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[careful] 19/11/2024 12:04

Golf is no longer for the wealthy.
Those days have long gone.
Another victim of the class structure collapse of the UK probably caused by multi ethnic multi secular society of ours.

Many golf clubs are struggling to survive many have ceased to exist.

The were always mens tees and ladies tees, but now transgender have to be accommodated.
No longer mens bar as in the past, that is now illegal.

We live in a different world now. Look on the car parks and you will see white vans that have replaced Bently's even at once exclusive clubs.
The one advantage of this is that if you forget their names you can read it on the side of their van.

Remember the wisdom of Groucho Marx "I would never want to join a club that would have me for member"

Interesting that golf clubs do not pay VAT. mmmmm I wonder what Angela thinks of that.

[min ping] 19/11/2024 11:51

agree scruff

hang your head in shame m2
disgusting man

[scruff1] 19/11/2024 11:38

He obviously has no idea about farming - same as Raving Reeves or Barmstick Starmer and the rest of his juvenile student union cabinet meddlers. There are not many farms up here or any other livestock farms of 1500 acres ffs. I know nowt about arable farms in the SE. I would bet the farm that Raving and Barmy wouldnt know an acre if one hit them. Why you would destroy summat you know nowt about beats me. Sensible would be keep yer gob shut and yer nose out

[min ping] 19/11/2024 11:24

1500 acres is a hell of a lot of land.
Naturally they wish to hang on to it, we all would.


you obviously have no idea what it is like to look after 1500 acres. I dont either - but its one headache Im quite glad I dont have. You really want to look after 1500 acres ? good luck

[careful] 19/11/2024 11:22

Not just left leaning there are other vested interest groups.
Not so long ago many Tories were dreaming of the UK post Brexit becoming the Singapore
of Northern Europe.

The complication comes because the electorate is anti immigration so the parties are forced to hide their true beliefs.
So often the pretend to do something about it but never do.

Our chum Nigel has a gift for mouthing off about populist issues knowing he will never have to deal with the problem.

It really is nightmare with no solution in sight.

[min ping] 19/11/2024 11:00

its crowded careful because of left leaning govts opening our bloody borders !

[gotnorolex] 19/11/2024 10:42

Labour doesn't understand TRADITION!

[careful] 19/11/2024 10:31

Just watching 2 protesting farmers on Sky.

Their 1500 acre farm has been in their family for many years and they would need to sell land to pay the potential £2m CGT bill.

1500 acres is a hell of a lot of land.
Naturally they wish to hang on to it, we all would.

The farm does not create much wealth despite its vast land ownership.
Their potential problem must be set against everyone else's problems with IHT.

I believe their arguments a feeble that they are a special case. They already are being asked to pay a lower rate than everyone else.
Motor mouth Clarkson already markets his farm as part the leisure and hospitality industry.
Then there was set aside when farmers converted unused land for golf courses.

In a crowded country such as our, land is worth potentially many more millions that the stated price.
Farmers are potentially super wealthy and they do not wish the forced sale of the land whilst the price is low. We know what they are thinking.

[mikemichael2] 19/11/2024 10:25

Oh dear, not much 'looav' around this morning, ted and I had fun playing on the golf course this morning (its closed) his little legs covered in balls of snow!!

Then out for a nice ploughman's and a pint at lunch, cheer up, us old gits still have it good.

[min ping] 19/11/2024 10:14

as one turkish local in Istanbul who was interviewed by the bbc said yesterday what you call far right in the UK, we call national pride in Turkey

sums it up

[kenbos] 19/11/2024 10:13

Totally agree

[min ping] 19/11/2024 10:10

careful - heres a thing for you

instead of going after aspiration, oldies, all ready taxed pensions, why doesnt he cut down on waste, cut down on handouts to migrants, cut down on giving away over 10 bln in foreign aid to countries that dont want it, slim the public sector etc etc.

We need an Elon to cut down on the sublime waste evident in the public sector before asking people to pay even more tax.

[hardup1] 19/11/2024 10:04

So Putin has warned Ukraine against using US made missiles to strike Russia, but it's OK by Putin for Russia to use Iranian made drones and ballistic missiles to strike Ukraine, and use North Korean troops on the ground inside Ukraine?

[careful] 19/11/2024 10:04

I did not voter Starmer, but he should hang in there.
I like his tax moves his warmer relationship with the EU. and getting closer to China.

Don't like the immigration thing, his talk about going after the gangs is pure BS.
..but they may move on that next, the toes did nothing in 14 years.

Labour will go full term, too many backbenchers to bring down the government.

The result of the election may well depend upon Farage again.
He let Boris win by standing down, he kicked Tories out by stealing their votes last time.

The strength of Reform and Nigel lies in the fact that his followers are strategically inept.

[careful] 19/11/2024 09:56

It is obviously class warfare.

We have never had a radical Labour government in this country for many years, one that believes in redistribution of wealth.

Micheal Foot was slaughtered at the ballot box as was Corbyn.

The other side of this coin is that we have to put up with outrageous tax loopholes for certain groups, installed by the rich mans party we all vote for, the Tories.

Non Doms, Trust funds for billionaires to hide their money, and wealthy landowners.
They pay almost nothing in inheritance tax, which is a scandal.

Senior civil servants register as self employed to avoid tax.

We need a government to tackle this, they never do. Even this modest tax on a small number of farmers has been met with a barrage of anger.
Of course they should pay some tax, none of us want to, there should be no exceptions.

[scruff1] 19/11/2024 09:54

Might all become a bit of a minor issue. Putin promised a nuclear response if Ukraine used US missiles to attack Russia. They have. So now we wait to see if Putin was a bluffer. Good timing by Biden. Just as a peace settlement was appearing to be a possibility.

[hardup1] 19/11/2024 09:54

Market and banks taken a dive shortly after 09:15 this morning?