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Yeah, I did originally say "when the shackles are off". We are not there yet.rick_chasey said:
No-one my age is really thinking that far ahead to be honest. Still August & later for most of us getting the 2nd jab. The idea of "celebrating" seems a long way off. It's lots of "We should do something in Sept/Oct" at least amongst my circle of friends and colleagues.pblakeney said:
Must be different circles. All I hear is people planning to go to this restaurant, that restaurant, this pub, that pub, this place on holiday and got to get back there...verylonglegs said:
Indeed. For all this talk of people going out again and splurging what restaurants and bars etc have lost that can not be recovered is time. For all the days closed they can't just magically produce extra tables to supply meals that were never eaten and likewise those going out can not eat and drink twice as much to make up for lost business. The spare cash is already being spent on other goods and services from what I can tell.Jezyboy said:
Given how busy local tradesmen seem to be currently, my anecdotal non evidence would suggest those who are cash flush have been spending their resturant and holidays budget on home improvement.pblakeney said:Just me that thinks most will go on a spending splurge once the shackles are off then?
What you are talking about is people spending what they would have last year, just on different things. I read it as people are going to celebrate the recovered freedom in spades.
As an example, most on here are not going abroad on holiday this year but I bet you all have great plans for next year.
Of course mankind stupidity could drag Covid on for a while yet. Fingers crossed it doesn't.
PS - I was also referring to worldwide markets, not just the local high street.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I have no plans for next year.pblakeney said:
Yeah, I did originally say "when the shackles are off". We are not there yet.rick_chasey said:
No-one my age is really thinking that far ahead to be honest. Still August & later for most of us getting the 2nd jab. The idea of "celebrating" seems a long way off. It's lots of "We should do something in Sept/Oct" at least amongst my circle of friends and colleagues.pblakeney said:
Must be different circles. All I hear is people planning to go to this restaurant, that restaurant, this pub, that pub, this place on holiday and got to get back there...verylonglegs said:
Indeed. For all this talk of people going out again and splurging what restaurants and bars etc have lost that can not be recovered is time. For all the days closed they can't just magically produce extra tables to supply meals that were never eaten and likewise those going out can not eat and drink twice as much to make up for lost business. The spare cash is already being spent on other goods and services from what I can tell.Jezyboy said:
Given how busy local tradesmen seem to be currently, my anecdotal non evidence would suggest those who are cash flush have been spending their resturant and holidays budget on home improvement.pblakeney said:Just me that thinks most will go on a spending splurge once the shackles are off then?
What you are talking about is people spending what they would have last year, just on different things. I read it as people are going to celebrate the recovered freedom in spades.
As an example, most on here are not going abroad on holiday this year but I bet you all have great plans for next year.
Of course mankind stupidity could drag Covid on for a while yet. Fingers crossed it doesn't.
PS - I was also referring to worldwide markets, not just the local high street.0 -
Chatting to an Italian friend last night.
Was laughing at the BoJo scandal. Was saying the same thing happened to Berlusconi. Later on once he realised he had impunity he would go on to be gifted a mansion as did others in his party.
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I do hope more are like you, and I am wrong.surrey_commuter said:
I have no plans for next year.pblakeney said:
Yeah, I did originally say "when the shackles are off". We are not there yet.rick_chasey said:
No-one my age is really thinking that far ahead to be honest. Still August & later for most of us getting the 2nd jab. The idea of "celebrating" seems a long way off. It's lots of "We should do something in Sept/Oct" at least amongst my circle of friends and colleagues.pblakeney said:
Must be different circles. All I hear is people planning to go to this restaurant, that restaurant, this pub, that pub, this place on holiday and got to get back there...verylonglegs said:
Indeed. For all this talk of people going out again and splurging what restaurants and bars etc have lost that can not be recovered is time. For all the days closed they can't just magically produce extra tables to supply meals that were never eaten and likewise those going out can not eat and drink twice as much to make up for lost business. The spare cash is already being spent on other goods and services from what I can tell.Jezyboy said:
Given how busy local tradesmen seem to be currently, my anecdotal non evidence would suggest those who are cash flush have been spending their resturant and holidays budget on home improvement.pblakeney said:Just me that thinks most will go on a spending splurge once the shackles are off then?
What you are talking about is people spending what they would have last year, just on different things. I read it as people are going to celebrate the recovered freedom in spades.
As an example, most on here are not going abroad on holiday this year but I bet you all have great plans for next year.
Of course mankind stupidity could drag Covid on for a while yet. Fingers crossed it doesn't.
PS - I was also referring to worldwide markets, not just the local high street.
It will make booking my holidays so much easier. 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I've read the relevant bit of the report now, and you are right that it was settled in October although there were a number of settlements along the way including the cabinet office, the conservative party, the donor and finally Boris.kingstongraham said:
No, it was settled in October.TheBigBean said:
Wasn't he in hospital at the time?rjsterry said:At the same time we are asked to believe that Johnson was unaware that someone else had stepped in and settled the bill for his fiancé's interior design tastes *without him realising*. It almost makes Cummings claim of an eye test seem plausible.
He had £200,000 worth of work done without knowing how it was going to be paid for, and the one who gets hacked over the coals is the official who didn't tell him that someone else has paid it.
