The state of the UK

[JimC]

You get a lot of agreement about that from Brian...

[rainbow]

There's only one true relish...

Ee by gumm!

[Brian Peacock]

'Appen thy's reet tha noes.

[rainbow]

Aye, av ney a idee wha' thee be abaht

[Svartalf]

'Appen thy's reet tha noes.

I beg your pardon? My Braid Scots was never that much.

[JimC]

They are attempting a broad Yorkshire dialect.

[Scot Dutchy]

Well Scots it is not.

[Brian Peacock]

'Appen thy's reet tha noes.

I beg your pardon? My Braid Scots was never that much.

Translation: As it happens you're probably right you know.

[Scot Dutchy]

[Scot Dutchy]

[Svartalf]

'Appen thy's reet tha noes.

I beg your pardon? My Braid Scots was never that much.

Translation: As it happens you're probably right you know.

Thanks, I try to learn, but doing so from far away is not the best.

[Brian Peacock]

[Svartalf]

Say, could we tattoo 2020 on the cheeks (both upper and lower) of every tory MP, especially those in the cabinet, and tell them goodbye, enjoy the retirement?

[Scot Dutchy]

The UK approaching third world status.

Richest 1% have almost a quarter of UK wealth, study claims

Official figures have missed £800bn of private assets, says thinktank, amid calls for wealth tax to fund Covid recovery

Almost a quarter of all household wealth in the UK is held by the richest 1% of the population, according to alarming new research that reveals a historic underestimation of inequality in the country.

The study found that the top 1% had almost £800bn more wealth than suggested by official statistics, meaning that inequality has been far higher than previously thought. Researchers said the extra billions was a conservative estimate and could well be more.

The revelation comes amid calls for ministers to consider a new wealth tax or substantial reforms to existing levies on the rich, so that they play a bigger role in helping the country deal with the Covid fallout and the costs of an ageing population. Demands for a mansion tax are also being revived.

Around 5% of the total wealth held by the very richest households has been missed by official measures, researchers at the Resolution Foundation thinktank found. It discovered the missing wealth by comparing official statistics compiled by the Office for National Statistics with data from the Sunday Times Rich List.

[Brian Peacock]

Fairy data from the ONS, rely on it you can not.

And besides, we all know that the Netherlands has the highest level of wealth inequality in the world.