Dr Doom Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Those figures that Cameron just read out are a bloody disgrace 6bn deficit in 97, now 167!!??!?! Does anyone know how this 167 figure is calculated ? I thought it would be total tax revenues - total govt spending . From the figures I'm looking at that would be: 2008/2009 439 - 631 = -192bn 2009/2010 (based on projections) 397 - 655 = -258bn The sources I used were: T1.2 HM Revenue and Customs annual receipts www.publicspending.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Och!! Youve nay kicked it far enough laddy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Cameron sounds as though he has taken some speed Perhaps he was on a promise. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Steph. Nick. Pesto. Pulling it all apart. Hang on Linda Yueh is on..... EDIT The beeb are in Canary Wharf trading office. Its kicked right off behind the talking heads, absolute ******ing bedlam!!! Wtf? Edited March 24, 2010 by shindigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Darling made a crack about paying out for kids, I don't think it was appreciated. Like "Because of us you'll be born into £150k of debt, but its okay, because we've given you £500 of you own taxes and calling it the child trust fund" Thats a sick, despicable policy if ever ive heard one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonkers Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Steph. Nick. Pesto. Pulling it all apart. Hnag on Linda Yueh is on..... EDIT The beeb are in Canary Wharf trading office. Its kicked right off behind the talking heads, absolute ******ing bedlam!!! Wtf? Ha ha ha, sell, sell, SELL!! I liked the bloke throwing is phone around right behind him, having a paddy. Bless. Edited March 24, 2010 by Tonkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubai Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Throughout all of this, the chancellor keeps a smile on his face - he even breaks into a comradely chuckle with Mr Brown from time to time. Chuckles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Apparently in the European Parliament they just switch the microphones off so that unpopular representatives can't be heard to speak on subjects. Some UK representative just complained about it. Brave new world, Things to come http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/europe/default.stm Edited March 24, 2010 by billybong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injin Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 So - what do we think that the real budget (i.e. the one after the election) will contain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikthe20 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Good response from Cameron. Reminds me of the speech that stopped Brown calling the election. Clegg put Camron to shame - brought up idiocy of stamp duty at 0% when bubble housing market and government propping it up, government causing recession, etc - all the stuff we talk about on here. Shame no-one saw it as mainstream media had switched to in-studi discussion and was only on BBC Parliament. Really was a much, much better speach than Cameron's - and I'm slightly surprised/disappointed in saying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Those figures that Cameron just read out are a bloody disgrace 6bn deficit in 97, now 167!!??!?! Yep. In round numbers, we will continue for some years with annual deficits of almost £200 billion, adding to a total government debt of almost £1,000 billion. See my sig, below. Prudence... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Clegg put Camron to shame - brought up idiocy of stamp duty at 0% when bubble housing market and government propping it up, government causing recession, etc - all the stuff we talk about on here. Shame no-one saw it as mainstream media had switched to in-studi discussion and was only on BBC Parliament. Really was a much, much better speach than Cameron's - and I'm slightly surprised/disappointed in saying that. The Libs contain most, of the very few, politicos in this country that get it. Theyre the best we're gonna get. Clegg on highlights on BEEB. Good for you Clegger. Very HPC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Now it's House of Commons Treasury Committee chair John McFall is responding to the chancellor's Budget statement. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8167000/8167404.stm He's hogged the chamber since Clegg but he's talking to an empty chamber. His voice echoes around the place. My goodness he's just finished speaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Jungle Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 1418 A bit more info on that stamp duty cut. Poring over the figures in the Budget Red Book, we understand the measure will cost the Treasury £230m in 2010-11 and £290m in 2011-12. And raising the rate on homes worth more than £1m will not raise enough to plug that hole - raising an estimated £90m in 2010-11 and £70m in 2011-12. Not to worry the government can borrow a bit extra to plug the shortfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Clegg put Camron to shame - brought up idiocy of stamp duty at 0% when bubble housing market and government propping it up, government causing recession, etc - all the stuff we talk about on here. Shame no-one saw it as mainstream media had switched to in-studi discussion and was only on BBC Parliament. Really was a much, much better speach than Cameron's - and I'm slightly surprised/disappointed in saying that. Sorry, didn't see it, as you say the coverage stopped at Cameron! (Also noticeable that the HoC emptied pretty quickly. Contemptuous really.) Noticed on SKY a interview in the street with the public, a very economically literate business owner was on, making lots of valid points about inconsistencies with the budget and the jam tomorrow aspect (points we hear here)... then hey presto, some sound interference and it was necessay to cut back to the studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nose Bear Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 im not a STR i am a 29 yeah old who has been saving for years and sold years ago when i split with my Ex so not a STR. so anyone help with my question without invoking death Depends who's name the property was in: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2010/sdlt.htm A two year holiday period from SDLT for first time property buyers. Legislation will be introduced in Finance Bill 2010 to provide a Stamp Duty Land Tax relief where: an individual or individuals jointly purchase a major interest in land which is wholly residential, and the consideration is more than £125,000 but not more than £250,000, and that individual (or all of them) intends to occupy the property as his/her or their only or main residence and has or have not previously purchased such an interest or its equivalent anywhere in the world and the effective date of the transaction is on or after 25 March 2010 and before 25 March 2012. So doesn't apply to STR'ers or anyone who has ever owned property anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Have a martini instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Depends who's name the property was in: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2010/sdlt.htm So doesn't apply to STR'ers or anyone who has ever owned property anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Have a martini instead. BBC interviewee (IFA) said if youve been on the Land Registry before, youre not a FTB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckmojo Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 it must be my fever, but Nick Clegg made a few good points. But he is a mile off; nothing matters more to the chavs than who will pay them more dole money with giving them the least grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Sorry, didn't see it, as you say the coverage stopped at Cameron! (Also noticeable that the HoC emptied pretty quickly. Contemptuous really.) Noticed on SKY a interview in the street with the public, a very economically literate business owner was on, making lots of valid points about inconsistencies with the budget and the jam tomorrow aspect (points we hear here)... then hey presto, some sound interference and it was necessay to cut back to the studio. Not having a television, I miss these censorious delights provided by the apparatchik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBob Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 PMQs prior to the budget (YouTubed) PMQs 24th March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 The Libs contain most, of the very few, politicos in this country that get it. Theyre the best we're gonna get. Clegg on highlights on BEEB. Good for you Clegger. Very HPC. I think a lot of them (outside of Gormless Brown and some of his supporters) "get it". The difference is that the Libs are nowhere near power, consequently they're free to say whatever they like. Cameron & Co.'s problem is that any statement they make becomes the next election poster for Labour, so they're doing their best to say nothing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikthe20 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I think a lot of them (outside of Gormless Brown and some of his supporters) "get it". The difference is that the Libs are nowhere near power, consequently they're free to say whatever they like. Cameron & Co.'s problem is that any statement they make becomes the next election poster for Labour, so they're doing their best to say nothing at all. very true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I think a lot of them (outside of Gormless Brown and some of his supporters) "get it". The difference is that the Libs are nowhere near power, consequently they're free to say whatever they like. Cameron & Co.'s problem is that any statement they make becomes the next election poster for Labour, so they're doing their best to say nothing at all. Which may have the desired effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Jacqui Smith's holding forth on the Budget on R5. Does this woman actually think she has a political future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Jacqui Smith's holding forth on the Budget on R5. Does this woman actually think she has a political future? ...Radio 5 must be hard pressed for people to talk to them....can't be good for Labour.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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