That's a good idea. Cost will be virtually nothing, whilst I know a lot of small businesses/sole traders who limit their business growth to keep under the threshold.
Threshold should be same as 40% tax band threshold - too many people pretending they are "companies".
Nope threshold should be at the point you are a business rather than a hobby which is probably at about the £20-30,000 point
VAT threshold should be £0.
If you’re registered as self employed, or are running a ltd company then you should be registered for VAT. Anything else creates a distortionary threshold that warps the economy around it.
At the very lowest levels that just encourages non-compliance, which then has a knock on effect on people's compliance for income tax. You don;t want to be catching the average spare time ebay seller.
At first glance a reasonable budget managerially. Too little too late politically though. And of course whatever the changes the current fiscal situation is far from great.
Looks like Hunt is actually doing something about it though. A reduction from 10 to 6% is quite chunky - even if it is because he doesn't have the headroom to reduce income tax.
That's a good idea. Cost will be virtually nothing, whilst I know a lot of small businesses/sole traders who limit their business growth to keep under the threshold.
Threshold should be same as 40% tax band threshold - too many people pretending they are "companies".
Nope threshold should be at the point you are a business rather than a hobby which is probably at about the £20-30,000 point
VAT threshold should be £0.
If you’re registered as self employed, or are running a ltd company then you should be registered for VAT. Anything else creates a distortionary threshold that warps the economy around it.
At the very lowest levels that just encourages non-compliance, which then has a knock on effect on people's compliance for income tax. You don;t want to be catching the average spare time ebay seller.
Why not? Either they’re flogging their own second hand stuff, in which case there’s no VAT to pay, or they’re actively trading & making a profit in which case they should be charging VAT like everyone else.
Other countries in Europe follow exactly this model.
(I would expect a very low threshold around £1000 to exempt the very small time outfits.)
Rachel Reeves is up tomorrow. They debate the Finance Bill for the rest of the week and the Shadow Chancellor leads for Labour. Sir Keir Starmer (as LotO) makes the immediate response on the day.
Not many surprises there, a decent enough Budget I thought but won't change anything too much. A bit of help to the Tories from the NIC cuts probably, but I can't see it shifting too many votes. A bit cheeky accusing Labour of having no plan, when he stole practically every policy they have announced so far!
That's a good idea. Cost will be virtually nothing, whilst I know a lot of small businesses/sole traders who limit their business growth to keep under the threshold.
Threshold should be same as 40% tax band threshold - too many people pretending they are "companies".
Nope threshold should be at the point you are a business rather than a hobby which is probably at about the £20-30,000 point
VAT threshold should be £0.
If you’re registered as self employed, or are running a ltd company then you should be registered for VAT. Anything else creates a distortionary threshold that warps the economy around it.
At the very lowest levels that just encourages non-compliance, which then has a knock on effect on people's compliance for income tax. You don;t want to be catching the average spare time ebay seller.
Why not? Either they’re flogging their own second hand stuff, in which case there’s no VAT to pay, or they’re actively trading & making a profit in which case they should be charging VAT like everyone else.
Other countries in Europe follow exactly this model.
(I would expect a very low threshold around £1000 to exempt the very small time outfits.)
It adds lots of annoying overheads for micro / small businesses. And gives cowboys an advantage.
Mrs Flatlander used to be registered but it wasn't worth the paperwork as she has almost no capital costs.
The flat rate did improve things a bit but the chancellor (Osborne) later accused people of abusing his own scheme by using it as intended, so she de-registered.
It all got claimed back by her (business) customers, so what was the point?
That's a good idea. Cost will be virtually nothing, whilst I know a lot of small businesses/sole traders who limit their business growth to keep under the threshold.
Threshold should be same as 40% tax band threshold - too many people pretending they are "companies".
Nope threshold should be at the point you are a business rather than a hobby which is probably at about the £20-30,000 point
VAT threshold should be £0.
