THE 2021 AUTUMN BUDGET

Rishi is totally brilliant, but he is not serious; and that's the trouble with this govt, led by Bojo. They don't have any skin in the game as they are fabulously rich themselves already. They just want to stay in office and the best way to do that is to play the Master of Ceremonies at a party.Rishi should have been wearing a party hat and carrying a magic wand. When the people turn to hard work, thrift and moral decency,...

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SECRETS OF GIVING ADVICE

Secrets of giving adviceCan you remember times when you tookgood advice ... and didnt?So, starts, as usual by listening.Asking open questions Asking questions that also allow the respondent to see a benefit for themselvesWaiting for them to ask you for advice.Telling of other people or yourself, not give instructions!Don't care about if it is followed or not.Dont mind if they do something different!!! Compare:CoachingConsulting ...

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NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL

"The way forward is for the UK and EU to cooperate in measures to curb the flow of non compliant goods in either direction across the Irish land border, while leaving each side free to make and follow its own laws and rules within its own territory."That says nothing.The answer is a digital border, where it should be, and the technology is here ready to deploy. The EU is The Single Market, which is the so-called "four freedoms", broken out into a cascade of deeply trivial rules (300 in the case of the NIP), policed by the EU's own court. That's...

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THE CASE FOR THE NATION STATE

From Poland's perspective, the case against an EU federal Europe is the case for the primacy of the nation state.But from the EU point of view, this is an existential threat. It is quite unlike Gernany's objection from its constitutional court.  The EU is built on the Single Market. From these so-called "four freedoms" flow all the rules that so annoy lovers of freedom for their own parliaments. These rules are judged...

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OUR INHERITANCE

23 October 2021https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/23/parents-occasionally-abrupt-children-may-guilty-mild-neglect/Who says you can't take it with you? The costs of care in the home can reach £2,000 a week, or as much as twice the bill for care in a private care home. So it is quite possible for a parent to burn through the family fortune, leaving the family or beneficiaries with nothing. Nothing?In those final years...

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ACCESS THAILAND

Passport or travel document with a validity not less than 6 monthsVisa application form (filled out)One(1) recent 4x6cm. photograph of the applicantRound-trip air ticket or e-ticket (paid in full)Proof of financial means (20,000 baht per person/40,000 baht per family)Proof of Hotel or private accommodationAfter receiving your Thailand tourist visa and certificate of entry from the Thai Embassy or consulate, the traveler must prepare the following documents before traveling to Thailand:Certificate of Entry (COE)Valid visa in your passportDeclaration...

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HEAT PUMP

v.gd/qryrtWSix things you'll only know if you have a heat pump As Boris Johnson encourages people to replace their gas boilers, new converts tell us what the low-carbon alternative actually involves By Luke Mintz and Yolanthe Fawehinmi 19 October 2021 • 8:37pm Richard Casson admits he was a little nervous when a mechanic arrived at his north London flat in May to replace his traditional gas boiler. He wasn’t coming to install...

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NO MORE PATIENCE FOR THE EU

18 October 2021The EU is a dangerous and wayward power. It has no vision of its future. It has no idea of the balance of power in the world. It treats its enemies, like China and Russia as friends ;  and it treats its friends, the UK and the United States, as enemies. It shows no respect to its peoples, instead it seeks to discipline them (the Greeks, the Poles, the Hungarians.) It serves only German industry and French vanity. It exists as a vortex of power, draining member states of their skilled and competent, becoming ever more self-centred...

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AN INVESTING STRATEGY (work in progress ...)

14 October 2021Looking at the Cyclically Adjusted Price Earnings ratio (CAPE):Ie average on the FTSE 100 and 250Average over last 10 years. It is middle of the road territory on both:FTSE100 at 7,000 is CAPE in 14 to 20 rangeFTSE250 at 23,000 is CAPE in 19 to 28 rangeSo fair value on both - meaning you can expect the average return of 7%, divis reinvested. Now compare with the S&P500:It's up 1.71% today at 4,438.26.The CAPE...

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YAYOI KUSAMA at THE TATE MODERN

15 October 2021 Does this art tell us something about the artist? About ourselves? It was excellent but upon opening there was a strong mouldy stench of horse piss rhat sucked in the face and you'd think the wine was corked. But actually, it just needed to be aired for half an hour ("chambrayed" - how do you say that ?). I could have...

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THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE

10 October 2021Three images ...

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