patprimer74

Perhaps this is mainly wishful thinking on your part? p

Massive tax bills can only ever be due to massive profits so that's not a convincing excuse for going bust. Wonder what the real reason is? You should ask your brother-in-law, sometime, but not now. The embarrassment at failing in business takes a very long time to get over. Some people never get to accept their total personal responsibility and they carry on blaming everyone else e.g. bank, customers, suppliers, credit crunch, tax man, weather, unfair foreign competition, etc. etc. (I accept that, sometimes, there can be massive tax bills for other reasons. For example, a proprietor hanging on to money that was never his, like PAYE or VAT and being asked to hand it over, pronto - quite rightly.) The truth is that, despite many business failures, the vast majority of companies will survive the recession/depression and will carry on. The weakest and least well managed will go to the wall. Nothing new in that. Just a few more of them, that's all. p

Yes. Ombudsman for Estate Agents p

I couldn't have put it better myself. You're a credit to this forum, CL. p

What's that, PM? Bump? Is that the Citizen Smith that's still Home Secretary and will stay there despite the joint efforts of Tory Central Office and the Daily Fascist? (What great friends you lot keep! ) Bump. p

Great! Will you shoot me first or when I'm hanging there? The latter would be more exciting, don't you think? Get back to your comics. p

Sure! In the words of Denis Healey (I think) "Like being mauled by a dead sheep." 'Laying into Brown' ! My @rse! The words 'p|ss-up' and 'brewery' rush to mind. p

'Yes', then 'no'. Yes, you can get hold of the rules; no, you can't waste people's time with an action for a wrong that hasn't been committed. Simple. (Have you enquired about Anger Management Treatment? You can probably have it on the NHS. Unless you'd rather 'go private'. The surroundings would be nicer if you go private although evidence suggest that all private medical treatment is inferior to that provided by the state.) p

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Smith Expense Complaint Dismissed So, the Daily Fascist will have to think up some new pack of lies. They never change, do they? p

I thought it was a criminal offence to offer 'Key Money' to residential tenants. Perhaps it's different for council housing. p

One word from me and it was gone! p

Did he go on to explain the mechanics of such action? I can think of no method that government ministers, or anyone else, can 'crash share prices'. I haven't heard such absolute total b0||ocks for about a week! p

The Italian contractors are employing more Brits in Italy than they're employing Italians in the UK. So, what's your beef? p