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#1
General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
November 07, 2024, 08:02:34 PM
I've got that stupid song stuck in my head: "proud to be an Ameeerican".  :(
#2
General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
November 06, 2024, 07:30:19 PM
Is NI the only place in the world where politicians in power don't get booted out by the voter for making a balls of the economy?
#3
General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
November 06, 2024, 06:00:46 AM
I couldn't care for either candidate, but the BBC hosts are completely deflated.  They can't hide it.
#4
Quote from: RedHand88 on November 01, 2024, 12:52:34 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on November 01, 2024, 12:09:12 PM
Quote from: tbrick18 on November 01, 2024, 11:49:59 AM
Quote from: LC on October 31, 2024, 12:36:01 PMNot ideal but if you were fortunate enough to inherit a farm with a value of +£1m cand you were struggling to square up HMRC could you just not sell what you need to cover the tax bill?  Is there a timeframe that inheritance tax must be paid within post inheritance?

Probably not that simple. Selling land would also be subject to capital gains I imagine. think of a 3rd generation farm, orignally it could have been a couple of thousand an acre in value, now worth 12K and acre. So capital gains due on the profit, meaning to foot the inheritance tax bill the entire farm may need to be sold.

I think it's scandalous.
Farm assets would quickly hit the 1M mark - especially when you take in the family home sitting on the farm.
I'd suggest the majority of small farms in NI would be affected by this.
Yeah 1m really isn't that much in terms of land/farm property.

We are being absolutely shafted.

I was wondering what % of farms fall into this bracket. Can anyone shed light? Not a farmer myself.
Hillary Benn says it'll only affect 500 farms next year but then assuming it's 500 every year (maybe more depending on the value of land inflating), the numbers could really rack up.
I wouldn't heed a word from Hilary Benn. I thought he might be ok, but he's as political as the rest of them.
#5
The 'big farmer' has ended up in a hole. Egged on by agricultural colleges, Going for Growth strategy etc, and sometimes their own greed, they've spent fortunes building large scale farms, and now they're under the pump because of the state of Lough Neagh, and now the inheritance tax swipe.  A lot of those big farms are easily worth 3 or 4 million. If the farmer gets hit by a bus, the family now get hit with an eye watering tax bill. Sleepless nights for some of them.
#6
We seem to be heading for a c.30,000 seat concrete block to the tune of well over £100mn.  What a waste of time and money considering it already held 20,000 plus when they locked the gates. Ten million at the time would have transformed it.
#7
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
October 27, 2024, 05:25:22 PM
I like the TC and the sooner there's a third tier the better, especially if some of these new rules are adopted.   We've slipped so far behind that the tiered system is best for the Antrims of this world.  Play and compete at your own level, and if you're good enough, you can progress up the ladder. The championship needs three tiers, not two - senior, intermediate and junior. Meath proved that two tiers isn't enough.
I can see no way for Antrim to get a foothold in the Ulster Championship. Underage teams battered every year etc.  Andy isn't an alchemist.
#8
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
October 26, 2024, 01:40:33 PM
Quote from: EOC1923 on October 26, 2024, 01:26:35 PMSerious question, what are we expecting from Antrim footballers in 2025? Some would agree it's been two mediocre seasons so far for Andy McEntee
So far the whole thing has peaked both seasons with the Tailteann Cup semifinals.  Year one, the game against Meath was very heartening.  Year two against Laois was very disappointing, we just fell away in the second half.
The club championship this year was very average so I can't really see where he finds big improvements.
#9
Quote from: ShutterinbyDayGAAbyNight on October 24, 2024, 03:42:21 PMThe state of it all really. Sinn Fein, Alliance, DUP and TUV all acting out like school children. Seems Matthew O'Tooles Christmas has come early.

Meanwhile:
If you want to build houses or a factory in town X, you'll be told no because they haven't invested in the sewage system.
If you're a school principal you'll get nothing only bureaucracy from civil servants in EA and DE who dream up stuff and have nothing better to do.
If you're a small business, the Windsor Framework is probably ballsing up your supply chain because there 'is' an Irish Sea Border.
Lough Neagh is fcuked and there's an 'Action Plan' which is just words.
There's a 'draft' PFG moving at a snails pace.
Still no York Street interchange.
The A5 has taken forever.
The city centre is gridlocked and they close more roads on the mouth of Christmas.

The list is endless, and the whole thing is just codology between SF and DUP - one for me, one for you, and then a bitter squabble over aul chestnuts, with the whole thing on track to collapse in due course because they literally can't make any big decisions. 
#10
The state of that committee yesterday.  It's amateur hour at Stormont every day. They really aren't capable of running a 'government'.
#11
General discussion / Re: European Leagues.
October 23, 2024, 12:54:08 PM
Real Madrid were seriously impressive in the second half. They move the ball so fast, and then casually bring on Camavinga for Modric to finish the job.  And Ancellotti as cool as a cucumber. 
#12
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Colleges
October 22, 2024, 11:20:22 PM
There's two generations of players at this stage who have been used to practically nothing else only 15 behind the ball. They've moved up into coaching and it has just become the norm.  I'm glad I was around to see some games before it all went to hell.
#13
I'm a bit baffled by some of the players lamenting a lack of contact. All players do nowadays is throw the ball sideways or back every time anyone comes near them.
#14
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 19, 2024, 03:57:27 PM
Quote from: DuffleKing on October 19, 2024, 03:39:36 PM
Quote from: marty34 on October 19, 2024, 11:16:34 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 19, 2024, 09:49:35 AMJust ditch football and put everything into the hurling, it's the national sport, the oldest game and as a spectacle l, the best

100% correct.

Hurling is the greatest.  No matter what the review committees do, football will never compare to hurling.

It's Liam Mc Carthy V Lory Meagher. 

Football is basically basketball.



Why can't you pursuade more people to play it at the expense of football then?

Because it's not promoted by football counties. Plus it's an easier sport to play.
And vice versa.
#15
Quote from: AustinPowers on October 18, 2024, 06:44:07 PM
Quote from: Sportacus on October 18, 2024, 06:41:37 PMIt's interesting. Fair play to everyone for trying to make a change. I'm all in favour of three up, but I'm still counting twenty players behind the ball.  There's plenty of kicking in going on, but in a proper game with intensity I can't see it being anywhere near as free flowing. Don't think I'd ever get used to two point scores. It's an interesting experiment.

Nearly sure there  wasn't 3 in  the one half for one of AOS's points

Third man to cross the  line gets an electric shock should  sort it
Can you imagine the roaring and shouting at a club game when the ref is looking the other way and somebody puts a toenail over the line.