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When did liberal become left in the uk rather than the middle ground between conservatism and socialism?

If contractors should pay the same tax as employees Then employees should pay the same tax as contractors If #IR35 is correct taxation then by that logic employees are dodging a hell of a lot of tax

If you could devise a policy that meant big business could absorb most of the work, overcharge for it, send many of those roles abroad — and maybe the profits too — while passing business costs onto the worker on a fixed term zero rights basis You’d have thought the left would be against it! #IR35

Had a suspicion that perminant roles are being turned into inside ir35 roles for a while now Finally after seeing ones which had a whiff off it, I’ve now got the first one which clearly shows it happening Classic backfire effect of the employee rights act

Just want to post to say how brilliant I think Karl Urban is! Nothing life changing, but needs to be said

Not easy in this country to be both centre right on the economy and centre left socially at the best of times - but fucking hell

He’s been top of mine and Mrs C’s much watch list for a while now

No idea how many would even see this let alone read it, but just thought I’d let everyone know what Project Hail Mary is bloody brilliant!

If anyone wants a billion £ idea, the invent an app which stops the iPhone “autocorrect” turning correct English into incorrect English and just works on words that are actually spelt incorrectly.

An excellent haul of books this Christmas!

All racism is bad. All killing of innocent people is bad. When will people get that into their racist heads?

If I hear/see the words "fair", "fairness", "fairer" by a politician again in an attempt to quell critical thinking I'm not sure I can be responsible for my actions!

An excellent article about the realities of IR35 - contractoruk.com/news/contrac...

The failure of today can be summed up by A is working badly B is not A Therefore B is correct No reference to C, D, E or even that A is the best of a series of bad options.

“Fairness” is clearly the government’s nebulous word of the moment to stop people critically thinking about ideological decisions

Idea for the Budget – IR35 is meant to make contractors pay the same tax as employees, then fairness says employees should start paying tax on the £1000s of gear, software, and business travel contractors fund themselves — or better yet, cover the full costs out of their own pocket too.

This has been an absolute classic series of Taskmaster!

I deeply suspect in a few years we’ll see a variation on this statement said often - “Though framed as a moral necessity, the policy underdelivered and proved counterproductive”

Love the John Wick film series, but Ballerina isn’t quite up there with the main series. Ana De Armas is excellent as ever though. Not a bad film, more a missed opportunity.

Life decisions.

Did anyone else spot that Billie Piper wasn’t credited as playing The Doctor,,,?

Happy Towel Day!

I bloody love the Mission:Impossible films

This season of Doctor Who has been the best it’s been in years. Today’s episode requires immediate discussion. However that’s a curse of always being up early on a Saturday when sensible folks take time for a lie in .

This my boy Indy, he’s 3 1/2 years old He wants only two things in life To be a good boy, and to one day hold two tennis balls in his mouth I’m loving every moment I’m spending with him as we nearly lost him to pneumonia last month Enjoy every moment you can with your pets - they’re worth it!

Sitcom idea - Father Ted, but written and directed by Spike Lee

Have been reading this for a few weeks. Reading has been slow in recent weeks as my dog has been close to dying (he’s not full cured by out of immediate danger). This is a fascinating read on how the world has gotten to such a mess - and something I’ve been saying for 20 years…

Written by very talented other half, this is her 3rd book and is out today. This one has some seriously big name authors backing it, and many excellent reviews!

Third book in this trilogy - hoping it’s not as terrifying as the Fascism book

As someone who regards him as political centrist this was a very interesting read. You don’t see too many books specifically on Centrism and found a fair few interesting insights. @originstorypodcast.bsky.social

Reading this one for my own personal growth

Going back and showing the books I’ve recently read - may get into the habit of writing a review below each post at some point

I’ve been struggling to decide what to post on here for ages… but as I always post what book I’m reading elsewhere this seems appropriate - especially as Douglas Adams os the finest humour writer of all time!

I will eventually post something on here. Just starting to cope with recent ASD and ADHD diagnosis and it’s taken up most of my mental capacity