If you’re registered as self employed, or are running a ltd company then you should be registered for VAT. Anything else creates a distortionary threshold that warps the economy around it.
my suggested starting point is based on where it is set elsewhere in the eu
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Labour sticking to its plans. Ending non-dom status. Extending windfall profits on energy companies for another year. Using IT to drive efficencies and improve productivity in the NHS. Reducing the tax burden on workers. At least Labour delivers on its promises.
Labour sticking to its plans. Ending non-dom status. Extending windfall profits on energy companies for another year. Using IT to drive efficencies and improve productivity in the NHS. Reducing the tax burden on workers. At least Labour delivers on its promises.
Oh, hang on.
Maybe those who say Starmer has been in charge all along were correct.
There are more people but their salaries have dropped considerably in real terms I guess. That is how the cuts materialise.
I have had some treatment at a well-known NHS hospital in London recently - the staff were good but obviously rushed off their feet, the buildings are shabby, the toilets dirty and the furniture and equipment looked at least 10 years old.
It doesn't say much for how the Tories have mismanaged the NHS. More money and staff, but wasted by poor productivity because of failure to invest in capital equipment or training.
Part of the problem in hospitals of course is the complete collapse of the GP service. My surgery accepts enquiries only by email (3-5 day timescale for reply, often missed). You can try to phone but you will be in a queue for which reaches absurd lengths - can be 20 or 30 callers. If you manage to get through you might be given a telephone appointment - probably with a nurse rather than a doctor - in a week or two. It's hopeless - for anything urgent I would just go straight to A&E and I guess most people do the same. In fact when I was at a hospital (for another reason) the other day I saw a sign pointing to "urgent GP service".
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
It shouldn't matter what WiFi you are using if the data is tunneled properly.
Either their explanation is nonsense on stilts or their security really is terrible.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
What makes you think s/he is talking about you @Leon
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Labour sticking to its plans. Ending non-dom status. Extending windfall profits on energy companies for another year. Using IT to drive efficencies and improve productivity in the NHS. Reducing the tax burden on workers. At least Labour delivers on its promises.
Oh, hang on.
Blooming Labour government, just letting foreigners in...
Hunt has banked the growth from higher migration assumptions (now 315k a year up from 245k a year) without acknowledging the additional costs for public services.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
Rachel Reeves is up tomorrow. They debate the Finance Bill for the rest of the week and the Shadow Chancellor leads for Labour. Sir Keir Starmer (as LotO) makes the immediate response on the day.
Will probably turn off the telly and get on with my work then. Wait for Rachel.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
And his stocks are about to tank too. Hes an infallible contrarian indicator.
I’ve invested in US tech, world tech, a US tracker, and India as a mad punt. Up so far
Absolutely no one can predict what the AI revolution is going to do. It’s Sui generis
But the explosion of AI means tech, despite the bubble, is definitely as good a medium-long term bet as any
If the revolution is overwhelming (quite possible) then everything will be worthless - don’t even invest in a pension. It’s pointless
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
It shouldn't matter what WiFi you are using if the data is tunneled properly.
Either their explanation is nonsense on stilts or their security really is terrible.
In cryptography, the standard for a good system is that if the enemy has
1) The machine (algorithm) 2) The keys for x amount of time 3) All the messages - present included
Any present & future messages should still be secure.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
"Eleanor Laing, the deputy speaker, is now calling a vote on certain budget measures (taxes that come into force tonight) that have to go through as soon as the budget speech is over. Normally this is down by acclamation (government MPs shouting aye), so that the Commons can get on with listening to the opposition’s response. But some MPs have forced a division (by shouting no), and there is a vote.
It seems to have been the SNP who were forcing a division.
After the speaker ignored Commons rules in a way that led to MPs not getting a vote on their Gaza motion last month, they have been talking about using more disruptive tactics at Westminster."
"Eleanor Laing, the deputy speaker, is now calling a vote on certain budget measures (taxes that come into force tonight) that have to go through as soon as the budget speech is over. Normally this is down by acclamation (government MPs shouting aye), so that the Commons can get on with listening to the opposition’s response. But some MPs have forced a division (by shouting no), and there is a vote.
