After Osbourne's attack on IT contractors

[AtW]

Perhaps elections should run every year instead of 5. That would give incentive to the ruling party to stop fooking over people in the 1st year of hoping they will forget it in 5 years.

[SueEllen]

Perhaps elections should run every year instead of 5. That would give incentive to the ruling party to stop fooking over people in the 1st year of hoping they will forget it in 5 years.

Then there would be even more short term thinking...

[tractor]

They're really Soviet sleeper agents, planted in the 1970s to destroy us all.

HTH

So The Game was a true story? Nothing would surprise me.

[NibblyPig]

What a rollercoaster of a thread

Maybe with the 7.5% increase I can be allowed to buy a cup of coffee from the slightly subsidised onsite costa instead of drinking nescrappy gold blend

[expat]

Of course it wouldn't but there aren't many that realise that politicians promise the earth and dish out dust after they get to the trough.

In "Ticket to Tranai" it only takes one

[AtW]

They're really Soviet sleeper agents, planted in the 1970s to destroy us all.

HTH

Wasn't Osborne, Dave born in 70s???

Ah, I see you said planted...

[ZARDOZ]

Over 50% thinking of giving up Ltd and 1 in 5 in the poll thinking about winding up, but you have to wonder how long MVL has left now Gosbo has decided we are fair game it can't be long before that option is shut. It seems to me contracting is set to become a second class citizen game (much like in the US). Not long before your average contractor is Indian, on a low rate, has ambitions to be a permie. Old school contractors will end up overseas or retired/semi retired. This really is a horrible administration of cronyism and old school ties, worse than New Labour IMHO. They are going to end up with less tax that's for sure.

[TheLordDave]

I'm seriously looking at going to Australia in the next couple of years. The 7.5% is just the start, every budget it will be bumped up as it makes good headlines 'evil business owners pay more tax, yay' or 'fat cats to be reemed again'