Latest Moan From You and Me 2025

Re the tax on glass containers, potentially driving producers to pack things in plastic instead? Talk about ‘perverse incentives’!

 

I saw the Eden project has recorded an increase of its losses from £1.5m the previous year to £3.5 million over the last year. This is despite laying off 75 workers and they say the visitor numbers has reduced slightly (think it was 10%) but they state it was mostly because of the government's NI increase.

 

I have just seen that Paignton Zoo is up for sale, it's been struggling since Covid.
Owner puts struggling Paignton Zoo on the market
Their land backs on to my garden.

 

Buy Buy Buy.

 

Just a tip: you remember the first 21 days after the election, when she secretly gave public servants, train drivers and NHS nurses a salary increase? She had spent 24 billion just in 21 days. In fact that 22 billion black hole was created in these 3 weeks.
These spendings were not one-time pay offs but who ever chancellor is needs to find that money now year after year.

 

A sequel on the cards.

 

That picture reminds me of the time in Spain at my ex wife's parents and in the local English paper someone was advertising a pet tiger for sale. I wanted it but wasn't allowed

 

They don't need to, they just ho;d their hands out and we HAVE to give them more,

No money for this and that but they can find billions for land rover jag

 

That particular item makes me furious @Jiffy .
Oh yeh - hand them plenty, in case they take their overpriced vehicle company somewhere else. Couldn't possibly afford to furlough their workers themselves of course.
How much profit do they make each year? Hmmm....

I wonder how all the victims of the Post Office debacle felt when they heard about that.

 

I think the gov assistance is mainly for smaller companies that supply Jag/LR, which might otherwise go bust during the production pause.

The SNP has new trans guidance for schools re toilets, etc. Apparently this includes that if a trans student on a residential trip is uncomfortable sleeping alongside those of the same biological sex, they should be given the teacher's room. Where the teacher should then sleep is not spelt out.

 

Nah I'm too old and sick to consider it and if I had that sort of money I'd have a gardener to do the grass cutting and weeding whilst I got on with the fun bits.

 

I see the high court has ordered PPE Medpro to payback £122 million back to the government. That's highly likely to happen with them filing for administration. Typical governments squandering tax payers money to their donors.

 

Some of the animals will keep your grass and weeds under control and in return keep it fertile, win win win.