It seems to have been the SNP who were forcing a division.
After the speaker ignored Commons rules in a way that led to MPs not getting a vote on their Gaza motion last month, they have been talking about using more disruptive tactics at Westminster."
That's a good idea. Cost will be virtually nothing, whilst I know a lot of small businesses/sole traders who limit their business growth to keep under the threshold.
Threshold should be same as 40% tax band threshold - too many people pretending they are "companies".
Nope threshold should be at the point you are a business rather than a hobby which is probably at about the £20-30,000 point
VAT threshold should be £0.
If you’re registered as self employed, or are running a ltd company then you should be registered for VAT. Anything else creates a distortionary threshold that warps the economy around it.
At the very lowest levels that just encourages non-compliance, which then has a knock on effect on people's compliance for income tax. You don;t want to be catching the average spare time ebay seller.
Why not? Either they’re flogging their own second hand stuff, in which case there’s no VAT to pay, or they’re actively trading & making a profit in which case they should be charging VAT like everyone else.
Other countries in Europe follow exactly this model.
(I would expect a very low threshold around £1000 to exempt the very small time outfits.)
It adds lots of annoying overheads for micro / small businesses. And gives cowboys an advantage.
Mrs Flatlander used to be registered but it wasn't worth the paperwork as she has almost no capital costs.
The flat rate did improve things a bit but the chancellor (Osborne) later accused people of abusing his own scheme by using it as intended, so she de-registered.
It all got claimed back by her (business) customers, so what was the point?
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
That's a good idea. Cost will be virtually nothing, whilst I know a lot of small businesses/sole traders who limit their business growth to keep under the threshold.
Threshold should be same as 40% tax band threshold - too many people pretending they are "companies".
Nope threshold should be at the point you are a business rather than a hobby which is probably at about the £20-30,000 point
VAT threshold should be £0.
If you’re registered as self employed, or are running a ltd company then you should be registered for VAT. Anything else creates a distortionary threshold that warps the economy around it.
At the very lowest levels that just encourages non-compliance, which then has a knock on effect on people's compliance for income tax. You don;t want to be catching the average spare time ebay seller.
Why not? Either they’re flogging their own second hand stuff, in which case there’s no VAT to pay, or they’re actively trading & making a profit in which case they should be charging VAT like everyone else.
Other countries in Europe follow exactly this model.
(I would expect a very low threshold around £1000 to exempt the very small time outfits.)
It adds lots of annoying overheads for micro / small businesses. And gives cowboys an advantage.
Mrs Flatlander used to be registered but it wasn't worth the paperwork as she has almost no capital costs.
The flat rate did improve things a bit but the chancellor (Osborne) later accused people of abusing his own scheme by using it as intended, so she de-registered.
It all got claimed back by her (business) customers, so what was the point?
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
And his stocks are about to tank too. Hes an infallible contrarian indicator.
I’ve invested in US tech, world tech, a US tracker, and India as a mad punt. Up so far
Absolutely no one can predict what the AI revolution is going to do. It’s Sui generis
But the explosion of AI means tech, despite the bubble, is definitely as good a medium-long term bet as any
If the revolution is overwhelming (quite possible) then everything will be worthless - don’t even invest in a pension. It’s pointless
I dont disagree with you on many points. But a look at nvdas share price graph should give pause.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Maybe its you who are stuck in the past. Theres an argument multi racial societies only work whilst we have prosperity.
Looks like Labour should have saved their Non Dom policy for the manifesto. Lessons learnt hopefully.
Nah it's fine. Plenty more to go for amongst the rich. An 8% (=NI rate) surcharge on individual investment income would be valid. Might as well do the same for pensions too once Labour have a 300 seat majority - or at least a 2% surcharge on higher rate pension income.
Plus, they can still bring forward the non-Dom abolition timetable.
