You know I agree with you that all income should be taxed on the same basis - no NI surcharge for earned income. Although a lot of those benefits I listed are means tested and would not be payable if… (View Post)

b) Would be the obvious answer. Why on earth HMRC requires every income provider except the DWP to be able to deduct PAYE is utterly baffling. (View Post)

"... none of Israel's actions will prevent a future similar event." "... in return Israel has killed nearly 70,000 Palestinians, so which is the major offender?" "... Israeli… (View Post)

On the subject of toast, I am someone who likes it charcoal black. I once set fire to a Novotel toaster in an effort to get it to go beyond the 'dried bread' anaemia stage (it was the third pass that… (View Post)

It's a strange expression really: "He's toast" In my book toast is a massive improvement on stale bread. (View Post)