He really is chaotic.
The work commenced around the time he was in hospital.
I don't think your summary is particularly accurate though. He had the work done on the basis a blind trust would be created to pay for it. This proved not to be possible and all concerned say that no one told Boris it wasn't possible. He has been criticised for not following up on the process, but given a pass due to the circumstances.0 -
Rejoice, rejoice.
I'm not quite sure how a wedding at Westminster Cathedral counts as 'low key', but can't we all be happy anyway?
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To be fair she does look genuinely happy0
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shirley_basso said:
To be fair she does look genuinely happy
I guess she's not marrying him for his money... others' money, maybe...0 -
Cathedral is a lot lower key than the abbey.briantrumpet said:Rejoice, rejoice.
I'm not quite sure how a wedding at Westminster Cathedral counts as 'low key', but can't we all be happy anyway?
I'm intrigued how they kept it secret given the requirement to provide two weeks notice. Presumably no one who saw the notice was inclined to tell the press.0 -
Yep, its great to see the PM finally get hitched to Borris.2
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It's a Catholic church isn't it? Which one is the Catholic?0
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One assumes they were concerned that some would think him unsuitable for a Catholic weddingTheBigBean said:
Cathedral is a lot lower key than the abbey.briantrumpet said:Rejoice, rejoice.
I'm not quite sure how a wedding at Westminster Cathedral counts as 'low key', but can't we all be happy anyway?
I'm intrigued how they kept it secret given the requirement to provide two weeks notice. Presumably no one who saw the notice was inclined to tell the press.0 -
Or there’s an agreement that if the PM wants to keep it on the down low the press oblige.TheBigBean said:
Cathedral is a lot lower key than the abbey.briantrumpet said:Rejoice, rejoice.
I'm not quite sure how a wedding at Westminster Cathedral counts as 'low key', but can't we all be happy anyway?
I'm intrigued how they kept it secret given the requirement to provide two weeks notice. Presumably no one who saw the notice was inclined to tell the press.0 -
Thought that too. Hasn't Johnson been divorced or has he never been committed enough to the mothers of any of his other kids?Dorset_Boy said:It's a Catholic church isn't it? Which one is the Catholic?
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So we're to get a new £200m royal yacht, well actually drop the royal bit as Buck House don't want it.
Seems like another fanciful idea like the garden bridge.0 -
The yacht it probably a hundred and fifty million and it's an extra fifty for Carrie's furnishings.0
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They are suckering you in so you get saddled with the high mooring fees.Pross said:
£200 for a yacht seems good value, I'd have one at that price!elbowloh said:So we're to get a new £200 royal yacht, well actually drop the royal bit as Buck House don't want it.
Seems like another fanciful idea like the garden bridge.
In this case it is best to kick the gift horse in the mouth0 -
They both are. Johnson's previous two marriages are not recognised by the Catholic Church hence this counting as his 'first'.Pross said:
Thought that too. Hasn't Johnson been divorced or has he never been committed enough to the mothers of any of his other kids?Dorset_Boy said:It's a Catholic church isn't it? Which one is the Catholic?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Another illustration of how silly religion is.rjsterry said:
They both are. Johnson's previous two marriages are not recognised by the Catholic Church hence this counting as his 'first'.Pross said:
Thought that too. Hasn't Johnson been divorced or has he never been committed enough to the mothers of any of his other kids?Dorset_Boy said:It's a Catholic church isn't it? Which one is the Catholic?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Seems Boris was baptised a catholic but confirmed a protestant, and as RJST says, his 2 previous marriages were protestant ones, and therefore though obviously legal and recognised as such by the catholic church, don't count as catholic marriages, hence free to marry in a catholic church.
Carrie is the 'proper' catholic.0 -
Even as someone raised in a Catholic family, attended Catholic primary and secondary schools and got married in a Catholic church I find their rules on this quite confusing!rjsterry said:
They both are. Johnson's previous two marriages are not recognised by the Catholic Church hence this counting as his 'first'.Pross said:
Thought that too. Hasn't Johnson been divorced or has he never been committed enough to the mothers of any of his other kids?Dorset_Boy said:It's a Catholic church isn't it? Which one is the Catholic?
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Dan Walker coming across like Paxman interviewing Donaldson. I really don't understand how someone as utterly incompetent has held cabinet positions in several Governments. He doesn't even seem to be capable of climbing the greasy pole.0
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There's another story about tax efficiency by Microsoft this time. Profits declared by an Ireland based company of almost the equivalent of Ireland's GDP, corporation tax of zero euros. I think this was on this thread before when it was Apple (amazingly to a slightly lesser extent)?
This arrangement still doesn't feel entirely beneficial to the world economy.0 -
This is what Biden is trying to stop. Telegraph is up in arms about it (I wonder why)kingstongraham said:There's another story about tax efficiency by Microsoft this time. Profits declared by an Ireland based company of almost the equivalent of Ireland's GDP, corporation tax of zero euros. I think this was on this thread before when it was Apple (amazingly to a slightly lesser extent)?
This arrangement still doesn't feel entirely beneficial to the world economy.0 -
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