Hopefully Reeve will paraphrase Dr Johnson in her response: "Your budget is both sensible and original in part. Unfortunately, the parts that are sensible are not original..."
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Shoulda used Whatsapp?
(I'm not up to date on it.)
They didn’t get hacked because they used hotel WiFi - the Russians were able to listen into the call because a German officer phoned into a WebEx conference call from a hotel landline. A landline is unencrypted.
Not doing the German officer corps’ reputation for competence any favours in the process tbh. I’m surprised the military even has the option to use a landline turned on given that it breaks all the security guarantees.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Could the same not be said about your triumphalism about integration? Lauding the person who said "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is peak David Cameron.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Maybe its you who are stuck in the past. Theres an argument multi racial societies only work whilst we have prosperity.
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Shoulda used Whatsapp?
(I'm not up to date on it.)
They didn’t get hacked because they used hotel WiFi - the Russians were able to listen into the call because a German officer phoned into a WebEx conference call from a hotel landline. A landline is unencrypted.
Not doing the German officer corps’ reputation for competence any favours in the process tbh. I’m surprised the military even has the option to use a landline turned on given that it breaks all the security guarantees.
The insanity there is not having end to end encryption. Even if the landline passed through Putin's office, they shouldn't have been able to get anything.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Maybe its you who are stuck in the past. Theres an argument multi racial societies only work whilst we have prosperity.
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Shoulda used Whatsapp?
(I'm not up to date on it.)
They didn’t get hacked because they used hotel WiFi - the Russians were able to listen into the call because a German officer phoned into a WebEx conference call from a hotel landline. A landline is unencrypted.
Not doing the German officer corps’ reputation for competence any favours in the process tbh. I’m surprised the military even has the option to use a landline turned on given that it breaks all the security guarantees.
A voice call? Via a hotel switchboard? That's so bad it almost looks deliberate.
Blurring the details to not disclose my salary, this NI change gives me an extra two figures per month. Not bad, and pays for my taxi fare to the station, so there's that. In different circs I would quite like this.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Could the same not be said about your triumphalism about integration? Lauding the person who said "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is peak David Cameron.
Apart from his repeating the phrase being total cringe it is a good thing that he mentioned it. Like Rishi coming onto the tellybox saying we must all be nice to each other.
These are important, and necessarily general nudges that our PMs are in office to make.
As for "triumphalism of integration" I'm not sure what that means. If it means anything.
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Shoulda used Whatsapp?
(I'm not up to date on it.)
They didn’t get hacked because they used hotel WiFi - the Russians were able to listen into the call because a German officer phoned into a WebEx conference call from a hotel landline. A landline is unencrypted.
Not doing the German officer corps’ reputation for competence any favours in the process tbh. I’m surprised the military even has the option to use a landline turned on given that it breaks all the security guarantees.
The insanity there is not having end to end encryption. Even if the landline passed through Putin's office, they shouldn't have been able to get anything.
Exactly. Not only that, they did it from a place where a military airshow was in progress, with lots of the world’s top officers in attendance. It should have been entirely obvious that every major intelligence agency on the planet was going to have gained access to every communication system in the area in search of juicy targets to listen in on. It’s bad enough using a hotel landline in the first place, but doing so in those circumstances is insane.
This seems really strange from the German ambassador.
Nothing to do with us, Guv.
The German ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need to apologise" for security breaches which led to a call between top army officials being leaked by Russian sources.
Miguel Berger told BBC Radio 4's Today programme one of the participants had likely dialled in via an insecure line.
As a result, Russia was able to intercept the call, he said.
In the audio, officials can be heard discussing details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.
Mr Berger hit back at criticism by former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said Germany was "pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence" and "neither secure nor reliable". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68488962
Arguing that their communications were secure because someone got hacked phoning in via his hotel WIFI isn't the most convincing thing I've ever heard.
Shoulda used Whatsapp?
(I'm not up to date on it.)
