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So you think the Boards of FTSE100 companies infight, argue, name call in the way politicians do? You have clearly never been to such a Board meeting or interacted on a daily basis with such people. The gulf between corporate decorum and probity and political shenanigans is enormous. Yes the...

This is the issue with politics these days, the majority act like school kids in a yard. Such behaviour does not happen in professional environments. I am convinced that this is a large part of the reason good people no longer go into politics.

I am content to wear the label of ignorance as you suggest, if necessary, but Sir Keir Starmer’s conduct is, as the old saying goes, "as bent as a nine bob note." Furthermore, he epitomises hypocrisy. He chastised Conservative MPs for engaging in the very behaviour he now mirrors. Notably, he...

MPs were not paid a salary until 1911. The salary was introduced to enable those without sufficient funds to live on to become MPs. The issue we now have is that the salaries paid to 'decent' MPs, especially those in the Cabinet are far less than they would earn in the private sector. The...

How does one show a correlation between donations and policy decisions? If a policy decision pre bribe is a finely balanced binary decision, it is near impossible to prove external influence. For this reason most companies have a blanket policy of no gifts. And where gifts are given, they are...

agree - many people tow without due care - unfamiliarity being a big issue

I have a trailer and unlike the youngsters who pass driving tests now, I don't need an additional licence to tow it thankfully . It reduces my mpg by a significant percentage, it's less secure than a car to leave unoccupied, in an accident it is likely to cause additional damage to someone, it...

Would you rather have 2.5 tonnes of metal around you when someone drives into you or a few hundred kg? I know which I prefer. I have been rear ended in a 2 seater and t-boned in a 4x4 and I know which one felt better.

So what is the solution for me carting my gear around? It won't fit in a small vehicle and I am not going to stop carrying it around. And as for driving significantly slower that isn't going to happen either, I don't rush and when driving the 4x4 my default mode is cruise rather than drive...

Horses for courses I guess, I have about the largest 4x4 on the road but it is full of tree surgery kit, if not antique furniture for restoration or failing that blokes and climbing kit. The issue I have with tiny vehicles is safety, I prefer having a couple of tonnes of metal around me for...

On the basis of this policy I will be selling 1 of my BTLs. I have upgraded all to C, but I have one end terrace currently grade D that despite significant investment will not make the grade. This is a stone cottage built c 1880. Immaculate inside and out. My options are (a) clad the external...

I live on the edge of a mill town in Lancashire. There are rows and rows of terraced properties and parking is a premium. Whoever gets home from work first gets the parking place sort of arrangement as there is not even sufficient space to have an agreement that the space in front of each house...

I do not my friend, and I fail to understand why others do, especially non natural colours. Is it purely attention seeking? Quest for personal identity? I have no idea.

Serious question. Is there a correlation between political affiliation and a preference for dying ones hair red, green, pink, purple, blue? Tell me its not just me that observes this.

Hello Old Git.... welcome..

I blame the councils who are either too inept or too lazy to enact the legal powers they already possess. Adding further powers will not address their incompetence. The free market is not the issue, the meddling by deluded left wing politicians is.

No, but she is taking the best part of £3m and investing it overseas. The 40% tax she pays each year on rent amounting to c£60k, will be lost from the treasury. Yes they will get a short term boost by way of CGT. She has offered all her tenants the right to buy, of the 15, 13 stated they...

Back to the original topic of this thread - no fault evictions. I had a very depressing call yesterday with a lady who I employed in my company for c 8 years. She grew up the hard way, but through force of character managed to gain an education, grow and achieve success in the commercial world...

I will always go with the local, until such time as the price differential gets to the point that the local including a chunk for all the value added they provide does not compete. Otherwise it is a race to the bottom.

Of course, that is the primary reason for existence (for most) , pricing is only one lever of profit, and the issue with price is that there is an intersection on the price/ demand curve beyond which revenues reduce. As many retailers are admitting, there is market pressure on pricing and I...