Chancellor's statement live

[platinumsage]

Here we go. Jobs for all etc

 

[platinumsage]

blah blah... 50% off restaurant meals Monday to Wednesday up to £10 per person in August.

not exactly a £500 shopping voucher each.

 

[DotCommunist]

a whole tenner bigod, cup runneth over.

 

[maomao]

Does the tenner per head count include kids? We'll probably do that if it does.

Wonder what the chance of replacing shit double glazing that's falling to pieces with new double glazing is as well. Unfortunately we don't have cavity walls to insulate.

 

[maomao]

a whole tenner bigod, cup runneth over.

You can get a meal at Nandos for a tenner can't you? 3 free meals a week.

 

[killer b]

50% off restaurant meals Monday to Wednesday up to £10 per person in August.

A stimulus package to rival the latest Pizza Hut offer posted through my letterbox. Such ambition.

 

[platinumsage]

You can get a meal at Nandos for a tenner can't you? 3 free meals a week.

No it's a 50% discount, up to £10 per person. Nothing free.

 

[killer b]

I am actually laughing here. incredible stuff.

 

[Pickman's model]

I am actually laughing here. incredible stuff.

the chancellor is the unintentional comedian

 

[killer b]

Sunak signed off with the immortal words We will not be defined by this crisis, but by our response to it.

No fucking shit mate.

 

[Pickman's model]

already

 

[kropotkin]

Given that I'm just about to buy a house this is great news for me. I think I night become a tory

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[kropotkin]

Fucking Foxtons. Urgh.

 

[CNT36]

Election winner. Vote Tory they're not quite as good value as a mate with a meerkat's code

 

[maomao]

The extra grand to keep people who've been furloughed is a fucking joke too. My boss cleared everyone out before he had to start paying a penny in NI.

 

[magneze]

VAT cut of 15% on "food, accommodation and attractions". Food, does that include general food shopping?

 

[Pickman's model]

Fucking Foxtons. Urgh.

it'll help the disgusting savill's too no doubt

 

[maomao]

Election winner. Vote Tory they're not quite as good value as a mate with a meerkat's code

I'm going to see if I can use both at once.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It’s very clever stuff. Can - and will - be spun by the press as a huge, generous, caring gesture for the people, while actually doing fuck all for them in reality.

 

[maomao]

VAT cut of 15% on "food, accommodation and attractions". Food, does that include general food shopping?

There's no VAT on normal food shopping anyway.

 

[killer b]

VAT cut of 15% on "food, accommodation and attractions". Food, does that include general food shopping?

VAT is only chargeable on luxury food items, so not all food no.

What defines a luxury food item is pretty arbitrary though - cake is not luxury, chocolate biscuits are, hence Mcvities legal battle to have Jaffa Cakes classified as cake.

 

[magneze]

There's no VAT on normal food shopping anyway.

Ah, so eating out only.

 

[killer b]

Ah, so eating out only.

and chocolate biscuits.

 

[magneze]

VAT is only chargeable on luxury food items, so not all food no.

What defines a luxury food item is pretty arbitrary though - cake is not luxury, chocolate biscuits are, hence Mcvities legal battle to have Jaffa Cakes classified as cake.

So chocolate biscuits 15% off?

Sunak should have led with that.

 

[Idaho]

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One day charts really aren't very illustrative. You might be more cheered by the 5 year view.

 

[Smangus]

Ah, so eating out only.

A Weatherspoons sop

 

[magneze]

Perhaps we could modify the thread title to include "Chocolate biscuits 15% off"? Seems significant.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

VAT is only chargeable on luxury food items, so not all food no.

What defines a luxury food item is pretty arbitrary though - cake is not luxury, chocolate biscuits are, hence Mcvities legal battle to have Jaffa Cakes classified as cake.

Finally the proles will be able to afford a chocolate hobnob. Truly the way to defeat a looming economic crisis.

 

[kropotkin]

The VAT will also be off booze in pubs won't it?