They didn’t get hacked because they used hotel WiFi - the Russians were able to listen into the call because a German officer phoned into a WebEx conference call from a hotel landline. A landline is unencrypted.
Not doing the German officer corps’ reputation for competence any favours in the process tbh. I’m surprised the military even has the option to use a landline turned on given that it breaks all the security guarantees.
A voice call? Via a hotel switchboard? That's so bad it almost looks deliberate.
Looks like Labour should have saved their Non Dom policy for the manifesto. Lessons learnt hopefully.
If thats the only thing they have as a policy they shouldnt bother standing
Oh I'm sure they have policies, and I'm sure they'll tell us and expect us to be impressed. But they will differ from the Blues in detail, not substance.
Good Lady Wifey pleased with the measures for the UK film industry.
Although, not expecting luvvies to rush to Rishi's side.
I don't know.
My son fresh with his MA in Digital Video Journalism from Cardiff University School of Journalism agrees with her. I suspect he is diametrically opposite both in terms of earnings and political leaning, but he liked that element of the budget nonetheless.
Looks like Labour should have saved their Non Dom policy for the manifesto. Lessons learnt hopefully.
If thats the only thing they have as a policy they shouldnt bother standing
Oh I'm sure they have policies, and I'm sure they'll tell us and expect us to be impressed. But they will differ from the Blues in detail, not substance.
Re London’s nightlife. Covid definitely had a massive effect. As did Brexit to a much lesser extent
But london has also gone from a Muslim population of ~300,000 to ~1,400,000 in 20 years. Muslims don’t drink or go to clubs. Or if they go to clubs they don’t drink. So nightlife dies
You can see this is in the widespread closure of pubs in tower hamlets etc
Many may welcome this change. Especially old nimbys who hate noise. Good for them and god speed - but I don’t. If I want a quiet sober Muslim city I’ll go to Fez. London is meant to be a buzzing world city or it is nothing
Its yet another tragic consequence of an insanely cavalier immigration policy; imagining that importing ten million people with a very different culture will have no effect
The non-Muslim population of London has also increased over the past twenty years, so I call bullshit.
I hope you see the statistical error here
No error. You've said the Muslim population of London has increased by 1.1 million over 20 years. But the total population of London has increased by around 1.8 million in that time. So the non-Muslim population has also increased.
I look forward to your prompt and effusive apology.
At the turn of the century about one in twelve Londoners were Muslims, now it's around one in six
Sure - the percentage of Londoners who are Muslims has increased and you can have various arguments over whether that's good, bad or neutral.
But Leon's specific point was that there is less of a market for nightclubs in London now because the absolute number of Muslims living in London has increased. But the fatal flaw in that argument is that the absolute number of non-Muslims living in London has also increased. Not by as much, but it's increased.
So it doesn't explain the phenomenon Leon has apparently noticed (which, as a reminder, is that he has less fun in London now he's an old fart).
Yes but these tend to be black africans, indians and east asians none of whom are renowned for their partying lifestyle. So the basic point is correct.
I'm old enough to remember when immigrants were criticised for having too much of a partying lifestyle! Now apparently a sober hard-working attitude is their crime. This site is starting to develop a monomaniacle obsession with immigrants and Muslims that is both disturbing and boring.
I don't think it's this site developing a monomaniacal obsession with immigrants and Muslims; it's one loudmouth boor with a tedious and somewhat pathetic need to try and hijack every thread with a bizarre cocktail of holiday snaps and tendentious attention-seeking, like the bastard lovechild of Judith Chalmers and Jeremy Clarkson but without the subtlety or finesse.
Thanks mum. I knew I could rely on you
You probably think that you are the belwether on immigration and how _this time_ it will herald the end of the UK as we know it.
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
What the fuck is this gibberish?
Let me summarise.
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Your opinions are neither interesting nor novel nor amusingly expressed. But hey. There’s room for all on PB
There are more people but their salaries have dropped considerably in real terms I guess. That is how the cuts materialise.
