Monkey boy

I was under the impression it was a flat rate of 20% for earnings over the personal allowance (which is what £10-£11K ish now?). Unless you qualify for the tax cap in which case it's likely to be considerably less than 20%.

The problem with your analogy Wrighty is this, the "spent accordingly" of the government high roller has been spent on him/herself, whereas the "spent accordingly" of the builder has been spent on the customer's kitchen. My old mate Wooley is completely correct (he's obviously developed some sense in my absence) If somebody earning enough to qualify for a £300K lump sum can't struggle by with £75K windfall and £25K pension till they drop, then what hope is there for the rest of us? I do have some sympathy for your predicament, but we live in times of austerity, and although it would be nice to honor a commitment to pay someone who's been in receipt of a 3 figure salary for many years previous their King's ransom lump sum, such largess is no longer affordable.

When are the census results out?

Two.

Get Manx Tax Payer to do it for you, he's an expert at plumbing (among many other things) and it'll keep him off here for a while.

Yes, only cold water at the kitchen sink

Better for getting the shit off the pan.

Lots of DIY type jobs are not notifiable under part p so you could still do them. I've seen some DIY disasters but I've also seen some very good DIY electrical work before.

So as well as having ridden more miles than anyone else on this forum you have extensive experience in both plumbing & electrical work! You're so awesome.

Ah yes Lord Lisvane, well known man of the people, never one to go along with the institutional norm. What a joke.

I agree I was amazed by the result at the time. Paul is a good egg, I was taught by his brother John at Ramsey Grammar, also a top bloke, intelligent & hard working. With hindsight though he'd be wasted in politics.

Absolutely, the rank & file police on the ground did everything they could, it was not their fault, many even had the moral courage to criticise their senior officers in the statements they gave, unfortunately these were altered by senior officers as part of the cover up.

Couldn't agree more Max. How no one has ever been imprisoned is a bloody disgrace. The police officer quoted as saying, on taking a statement from a bereaved family in the early hours of the morning having just identified the body, " you'll be telling me he was a virgin next" on being told that he didn't drink or smoke! If 96 police officers had been killed at Hillsborough there'd still be people in prison today, as it is 96 innocent football fans died and the establishment who were entirely responsible & lied for almost 30 years to cover their tracks have received no punishment whatsoever.

About what you'd expect from them.

The thing with it is, Allan Bell, Notwell etc. bang on about that we shouldn't have a public register but always fail to mention why? There must be a bloody good reason for Bell to finally grow a pair in his dealings with the UK.