keep forgetting about it.
Just had an email from one of my students who has just tested positive, so he’s shafted now until after Easter. Still not tested positive personally, but I’ve never been much for testing (about eight times in total). I guess my time will come.
Only while he has symptoms. And while you have symptoms you won’t much want to go to work/college anyway. When you feel better, you can go out.
If the Sunak-Murtys have “no firm plans” to stay in Britain, will Sunak please resign and just fuck off?
He has no moral right to impose taxation on the British people, let alone the very poorest, whom he seems to have chosen to punish.
Can only a poor person govern now? Have we come to this?
I still can't see the traction in this given that he is a tory - this is what they do, and people still vote for them anyway. The scheme is lawful, and organised by the government.
And, as far as I can tell, Labour don't want to get rid of non dom status.
I should bloody well hope not. That really would be cutting off our noses to spite our feet.
Most of the commentary about non-dom status has been extremely ill-informed, but in the particular case of Mrs Sunak that is irrelevant, it's politically a non-starter to have someone in Rishi's position as party leader.
OR as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The question I'm not musing on is how far up the greasy pole someone in Sunak's position can ascend without it looking awful.
Before the just passing through comment, I suspect Cabinet-but-not-to-do-with-money. Skin in the game and all that.
But if Mr S is tied to Mrs S (and I hope so) and Mrs S sees herself tied to India more than Britain, then sorry Rishi, you don't get to run the country, because of the likelihood of you going somewhere else. It's not a major deprivation; lots of people who want to be MPs and ministers don't get the chance either.
Someone must have known the facts of this all along. And the political consequences are obvious. What the hell were the Conservatives thinking?
That they can get away with it. Because fan boys will always find obscure reasons, like critics are being racist, or sexist, or trying to steal Indian taxes.
Trying to steal Indian taxes is a great one.
Once you see that, you realise that the poster is basically a malevolent idiot.
I don’t think I’m a malevolent idiot, but I’m just raising arguments against yours. You believe it’s untenable, I don’t. I think it may harm his electoral prospects. And that may mean he won’t get to be pm. Fine. But please don’t just insult someone for having a different viewpoint, or even just raising possible points. Otherwise a discussion never happens.
Did you claim that if Ms Murty were to regularise her status in the UK it would deprive India of taxes?
I don’t see it in this nested thread.
If you did, perhaps elsewhere, them I’m afraid I stand by my point. It’s a gratuitously bad faith argument to make.
I did claim that, but I am not well versed in tax affairs. Is your case that she should pay twice? In the U.K. and in India?
I wonder how much tax she does actually pay in India on her Indian income. Or might we find that affairs have been arranged so that little or none is paid there either?
It's possible. I'm not usually one for blaming the system but I doubt she is anything out of the ordinary amongst the very wealthy. How long has she been living here? A good few years I assume. If she isn't a British citizen does she have settled status? How can she be non-domiciled? That's absurd.
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Friday’s Daily Telegraph: Sunak allies claim No10 is undermining Chancellor #tomorrowspaperstoday
But, no, you can’t just pull into, say Nelson in Lancashire, and expect to find a decent “sit-down” meal.
Whereas in my experience in provincial France you can.
Provided it’s at the right time of day!
The whole thing smacks of an elderly mad in a panic, staring at the empty laptop screen
I actually sympathise with him (perhaps as I age!) but there comes a time when you put your columnifying ammunition into a box, and store it in the attic. He may be near that time, The Falklands, FFS
Tokyo builds more houses each year than the whole UK does, tho UK is 4x bigger.
House prices in Tokyo haven’t moved in 25 years.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18201906/rishi-sunak-defends-wife-tax-status/
So I was told during my course. I daresay someone will correct me...
Is the UK trying to become a place where the feet of global elite temporarily land?
Or is Somewhereism where it's at?
In theory, you can hold the two together, but it's jolly hard in practice.
Mike you are wrong on this point, the last polls will be published on Friday evening.
The law only bans them on polling day and the day before.
Thus Saturday will be the first day without polls and any campaigning will be banned too: no public rallies, no leaflets, nothing.
@ElectionMapsUK
With local elections less than a month away, how has polling changed since this cycle was last up in 2018?
LAB: 39.0% (-0.1)
CON: 34.8% (-6.7)
LDM: 9.6% (+1.3)
GRN: 5.3% (+2.6)
UKIP/RFM: 3.6% (+0.3)
Others: 7.7% (+2.6)"
Is Russia saying that, or is it saying that *anyone* who looks at them oddly in the street is a Nazi, and can therefore be raped, abused and/or murdered?
Helena Wilkinson
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Friday’s Times: Sunak fears revelations over wife are ‘hit job’ #tomorrowspaperstoday
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has a conflict of interest when his wife claims - as she must do as a non-dom - to be just passing through.
