The Labour Government

[Chippy_boy]

I thought you didn't believe in tax?

What a stupid post.

 

[maxwellblue]

What a stupid post.

Not his first and certainly won't be his last.

 

[mosssideblue]

Not his first and certainly won't be his last.

Nor yours unfortunately

 

[Kompany Car]

How do you propose paying for the nationwide technology required to run driverless trains? It would require the whole UK rail infrastructure to be ripped up. Signals/platforms/track/trains.

It isn't feasible on safety grounds either.

You wouldn’t need to rip up the tracks or platforms. Crossrail already uses ERTMS level 2 in the central section.

ERTMS can be run in overlay, so you can keep your signals but trains that are modified run under ATO control would be able to do so. You still have fixed block but don’t get the capacity benefit until the remainder of the trains e.g freight on the route have been upgraded with ATO. Freight however would still need drivers.

For safety and detraining passengers if a unit fails you do the same as DLR do and have train captains.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

I just heard that Starmer earned circa £404k last year and paid £99k in tax.

Plugging £400k into Martin Lewis' income tax calculator, you get this:

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He's paid circa £70,000 less than any other highly paid employee. So presumably he's benefitted from various tax dodges about which he has at the same time been critical. Honestly I cannot think of a politician I loathe more than this man.

The bit you're missing is Capital Gains Tax is 25% (IIRC) irrespective of the sum involved. And does not count towards earnings.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

The bit he’s missing is a life.
He obsessively rants like a mentally ill person.

 

[Zuriblue]

The bit he’s missing is a life.
He obsessively rants like a mentally ill person.

It’s like Rag Cafe the day after the 6-1.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Going a bit far here, he didn’t earn a salary of 400k. The majority of his earnings was from the sale of a field that he’d have paid capital gains tax on.

That would be this:

Keir Starmer paid £99,400 in UK tax on £404,000 income, Labour reveals | Keir Starmer | The Guardian

Details about leader’s finances for 2022-23 come after Rishi Sunak revealed he paid more than £508,000 of tax on £2.2m plus

amp.theguardian.com

 

[kaz7]

She'll deny it and call you a wum, then a c***

When have i ever called any poster a **** ?

 

[kaz7]

And then hit the report button normally ;-)

Not my style , ric tells me endlessly to report when i prefer to just show people up