I have had some treatment at a well-known NHS hospital in London recently - the staff were good but obviously rushed off their feet, the buildings are shabby, the toilets dirty and the furniture and equipment looked at least 10 years old.
It doesn't say much for how the Tories have mismanaged the NHS. More money and staff, but wasted by poor productivity because of failure to invest in capital equipment or training.
Part of the problem in hospitals of course is the complete collapse of the GP service. My surgery accepts enquiries only by email (3-5 day timescale for reply, often missed). You can try to phone but you will be in a queue for which reaches absurd lengths - can be 20 or 30 callers. If you manage to get through you might be given a telephone appointment - probably with a nurse rather than a doctor - in a week or two. It's hopeless - for anything urgent I would just go straight to A&E and I guess most people do the same. In fact when I was at a hospital (for another reason) the other day I saw a sign pointing to "urgent GP service".
Yesterday my wife called the surgery just after 8am. Was 16th in the queue. Held on, got through, and was given an appointment for 9am. Not too shabby.
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Interested to hear Rachel’s response.
"Vote for us! We'll eventually get around to making partial fixes to the problems we created!"
Other countries in Europe follow exactly this model.
(I would expect a very low threshold around £1000 to exempt the very small time outfits.)
Mrs Flatlander used to be registered but it wasn't worth the paperwork as she has almost no capital costs.
The flat rate did improve things a bit but the chancellor (Osborne) later accused people of abusing his own scheme by using it as intended, so she de-registered.
It all got claimed back by her (business) customers, so what was the point?
https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/eu-vat-rules/eu-vat-number-registration/vat-registration-threshold.html
We always told our clients - claim it!
Claim it over the year, pay it back 31st January following. Cashflow!
Oh, hang on.
October to mid November
Either their explanation is nonsense on stilts or their security really is terrible.
https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1765373355509633263
What a waste of time
(I'm not up to date on it.)
Hunt has banked the growth from higher migration assumptions (now 315k a year up from 245k a year) without acknowledging the additional costs for public services.
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1765374999559332141
But you are wrong. There has always been immigration into the UK and now you get the situation whereby a guy who shouts at a probable Islamist terrorist "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" is considered quintessentially British.
For someone who believes themselves so acutely attuned to new trends and oncoming paradigm shifts, in this area you seem to be stuck on the back of one of John Major's old maid's bicycles.
Absolutely no one can predict what the AI revolution is going to do. It’s Sui generis
But the explosion of AI means tech, despite the bubble, is definitely as good a medium-long term
bet as any
If the revolution is overwhelming (quite possible) then everything will be worthless - don’t even invest in a pension. It’s pointless
1) The machine (algorithm)
2) The keys for x amount of time
3) All the messages - present included
Any present & future messages should still be secure.
It's a very good intention though - Labour should adopt it.
It seems to have been the SNP who were forcing a division.
After the speaker ignored Commons rules in a way that led to MPs not getting a vote on their Gaza motion last month, they have been talking about using more disruptive tactics at Westminster."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/mar/06/spring-budget-2024-jeremy-hunt-tax-cuts-conservatives-labour-uk-politics-latest-updates
For someone who believes they see into the future your posts on immigration show that you are irrevocably stuck in the past.
Although, not expecting luvvies to rush to Rishi's side.
Plus, they can still bring forward the non-Dom abolition timetable.
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-defense-minister-blames-taurus-call-leak-officer-logging-via-insecure-hotel-line/
Not doing the German officer corps’ reputation for competence any favours in the process tbh. I’m surprised the military even has the option to use a landline turned on given that it breaks all the security guarantees.
I will definitely be voting Conservative.
These are important, and necessarily general nudges that our PMs are in office to make.
As for "triumphalism of integration" I'm not sure what that means. If it means anything.
My son fresh with his MA in Digital Video Journalism from Cardiff University School of Journalism agrees with her. I suspect he is diametrically opposite both in terms of earnings and political leaning, but he liked that element of the budget nonetheless.