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Let's not forget this is someone who seems to think that its OK to call people with different politocal views 'Tory scum'. Very professional.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I'm clear on the issues, you just haven't made a clear point. Try again 🙂
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Yeah I think you mentioned that before……
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Yeah, it's definitely mean to call them Tory.
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You're a few days behind on the current level of desperation. The next move is to dispute that she could have spent £15k on renovations because you don't think the house is all that nice.
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Not sure when the property bought by Mark Rayner was sold but assuming it was when they were married it wouldn't attract CGT. Angela Rayner's property would have attracted CGT when sold had she not had work done to it, but she is reported to have had qualifying work done to it > no CGT owed. Unless you know different, the reports would seem to confirm her assertions.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I was simply amused by the level of desperation on behalf of the Telegraph that apparently buying a house is worth a headline.
The more common sense thing would have been to buy it then claim rent for another house.
Oh, sorry, no, that's what Esther McVey did. My mistake.
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While you may not approve of it, the Rayner insult to Sunak was quite brilliant.
It's true, she sounded authentic saying it, it splits the other side as half of them agree, and every journalist is amplifying either through amusement or outrage.
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Yep, because it's relevant. This is someone who could be in charge of the country at some point.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Nope, missing my point. Re-read upthread.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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See my comment to KG above. You clearly haven't read as advised.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Have read it again. Wrong tree. As reported she's not claiming a PPR exemption on the home she owned before she was married. Unless it was deliberately nominated otherwise, Mark Rayner's property was the PPR. The reported argument is that capital expenditure on the first property cancels out the taxable gains which only apply pro rata for the period of ownership between her marriage and the sale. Before she was married it was her only property so no CGT for that portion of ownership.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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@Stevo_666 why aren’t you pursuing your dog spiking, blackmailed MP who tries to get rent boys to buy him drugs and uses campaign fund donations to pay for his private healthcare?
I mean come on. That blows this Rayner stuff clean out of the water.
This Rayner stuff is a close to a press manufactured problem as you’ll find.
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Give it a couple of days, the Telegraph will advise you of the latest avenue to go down. The Mail and Guido are already there.
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Yeah but that is just Standard behaviour- Rayner is a Labour MP so being tax efficient is hypocrisy or something.
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Renationalising the railways in one term apparently. It feels the best thing to do but then I remember British Rail.
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The government already directly operate 7 of the 17 franchises and the others all expire in the next 5 years so it's quite an easy move.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I'm not sure the solution to the problem is the ownership model tbh.
I would like to think things like pricing transparency and clarity and delay repay would be able to be improved quite quickly under one owner, but the actual state of the service and the trains - that runs a lot deeper than who happens to own the franchise.
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To put it another way, running a franchise is not massively attractive to private companies when the government fixes almost every detail of the way they operate.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Having full control over things again should help them do other stuff though. Not really sure how the franchises actually work but having everything on a single network will hopefully be a good starting point, especially when it comes to ticketing.
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TBH I don't see much evidence that the government is better at running this stuff.
I don't knoew that much about it but the patchwork of responsibilities leads to a lot of blaming someone else for a problem and afaik there isn't much centralised responsibility for the entire train experience.
Train operator blames the track operator for a points failure - etc etc.
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I would say you just create a company of sorts as they've done with National Highways or Homes England. It would probably make sense if it all came under Network Rail though for the reasons you mention.
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In all honesty it needs to be under one single umbrella for cohesion, connectivity etc, etc.
Can't see a private company taking the shitstorm over so government is the only option left.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. The railways should be run by people who want passengers.
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I that like Asda where customers get in the way of the shelf stackers? 🤣
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Tend to agree though the incentives are aligned in that you need passenger volume for the revenue.
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