When you consider the industrial base of Western economies you're not far off. For decades now we have relied on consumer spending and market speculation. Money hasn't meant anything much for ages - not in our countries anyway.
You then look at the plastic crap that China exports and you start to see the value of the world economy.
Funnily enough, the countries so rubbish that they can start from scratch have been given a chance here. History tells us they won't take it though.

Red and Blue Army!

Meanwhile on Loose Women:
‘Would you pay off your child’s partner?’
Lol

COYP

Amazing how far that programmes' intellectual discussion pushes the thought processes of the nation.

Meanwhile on social media, photo's are still "going viral"

I disengage, I turn the page.

Which photos?

COYP

mmmm

I’d expect them to consider a method of including dividend payments

A system that could work would be to create an average salary, with a qualifying period of say 6 months min and 3 years max.

Said salary is calculated by adding together paid salary and dividends (both pre-tax) then applying PAYE rules on NI and so on to both.

That way you’re levelling the playing field a bit and eliminating any minimum salary / dividend tax advantage gaming

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

1. Beckenham is quiet this week the panic buying is over for now and the supermarkets appear to be getting their act together hopefully this idiocy is now past us.

2. A lady friend is a hairdresser she goes to people's houses she gave me a woman's perspective of the last few weeks. Apologies to the ladies if I get any of this wrong.

"Before the lockdown hairdressers, nail bars, beauty treatment places etc. were in meltdown as women were franticly booking in fear they would not get another one for months.

Now we are in lockdown my friend has been getting calls from everyone begging her to go to their place and do their hair (she’s not).

Apparently the shops were cleared out of hair colour dye and other hair and beauty treatment products over the last week.

She says look out for grey roots, badly dyed hair and people with false nails (they have to be maintained frequently) otherwise the real nail shows through.

Not a good time to be a vain woman.

Edited by Badger11 (24 Mar 2020 3.38pm)

One more point