duke63

Regardless of the last Brexit vote, give it ten years when many Brexit voters have passed on and younger generations visit Europe and see they are so far ahead of us in so many aspects and their standard of living is much better, then younger generations will demand another vote to rejoin.

Which is where it all becomes nonsensical. I bet one charge a week on an EV would be sufficient for the majority of drivers on their current mileage. But too many want a £50k SUV on PCP with an engine size and range they will never need. the tax regime should be used to encourage the purchase of new EVs at the expense of ICEs.

Manufacturrers will stop selling them well before 2035 in my opinion. They are not the future and as such R&D has already stopped on them. By the time 2030 comes round manufacturers across Euirope will already be moving to factories making only EVs, its proper business sense to do so. And if our climate heats up over the next 5 years as it has over the last 5, we will already be in deep trouble as a human race. Our way of life will HAVE to change irrevocably.

She's just calling out the absurdity and lies of the Tory kn9bheads.

We have had 13 years of that rhetoric and look where it has got us! More than double the national debt Next to no police force. NHS on its knees and private healthcare taking over. Roads falling to pieces quite literally. Way to much traffic on the roads yet an ever poorer local public transport service. A rail service that is decades behind our European neighbours. HMRC on its knees. Local Councils no longer funded properly and going bust one after the other. School buildings in danger of collapse on our pupils.. 174 separate schools at today's count. Due to the above, some students only spending every other week at school. The highest inflation figures in the 'advanced' world. Public borrowing at record levels. Seems to me that tax cuts are the very very last thing this Country needs.

We are currently allowing business decisions to completely shape our way of life which is why we have global warming running out of control, **** flowing into our seas and rivers, the air we breathe being full of pollutants and the food we eat not really being food at all in many cases. Unless we start to reverse that then human race will not survive. Greed is destroying us.

Business should never be allowed to over ride what benefits people health and happiness. Traffic is a blot on our lives much of the time. There is too much of it and too many people are in a desperate hurry to get somewhere either because they haven't left themselves enough time or they are trying to cram too much into their lives. I doubt much traffic travels above 20 mph much of the time anyway in urban areas. If you car keeps a track of average speed travelled over a length of time go and check what it says and i bet it reads an average of less than 30mph.

Indeed but also the fact he tried it, it didn't work and now he realises that even he doesn't have the resources to keep doing it year on year which is what is actually required now.

As i just posted in another thread, the Everton owner's statement on why he is selling is very pertinent. Unless you are owned by one of those stated, any other clubs will ultimately be left behind and struggle to survive. Moshiri said in a statement: "The nature of ownership and financing of top football clubs has changed immeasurably since I first invested in Everton over seven years ago. "The days of an owner/benefactor are seemingly out of reach for most, and the biggest clubs are now typically owned by well-resourced private equity firms, specialist sports investors or state-backed companies and funds."

Interesting to read the Everton owner's take on why he is selling. Sadly i think if we don't follow suit, eventually we will end up as a League One or League Two club.at best. Money talks in the end. Moshiri said in a statement: "The nature of ownership and financing of top football clubs has changed immeasurably since I first invested in Everton over seven years ago. "The days of an owner/benefactor are seemingly out of reach for most, and the biggest clubs are now typically owned by well-resourced private equity firms, specialist sports investors or state-backed companies and funds."

Only in the vat on purchase. They should be taxed off the road if they are big polluters.

This morning we even have a Government minister ( Mordaunt) berating Welsh parliament for setting a 20mph urban speed limit to protect people - not motorists or business but people walking about in their locality. If we set more 20mph limits maybe more will get off their arses and use their legs to go 1 mile down the road. People have been hoodwinked for too long by this government of populists who are actually killing the Country for the majority ( unless you are a multi millionaire and dont feel you should pay any tax).

We need leaders and politicians who represent the people they are supposed to represent. Not representing big business, wealthy individuals, campaign groups. Britain is falling to pieces but people appear to blind to see that. Try travelling abroad a bit and you will soon see how far behind we are starting to look - Health service collapsing so the Government can promote private heathcare companies, no police service to protect the public, HMRC on the verge of collapse, schools, courts and hospitals falling apart because they were built for short term profit and not longevity, an obsession with house building at any cost (many of which will likely be falling part in 30 years time having seen at first hand how poorly they are built), roads with too much traffic and road surfaces in need of billions of £s to bring them up to standard, again no police on the roads so poor driving is becoming the norm. I could go on but all we hear from politicians is tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts. There is a pay off from that and we are now seeing it very clearly - a country in dire need of massive investment just to bring it up to standard. 13 or so years of no infrastructure investment and the Country is falling apart.

Sense of humour bypass?

Imagine Emi and Madders in the same team. Not only would it be great to watch but would anyone else on the pitch ever see the ball? 😄

Any business or asset is only worth what a potential buyer is prepared to pay for it. Bearing in mind its a football club that would need significant cash invested to move it on to another level and at the last published accounts its assets only outweighed its liabilities by £2.75 million, you could argue he has paid £5 million for a 40% share in an asset worth £2.75 million which seems poor value to me.

or the Underground when walking around London! 😉

How else could you do it that would be fair? Surely one vote per share is entirely the correct way to do it? It’s why people invest in shares to have some say in how a company is governed. It’s also why if you are entitled to vote then you should use it, even if you hold only one share. That vote will count.

I think it will be £30 million. The £66 million outstanding relates to June 2022 accounts but half of that was repayable within one year so presumably that has now been repaid last March.

March 2024 is when the short term loan on advanced media rights is repayable. Anyone on here fancy digging into their own pockets to pay it off? Thought not! Investing in football clubs is like flushing your money down the drain. And its a continuous demand.

Bearing in mind all but less than half a dozen EPL clubs are run on the basis that a wealthy owner funds their considerable losses, including the most successful, then I fail to see what other options we have than to sell players for considerable fees if it suits. The club made a huge mistake with Cantwell in not selling when his stock was high and ended up giving him away. I’m not sure Big Andy has made a sensible move nor currently has the ability to be an accomplished PL defender so I think it was probably the right thing for the club to sell now.

At the moment the first team picks itself. We now have stronger back up. Too many just like to moan and whinge about anything the club does. None of us know the true financial picture at the club but financially we are also better off after yesterday.

Only the UK and Belarus still use the FPTP system in Europe which tells you why Britain is declining and decaying very fast. We badly need PR to be introduced and also to do away with the system of power and privilege by birth. The richest here are getting very rich and everyone else is paying for it!

Needs to be quite short at the moment otherwise we could be playing 100+ minutes per game!