Budget 2017 Wish List

Jezza99

My daughter is a first time buyer who is on the cusp of signing and exchanging contracts with the builder. She has sent an email to her solicitor asking if she now has to pay the stamp duty.

She's on tenterhooks awaiting the answer. Who's a lucky girl (I hope)

Bl4ckGryph0n

As I understand it, she will not

Sonic67

Fingers crossed

IronGiant

Let's face it, she will be gone eventually even if it means she's around for twenty more years as PM and then finally dies, so you can keep saying she's going, eventually you will be proved right and then you can look smug for a bit.

Sonic67

Wrong quote?

Sonic67

And even that's a constant re-post from you. Here's two more:

And you still think the back bench tories are keeping their powder dry or will collapse over the EU.

Last June:

Now:

Given that even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes and a stopped clock is right twice a day, eventually you might be right.

Jezza99

I was agreeing with him? Make the same prediction enough one day you will be right. Or that's my point anyway.

Sonic67

A very touching faith in Morgan Stanley though

Jezza99

And they backed remain.

Revealed: £14m Backers Of Pro-EU Campaign

Scores of wealthy individuals are understood to have contributed to the ‘Remain’ campaign, including John Studzinksi of Blackstone; Lloyd Dorfman, founder of Travelex; Franck Petitgas, an executive at Morgan Stanley; Damon Buffini, a former head of Permira, the private equity firm; Sir Evelyn de Rothschild; and Jeremy Isaacs, a former head of Lehman Brothers’ operations in Europe.

https://sunlightfoundation.com/2016/06/22/u-s-financial-firms-spent-almost-3-million-against-brexit/

Citigroup and Morgan Stanley donated £250,000 each, according to the U.K. Electoral Commission’s figures,

Confucius

Well there's a shocker