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  1. K

    Getting desperate - HMRC Loan Scheme

    Hi all I've just joined this forum as I really need some help and advice. Back in 2016/17 I was given (very bad) advice and joined an umbrella company who a few of my colleagues were also with and the company advised everything was above board and it was just another way to get paid. ​​​​​​...
  2. woohoo

    Slightly technical post on Git

    Fair warning, whatever your views it looks like you may have to start renaming your master branches in Git. https://www.hanselman.com/blog/EasilyRenameYourGitDefaultBranchFromMasterToMain.aspx
  3. AtW

    Imminent Tax DOOM

    “ Mr Hodges says the figures show a broad increase for all taxpayers will be needed to raise significant funds. He speculates the chancellor could add 1 per cent for basic rate payers, scaling this up to 3 and 5 per cent for higher and additional rate payers (creating new rates of 21, 43 and 50...
  4. DealorNoDeal

    7.5 million jobs furloughed

    UK furlough scheme extended until end of October | Sharecast.com If you include the public sector, the State is now paying the wages of well over half the working population. No wonder they're keen to relax the lockdown.
  5. CheeseSlice

    Is this really our plan?

    Just taking a step back and looking at the basics of where we're going with the lockdown, what we're trying to do, what we want, etc. Boris has confused the nation on Sunday and is still struggling to explain it all, and what it all means. However, 'Getting the R down' to control the virus and...
  6. DaveB

    To paraphrase Spike Milligan

    "a man called Johnson who did Prime Minister impressions spoke on the television”
  7. Paddy

    Boris couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

    Coronavirus: UK sent 50,000 Covid-19 samples to US for testing - BBC News
  8. CheeseSlice

    Stay Alert

    That is all. Thank you for staying alert
  9. darmstadt

    Trade Talks to start

    Should be interesting: UK-U.S. trade talks to start on Tuesday - Reuters The follow-up Brexit talks are going crap so prepare to suck up to the swamp in DC
  10. Old Greg

    Project Fear 3.0

    UK unemployment to double and economy to shrink by 25%, warns Bank of England | Business | The Guardian The Remoaner gloomsters in the BoE just won't give up trying to talk the country into a depression. Brexit has been got done and now the country can enjoy the economic sunlit uplands!
  11. Old Greg

    Covid-19: British death toll now highest in Europe

    Remember folks. The glorious leader is going to send this virus packing and boosterise the economy.Covid-19: British death toll now highest in Europe
  12. Eirikur

    Wasn't brexit meant to end bureaucracy? - UK to recruit 50,000 form fillers

    In stead of removing bureaucracy, Brexit will add loads of it Subscribe to read | Financial Times
  13. darmstadt

    Who do you trust?

    Well, who do you trust to tell you what is going on?
  14. S

    Where did it all go wrong?

    Where did it go wrong for the UK on coronavirus? - CNN
  15. S

    Real UK death rate is much larger than official figures

    According to this, which suggests 47,000 dead. It takes into account non-Covid deaths that are caused by Covid (e.g. cancer pats who are not treated or stroke patients who are afraid to go to hospital and die). The data suggests these non-Covid excess deaths are quite a substantial proportion of...
  16. Old Greg

    Smug Metropolitan Elitist Remoaner Gloomster talking the country into a pandemic

    Death to the SMERGs! Support the Supreme Leader! Starmer criticises government over 'truly dreadful' coronavirus death rate | Politics | The Guardian
  17. darmstadt

    Britain's most important key worker

    https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/nigel-farage-flouts-coronavirus-rules-to-film-migrant-rant-1-6630177 I just bet he has the recipe for the vaccine too along with all the answers on how to fix the problems, just waiting for his best mate to call...
  18. Old Greg

    Inquests into NHS staff coronavirus deaths told not to look at PPE shortages

    Exclusive: inquests into NHS staff coronavirus deaths told not to look at PPE shortages | Society | The Guardian That's the spirit! Nothing a round of applause once a week won't fix.
  19. S

    Germany buying flu vaccines in bulk

    Germany buys extra flu jabs to avoid double hit to healthcare | The Star Online Why? To stop their health system being overwhelmed in a 2nd wave of Covid if it coincides with the flu season. The idea being that by vaccinating as many people as possible they reduce the flu burden. So that means...
  20. Old Greg

    Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis

    You won. Get over it. Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis | World news | The Guardian

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