Iran are toast

[woody1]

Yes, that's what I'm expecting, at least double. Usually I just get them to fill the tank but last week I reduced the order to the minimum amount - 500L.

I was thinking about cancelling it but who knows how long this will go on....

[woody1]

Yes, the €275,000 minimum, to gain residency, in the link provided by ladymuck, would barely you get a 1-bed flat, and certainly nothing in or around Valetta....

[woody1]

That's a good question. Where is easy to move to (get residency) these days? Spain abolished its golden visa last year, and Portugal have shifted theirs away from property to investment. Greece is pretty good - real estate investment over €250,000*. Cyprus - €300,000. Don't know about other countries...

[woody1]

We only use our wood burner when the electricity's down or the boiler's on the blink. CBA with it the rest of the time.

Might fall back on it now though, and cancel that oil order. At the rate it's going up, it's going to cost a grand more than usual to fill up, and I'd rather spend that...

[woody1]

Just quoting US Secretary of ̶D̶e̶f̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ War.

https://www.aol.com/articles/pete-he...131400014.html

Don't know about that but price of heating oil is certainly getting toasty. 60p/L last week; 80p on Tuesday; £1 yesterday. BoilerJuice isn't...

[woody1]

Out of curiosity, once a company has been closed, is there still a risk of an IR35 investigation? Or are the chances of them re-opening virtually nil?

[woody1]

BTW, there seems to be a general perception that, whilst they treat you like ****, they are the cheapest but is that really true?

Out of curiosity, I did compare prices from Bristol one time and, like for like, they were very similar to easyJet. Jet2 were slightly higher, and TUI were...

[woody1]

Now you're really being a dick. ...

[woody1]

It would be more convenient where we live because Ryanair are the only airline that flies internationally from our little local airport.

However, as people we know have discovered, because there's no competition, they charge a lot more making them not really low-cost.

Anyway,...

[woody1]

Wouldn't it cast doubt on whether the Ltd Co was really outside IR35?...

[woody1]

True but personally I would avoid any airline which chose to leave half the passengers behind even if the airport was to blame.

Removing the luggage delayed the flight by an hour, which was almost certainly longer than if they'd just let the passengers on board. That is "not all there"...

[woody1]

Basically it's a mess. Everyone, no matter what flight they're on, ends up in a massive queue for border control. Airport officials go around calling out for EU passport holders to come forward so they can fast-track them.

There probably aren't many other EU airports where over half the...

[woody1]

One slight snag. Border control at Lanzarote make all non-EU passengers go through EES, no matter where they came from. Moreover, supposedly you only need to do facial scanning/finger printing once every 3 years, on entry at any Schengen border, but the EES system doesn't seem to be working properly....

[woody1]

If you've no choice but to use Ryanair...

As soon as the gate number appears on the monitors (about 30 mins before departure), make a mad dash for it. Being at the front of the queue is your best chance of not being left behind.

You might get an inkling before it's on the monitors...

[woody1]

Can't argue with that.

And yes they were delayed at border control.

But still, it was Ryanair's decision to leave 89 passengers behind. That makes them ****s in my book....

[woody1]

I've travelled through that airport many times in the past 2 years.

Border control/passport stamping/checking boarding passes is all in the same place at the gate before boarding the plane. The Police officer* checking and stamping passports and the ground crew are all together.
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[woody1]

Border control/passport stamping is done at each gate.

I'm going again a week on Sunday. I'll send you a photo if you like....

[woody1]

I'm afraid you are wrong again.

That's not how it works at Lanzarote. Border control/passport stamping is at each gate. These passengers were queuing at the gate when Ryanair closed it....

[woody1]

Wrong. They weren't late at the gate.

https://gazettelife.com/news/89-ryan...zarote-airport

"The decision seems to have been taken because the passengers were delayed while passing through border controls to have their passports stamped. Ryanair...

[woody1]

Do you have IR35 insurance eg. with QDOS; was your contract ever reviewed for IR35 compliance?

If you can't evidence that the contract work was outside IR35, I'd think carefully about switching to permie. Worst case, could you come up with the money if HMRC investigated/assessed you? Remember,...