@AaronBastani I think a @AndyBurnhamGM government might revive Labour if they can manage to get a handle some a lot of law and order problems - avoid the temptation to create yet more offences (a temptation in government) and actually concentrate and resource on sorting existing offences.
@AlvinMutyaba@AaronBastani Even at the £100000 (after this the PA drops steadily), and you have been paying 40% on all income over £50271, you effective overall tax rate is still only 27.4%
@AlvinMutyaba@AaronBastani No you don't.
At the tax threshold of £50271, you pay £7,538.40 in tax and £3,016.02 in NI. Your effective tax rate is ((3016.02+7538.40)/50271)x100 = 20.99%.
That of course doesn't take into account any changes to your taxable income (pensions for example)
@dai_alectic Sure. In 1988 when drafting, I imagine they just wanted to take a practical and enforcable approach to the law, especially considering Kirpan crime was low to non-existent and has remained so. While I may agree your argument, practically I still think the law makes sense.
@dai_alectic In practice, I imagine police would exercise discretion and ignore someone with a kirpan, or a bread knife in a cafe.
While if they see a person with a machete or zombie knife, their policy would no doubt be different?
@dai_alectic The act itself doesn't actually say "you can carry a kirpan"...
All it says is that certain religious or cultural reasons may form a part of a defence if you are charged for possession. I guess it depends on how the police choose to enforce this...
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@DanNeidle Arguably, the more rapid raising of the PA after 2010 has had the effect of undermining the UK income tax base particular in the context of slower wage growth.
Unwise that some are considering raising it even higher and it isn't surprising that both Hunt and Reeves have held it
@DAaronovitch It wasn't so long ago that this Völkisch nonsense, being the sole preserve of groups like the BNP and NF, was widely lampooned and condemned.
Just to remind you of where this is all going. Non white people (however British) contribute to the nation's 'suicide' merely by virtue of their skin colour, according to this leading ReformUK figure.
@DPJHodges The man was a shapeshifter while in the Conservatives, but now is a contortionist in Reform forcing himself into ever more radical and weird positions.