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Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Like what? Specifically?

Someone rich enough to be a big donor isn't going to be hurting for cash and status among the Chattering Classes, what material benefit would a change in title give him?

Someone rich enough to be a big donor does it to wield greater influence and gain even more money. Surely you knew that. Every honour given in the uk, is to grant status, power and money

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[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Like what? Specifically?

Someone rich enough to be a big donor isn't going to be hurting for cash and status among the Chattering Classes, what material benefit would a change in title give him?

This assumes that people who already have plenty of cash aren't constantly clamouring for even more cash, which late-stage capitalism has proven ... well. Late-stage capitalism.

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Rates to apply from 1 April 2024
NMW rate Annual increase (Ł)

National Living Wage (for those aged 21 and over) Ł11.44


21-22 Year Old Rate See NLW
18-20 Year Old Rate Ł8.60
16-17 Year Old Rate Ł6.40
Apprentice Rate Ł6.40
Accommodation Offset Ł9.99


https://www.gov.uk/government/public...m-wage-in-2024


The Government Minister Kevin Hollibrake MP
went on GBnewsHD, first.
in their Westminster Studio.

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Sky News Text:
[Up to 1.6 million more pensioners will be
paying income tax within four years as a
result of Tory stealth raids,
The Daily Telegraph writes.]

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[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

Sky News Text:
[Up to 1.6 million more pensioners will be
paying income tax within four years as a
result of Tory stealth raids,
The Daily Telegraph writes.]

Feck off and leave pensioners alone. Robbing gits.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Feck off and leave pensioners alone. Robbing gits.

well said

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It's just amazing to me that anyone would be surprised this set of Cons in government have created this scenario that will affect pensioners.
They're just hard-line and heartless.

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This went out last week
No Women in the poster.


It was later Deleted

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[Rishi Sunak has offered a 'fulsome apology'
after being ridiculed for killing off the
iconic Adidas Samba trainers]


Rishi in his Samabas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hoe-years.html

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BBC News Text :
[Rishi Sunak's election promise of cutting
NHS waiting times.
The paper reports that a
"radical shake-up" involving new "same-day units"
is having a positive impact on some hospitals.]

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BBC News Text:
[Report on the Victims and Prisoners Bill,
which will be debated in Parliament
on Tuesday and which is intended to
improve support for the victims of crime.
The paper quotes Baroness Newlove,
whose husband Garry was kicked to death
after confronting a group of vandals in 2007,
calling on the government to do more to
tackle anti-social behaviour.
"Tragedy can strike when pleas for help go
unheard," she says.]

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Sky News Text:
[Drug shortages are Britain's "new normal"
and the situation is being
made worse by Brexit, according to a
report in The Guardian.]

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the tories have dropped below 20% in the polls for the first time in over 40 years

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