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[TwoWolves]

So, what happens to the price of food in this area? I don't think it's delivered by organic free-range fairies....

[TwoWolves]

This problem has always existed but snowballed during the Blair/Brown years as trade unions decided they loved the Labour party and sacks of money more than their members. The fact that total taxation has been going up year after year as government liabilities swell hasn't helped either.

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[TwoWolves]

This was my first thought but not in the way you are running with it. It would be a way of ring-fencing the wealth if there is a class action against Bill as blow-back for his world-fixing stunts....

[TwoWolves]

The trick to not having a mid-life crisis is marrying and having kids later in life.

However, now I live in fear of looking after kids/paying mortgage off in my dotage. Solving one problem just leads to more I find....

[TwoWolves]

I moved most of our non-business assets into HSBC in 2009 as they were the least fooked of the retail banks at the time. Business still in NatWest as they have the best services and will always get bailed out by the government.

(I was working in counterparty credit risk at the time)

[TwoWolves]

At 50 you'd really need at least 2.5 million in cash to live in comfort for the rest of your life. Inflation and healthcare costs to think of....

[TwoWolves]

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[TwoWolves]

I'm working harder than usual, outside gigs know they have the upper hand and are getting their money's worth....

[TwoWolves]

The problem is the civil servants, they are totally gutless and Blair years' hangers-on.

[TwoWolves]

I'm happier with the kind of legislation that we have in the UK regarding guns.

However, you have to be realistic about the situation in the US - the genie is already out of the bottle and you are not going to be able to put it back in unless there is mass approval and that doesn't exist....