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New ISA rules apply from 2029. Until then, I'll just keep sticking pins into my Rachel Reeves voodoo doll.

Tradies used to be time-served apprentices with real skills and the vision to 'see' the finished job. Nowadays there are far too many young guns with sparkly new vans, all the gear... and no idea. I employed a young 'chippy' to build a dormer extension once. He told me he'd built 'about 7'...

Prejudices are justified when they are formed through lived experience. Then they are your instincts, which you should trust. £4k per month? My head has just exploded.

Then why do so many claimants sign off with their government-funded employment specialists as soon as they secure PIP? I'll tell you why; They get free money! They think it's a no-brainer, but ultimately it's deleterious and creates subhumanoid blobs whose epitaphs will read, 'They sat on a sofa'.

Hard not to see it as a personal affront isn't it... especially when she uses that horrible assertive tone. I only like her when she cries. Lol

You'd expect to see the underside of the newel post in some designs. In this scenario I would expect to see a heavy central timber with the staircase built around it. Is there a valid reason for the placement of every timber, or have corners been cut in the name of economy? It's hard to tell...

But everyone can speak anecdotally about someone they know who is claiming benefits when they could be working, but we don't tend to 'shop' our family members or friends. When I was teaching, I got to know a gentleman who walked on crutches to pick his son up every day. I admired him for that...

I like the sound of these modern careers. I'm going be a pronoun shifting super grifter in my next life. It's going to be hard work of course, but I'm sure I'll be able to feel offended at least twice a month in the name of PIP... and live with my [probably] useless parents until I'm 50. Yeah, I...

We like equations. Lol

Don't you think that we all had the propensity to be E.g.2 in our teens? That's where the tough love comes in. No tough love = snowflake.

We'll have medieval tax collectors knocking on our doors before long.

Unlikely. Lol

I know someone (my wife actually) who tries her best to get people into work. She loves her job. She feels sad when promising young individuals secure PIP and then give up on real life. It's too easy.

You got me wrong (again). E.g.1: One leg = genuine benefit claimant. E.g.2: Bit nervous, late night gamer, work-shy = get a job mate.

Well that's just made me hungry. Lol

Hedging your bets? Interesting! I've got equal amounts in a cash ISA and Premium Bonds. Last year my bonds outplayed my 4.8% ISA quite significantly. I like the jeopardy. Lol

I'm going to stick my neck out here and guess that, like Rachel Reeves, you're not a professional economist. Basically, all economies (personal, household, national, etc) are based on the same principle; i.e. You need to have more incomings than outgoings, or said economy goes tits up. An...

When I went to London on a school trip in the 70s, I took a kagoul. They called it a 'kag-in-a-bag'. Nowadays children need to take a stab vest. It's a cultural difference you see. Brits resort to fisty cuffs, whereas other nationalities prefer to... slice you up. Sorry, bit graphic. Anyway...

Are you suggesting that Keir Starmer is the DeWalt of drills? He's the Bob the Builder drill my grandson had when he was 3.

Ah, so you were tempted to open the box! ;-)