The lower rate was introduced so that the system could be simplified by abolishing indexation relief, I believe. So Streeting wants to tax people at full whack on the real value of their assets not i… (View Post)

It's not like anyone on tiktok is going to have the appointment spoiled for them if it is made to Parliament first. I don't see what the gain is to announce it first on tiktok (except that … (View Post)

Ukraine is testing using balloons to carry drones behind Russian lines and so extend their range (when the wind is blowing in the right direction). (View Post)

There's normally a delay between an El-Nino occurring and its impacts, and the El-Nino isn't forecast to be established until ~August, and there are so many influences on the weather that w… (View Post)

The Irish weather forecasts often use a construction like that - "temporary periods of dry weather between rain and showers." It's a way of making a forecast with a lot of rain in it s… (View Post)