As to the idea that she hopes to “go back to India to look after her parents when they are old”, it is risible.
I agree that in this situation you will maybe do better in Italy or even France, but how many people live in or need to eat in, towns of that size??
Moreover, due to Britain being so densely populated, you will nearly always be near a larger town ten minutes away, which will have all you need
According to TripAdvisor this is the best resto in Nelson, and this is their menu
https://www.acecentre.co.uk/site_assets/files/ACE Bistro Menu - Jan20 (web).pdf
That’s quite tolerable. I’d have the haddock fish cake and then the lamb skewers. For 12 quid
Nelson also has a Chinese. Which will probably be serviceable. I bet the French town of 30k people does not
I wonder whether at heart he is cut out for the brutal world of politics?
(Yes I know they build differently).
Philip Collins
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Classic non-dom.
Raze, rebuild, repeat: why Japan knocks down its houses after 30 years - Unlike in other countries, Japanese homes become valueless over time
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusable-housing-revolution
In the end, most of these prefabricated houses – and indeed most houses in Japan – have a lifespan of only about 30 years.
Unlike in other countries, Japanese homes gradually depreciate over time, becoming completely valueless within 20 or 30 years.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusable-housing-revolution#:~:text=In the end, most of,within 20 or 30 years.
"With time the political class will decide to reduce trade barriers with Europe: they always do."
Nick Macpherson
Most people in Tokyo live in apartments. Are these multi-family units all torn down after 30 years?
It’s seems difficult to accredit,
I add just a bit of Kikkoman soy to the hoi sin wrap, or maybe - if I’m very daring - a dab of sriracha, but it is pretty much perfect
You just can’t get this anywhere else in the world, with such reliability
They are so good they have rendered picnics a little redundant (in terms of planning). Just bring booze and condiments, let M&S provide the sandwiches, fruit, ham, salami, juices
But good selection, probably the only real option. Unless you make in time for the full English breakfast.
It is such a problem in France they have had to bring in laws to mark out the places that don’t do this
You are seriously and oddly naive
“Earlier this week, top French chef Xavier Denamur claimed that three-quarters of meals served in French restaurants, brasseries and cafes are shipped from a factory and microwaved. It's not the first time in recent years that the once untouchable French Restaurant has taken a good bashing.”
https://www.independent.ie/life/precooked-microwaved-and-very-expensive-31148329.html
https://guide.michelin.com/gb/en/lancashire/fence/restaurant/white-swan
Third best restaurant in Burnley:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g6589956-d3135906-Reviews-The_White_Swan-Fence_Burnley_Lancashire_England.html
Whilst energy and food crisis hammered middle england he waxed on about a mythical tax cut sometime near the next GE because he thought that is what the burghers of the 1922 wanted to hear.
Everything else is a side dish.
He has no one, absolutely no one to blame but his own arrogance and tin ear.
Helena Wilkinson
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Friday’s i: Sunak vetoed extra help on energy bills #tomorrowspaperstoday
He is already in massively deep shit over the Budget, which is still playing out as the massive energy bills and NI costs land on doormats.
Why is someone turning the knife exactly now?
In London you can walk around and go to most reasonable looking restaurants and get something decent, if you know where to go it can range from decent to incredible even on a reasonable budget. In Paris I don't think this is possible any longer, especially not on a budget.
Thornberry.
Not a bad line.
But 'proper' houses in suburbia would be a different thing.
I'd be interested in hearing from Edmund in Tokyo about this.
In the UK no-one would be much surprised that their buffalo chicken strips did not come from a nearby agriturismo.
While I’m at it, in France the waiters are often competent middle-aged people, suggesting the job retains some kind of status.
In the UK, it tends to follow reflect class status. Posh restaurants in the sticks (a vineyard, say) often have posh kids doing the waiting, less posh places, less posh kids…
They make enough money they don’t need to overcharge and they are so big they can afford proper staff, And you can’t freeze a fucking oyster without ruining it
Have oysters and fruits de mer than andouilettes with chips and mustard. Bottle of house red. Sorted. Proper Gallic Happiness
I miss France
PM: "Well, we've, erm, erm, clearly, erm, erm, terrible night, erm, sad for councillors, erm, ah, ah, I once went to a council office. Decent canteen.
Anyway, erm, we have listened to what the voters have, erm, said and in the words of Auxilliaric of Troy, I've decided "to throw my Chancellor into the river"
Seems we have pretty much identical tastes, at least as regarding brasserie food.
You can get andouillette - or you could before the pandemic - at Brasserie Zedel Near Piccadilly Circus.
(Weeps tears of food nostalgia).
Devenir Gris
Yes, restaurants have opened back up properly. But downtown is still at 40% pre-pandemic occupancy, last I looked.
Admittedly I’ve had little time for proper dining.
A lot of family restaurant stuff; all that exciting stuff is ahead of you.
I miss pubs.