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[Guest]

Boooo

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:

Its almost like you go out of your way to say the most stupid stuff possible.  How can you say that without knowing all the reasons around it lol

Will give you a clue why it's not a sh*t investment plan.

1.6% interest rate on my mortgage

Annual pension growth between 5 and 12%

Tax savings upwards of 60% (when ir35 caught) when Invest into pension

25% of pension can be taken tax free 

Paying off the mortgage is also just an option.  Hopefully inheritance sorts that out and then this can be used to pay for a holiday home lol.

The reasons around it seems to be paying off the mortgage.there will have been more money efficient ways to do that if you'd put some effort into it.

[Skip997]

Can someone start a personal finances thread?

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

Well they would, wouldn't they...

And several well experienced paramedics and the like categorically stated that there was absolutely no evidence at all, of any type whatsoever, that these men were using or had used or even possessed weapons of any sort.

Plus they had permits to work inside Israeli, these are given out to anyone suspected of anything Israel doesn't like. 

Edited January 17, 2024 by Skip997

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

Because paramedics are the ultimate source of information on such things ?   specially on their past 😛 

You do make me chuckle.  You really are happy to cherry pick your absolute facts 😛 

From where I'm sitting it really looks like you're the one cherry picking "facts".

 

[Skip997]

Just now, Barry Fish said:

I have no idea what happened.  But I can read the article and realise there is more than one story around what happened.  I guess you ignore those bits.

From the whole article it's quite clear what happened, the same as has been happening daily for 4 months.

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

From the whole article it's quite clear what happened, the same as has been happening daily for 4 months.

all comes down to intent...was it a mistake, or rogue IDF nutters,  or were orders given from the very top. Will take a long time to prove any of this, and maybe a lot will never be proven, it's why the verdict of genocide from Hague is likely to take years. But people have probably already made up their minds on both sides.

[Neil]

22 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

Go on then Mr Know it all.  Tell me how 🙂 

I'm not a financial advisor but there's various tax free saving schemes and you'd  have Probably  saved moreby saving into your mortgage rather than spunking loads on interest.

[Skip997]

Just now, steviewevie said:

all comes down to intent...was it a mistake, or rogue IDF nutters,  or were orders given from the very top.

At least you can see that it was a deliberate attack by Israeli military on defenseless, unarmed civilians.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Neil said:

I'm not a financial advisor but there's various tax free saving schemes and you'd  have Probably  saved moreby saving into your mortgage rather than spunking loads on interest.

It’s probably a good idea that people don’t take advice on their finances from random people on a message board instead they should talk to Financial Advisors. 

[Neil]

Just now, Ozanne said:

It’s probably a good idea that people don’t take advice on their finances from random people on a message board instead they should talk to Financial Advisors. 

And ignore Barry's sh*t.

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

At least you can see that it was a deliberate attack by Israeli military on defenseless, unarmed civilians.

At the moment the biggest problem is going to be starvation. There is literally going to be a famine inside Gaza. How is that targeting Hamas?

[Skip997]

Just now, steviewevie said:

At the moment the biggest problem is going to be starvation. There is literally going to be a famine inside Gaza. How is that targeting Hamas?

It's gone way beyond targeting Hamas and did so early on. The Hamas thing is just cover to keep the rest of the world off their backs.

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

It's gone way beyond targeting Hamas and did so early on. The Hamas thing is just cover to keep the rest of the world off their backs.

I wouldn't go that far personally. I think both sides need to recognise what the other has done. But Israel has gone well beyond any reasonable response. And looks like Netenyahu isn't going anywhere, he'll probably still be in power when Biden gets replaced by Trump...and then...what?

Edited January 17, 2024 by steviewevie

[fraybentos1]

13 minutes ago, Neil said:

I'm not a financial advisor

clearly

13 minutes ago, Neil said:

but there's various tax free saving schemes

Yeah lol SIPPs and ISAs 

 

[steviewevie]

 

[fraybentos1]

12 minutes ago, Neil said:

And ignore Barry's sh*t.

You did your usual of coming in with a massive statement then having nothing to back it up 

[fraybentos1]

15 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

It’s probably a good idea that people don’t take advice on their finances from random people on a message board instead they should talk to Financial Advisors. 

yeah can we get back to the important stuff of you posting your twitter feed!!

[Guest]

 

[kaosmark2]

From BBC live feed:

"

Labour's amendment is rejected

MPs have rejected an amendment to the Rwanda Bill to require the government to publish a full impact assessment of the costs involved in removals to Rwanda in advance of the Bill coming into force, including per person removal and the confidential financial memorandum signed between the two countries

MPs voted 339 to 263 a majority of 76."

No way it's even close to failing. The rebels and backbenchers are just trying to apply pressure on Sunak.

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

 

how does this work ? is it Labour being presumptuous ? or does this happen whatever the chances of a handover are ? 

[kaosmark2]

4 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

how does this work ? is it Labour being presumptuous ? or does this happen whatever the chances of a handover are ? 

Miliband did it around Jan/Feb 2015. I don't know if Corbyn ever did but it's not unusual. I'm pretty sure Cameron did it in 2010 as well.

Edited January 17, 2024 by kaosmark2

[mattiloy]

https://x.com/jrc1921/status/1747703694664024499?s=46

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

how does this work ? is it Labour being presumptuous ? or does this happen whatever the chances of a handover are ? 

It’s all standard procedure for every election. The PM will give permission for the Opposition to speak with the Civil Service so they can start discussions on their plan for government and help the CS show impartiality.

[Crazyfool01]

Thanks ... out of votes