I'm curious what market CHB is betting on because Smarkets only have less than £2,000 matched on their market so far and that's the one that's been publicised on this site. If there's another market … (View Post)

Back of a fag paper calculations for those on UC: (12% NIC + 20% Income Tax) + 63% Taper = 74.84% Real Marginal Tax Rate pre NIC rise. (13.25% NIC + 20% Income Tax) + 63% Taper = 75.3% Real Marginal … (View Post)

One incredible thing to note is that the OBR originally forecast unemployment to peak at 12%, now its forecast to peak at 5.2% 5% used to be considered full employment. Incredible to have a recession… (View Post)

Oh shoot you're right, its port not sherry. 😳 You may be pleased to know I have neither WKD, nor sherry, nor port in my home and its not something I normally drink. (View Post)

A friend said it one night while I was in a pub. Apparently its called a Cheeky Vimto. We all drank it that night and polished off the pub's rather dusty bottle of sherry. (View Post)