@johnlbirch@Mike1Moran@JonErlichman Correct, it became part of Britain and then the UK, though its national, legal, cultural and territorial identity persisted inside the UK.
@johnlbirch@Mike1Moran@JonErlichman England continued to be England. It's not like its people were suddenly replaced or its borders changed. It entered a union with Wales in the 16th century and with Scotland in 1707. It is still England. Scotland is still Scotland. Wales still Wales.
@Mike1Moran@JonErlichman 927 is fair for England, making it 1,099 years old. Athelstan is recognised as the first king of a unified England. What did you have in mind?
@KieranT1000 If people say they are doing this, they likely have a good income and are shoving away a decent % into their pension as salary sacrifice. Contractors especially on decent day rates could easily be putting away £3-5k per month.
@piersmorgan That's kinda like comparing the attention given to any given weekly/daily stabbing and the Henry Novak case. There's a reason people are so enraged by the Muslim rape gangs and it's not because of the crime per-se, but the political-correctness angle.
@skumWgmi I'm working hard now to leave my kids with something when I'm gone. I'm forgoing treasure s f riches now so I can pass it on instead. My choice. By you'd rather my kids start at zero. Screw you!
@DivIncomeBcast Not being funny, but why should boomer grandparents, some great grandparents sell their family home? If the family home is the hub of family gatherings most weekends, how does down-sizing make sense?
@ItsJamesHall Yup. Many people don't realise that their default position might be 4% with 4% matched, but their employer might match up to 8%, especially if you work in financial services. Get that free money!
@ItsJamesHall@sejhudson The poster assumes the motivation behind the policy is to encourage investment and discourage cash savings. You'd have to be pretty naive to think it's not, actually, about raising more tax revenue.
Regardless, more people will invest their cash, which is probably a good thing.
@roseveniceallan@DarlingtonUnion On the one hand, I'm obviously pleased about the outcome. On the other hand, I'm furious because in this case and many others, tax payers are on the hook.
And this is exactly why you can’t tax unrealized gains.
The left wants to tax Elon but he “lost” around $400 Billion.
Do we then give him money for unrealized losses?
@GrindeOptions Selfishly hope so cos I pulled out last minute, expecting a dip after a week. Gonna dip big time when all the existing holders get to cash in.