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A straightforward tax hike. Excuses like its to pay for the NHS is just as much bullshit as the £350 million a week Brexit claim.
Fuel bills also set to soar whilst inflation is over 5%. It seems a total no brainer to me that the energy firms making profits from rising wholesale costs should be taxed. Billionaires who have made billions more should also be taxed. if this causes the self ones to piss off to the Caribbean – so beat – and can they take the whole cabinet with them?
Numbers have doubled back up to over 1000/100000 in Winscombe area. Does this matter? Hospitalisations up 4% – is this significant? Whilst most people continue to wear masks they re no longer compulsory. Is it school based age groups? There are still 24% not booster jabbed and 9% with no jab. And this is in a fairly affluent middle class area with higher a than average older population.
Many questions need to be answered with evidence rather than bluster.
It is not viagra I need – but a way to vent my anger at the government. E-petitions are OK but only so far. I was thinking about a set time for sounding a car horn – like 5pm on a Tuesday, but in my sleepy Tory village I would be the only one (although someone else does occasionally buy the Guardian (and maybe 3 on a Saturday/Sunday). Readership of the Mirror is 2/3 whilst the nasty papers fly Mail on Sat -35, Times – Sat 15, Telegraph -sat 12, and the Sun with 15. Ah I am surrounded by old idiots!!! Maybe it will be Nicola Sturgeon time “Scotty – get me out of here!”.
Maybe the police are just covering their own ineptitude? Presumably on duty at 10 Downing Street (and 11) 24/7 they must have seen the ‘gatherings’ sorry ‘illegal gatherings’ and done nothing. If that was due to orders there is a very strong case for a prosecution of dereliction of duty and possibly perverting the course of justice – both of which have maximum life sentences.
We should be afraid – he will stop at nothing to remain PM and diplomacy is not his forte – and even worse he might come back.
Key is to get oil hot for the final cook (I am told), My take today is as follows:-
Put a 250g potato through the grater attachment of a FP. Same with 250g onion. Gently fry, then finely slice a red or green or yellow or orange pepper, and a chilli. Add to frying pan for a couple of minutes. 50g flour and 50g gram flour. 1 1/2 tsp salt. 2 eggs.
The party of financial prudence and capability. £4.2 billion written of by the Chancellor. £500.000 spent on a private plane by Truss. £40 billion spent on track and trace. So they have blown the cover that has been carefully preserved for more than a century. Tax the poor – Nat.Ins. with a spurious link to the NHS, whilst protecting the rich and their dividends.
So, as I suspected, Cressida Dick comes to rescue her hero Johnson. Sue Gay’s report will be redacted of the most egregious facts, and thus become watered down. And then the Met.Police will wait for a few weeks until some other scandal hits the headlines and say they have insufficient evidence other than to issue fixed penalty notices on minions. The Gray report will then be published in full but will be undermined by the the lack of Police Action.
Heat oven to 175C
200g plain flour: 1 1/2tsp bicarb: 1. 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon: 1/2tsp salt: 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg: 115g soft butter: 200g soft brown sugar: 100g light caster sugar: 2 eggs: 1 tbsp treacle: 50g chopped walnuts: 20g chopped dates.
Cream sugar and butter for 5 mins. mix rest. Cook for 30+mins
From the Hummingbird Bakery.
And making some flatbreads and vegetable spicy rissoles.