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by down_time
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Taking Cigarettes o/s
Replies: 15
Views: 1401
Great Britain

Re: Taking Cigarettes o/s

That stuff is lethal and should be dealt with in the same way as heroin and fentanyl. Of course that will never happen, but they could make $5,000 a carton instead of $500, and let the price increase by $500 more each year as time goes on. Exactly the type of uninformed and ill-conceived approach t...
by down_time
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld
Replies: 2
Views: 1598
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A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/65bc2f47a3cf2052ac8339c0/master/w_1920,c_limit/240212_r43752.jpg At 2.24am on 28th November 2019, a surveillance camera affixed to the Thames headquarters of the British spy agency M.I.6 captured sudden movement outside a building across the river. The building’s ...
by down_time
Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:55 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants
Replies: 28
Views: 11160
Great Britain

Re: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants

Families already settled in UK won't have to meet new visa salary thresholds, Home Secretary signals People already settled in Britain will not have to meet new salary thresholds when they renew their visas, the Home Secretary signalled on Wednesday. James Cleverly said the plans designed to cut im...
by down_time
Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants
Replies: 28
Views: 11160
Great Britain

Re: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants

38k is not "in the top earning percentile" ;it's a modest wage £38k is not in the top percentile obviously, but according to the most recent gov.uk earnings data from 2021, UK median income is £26.3k and an income of £38.2k is in the 73rd percentile i.e. only 27% of incomes are higher. Ha...
by down_time
Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:12 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants
Replies: 28
Views: 11160
Great Britain

Re: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants

Another point worth considering is according to analysis this will impact only 10,000 visa applications p/a compared to UK net migration of over 675,000 in 2023. It seems a pretty callous policy towards UK citizens with foreign partners which will have no tangible impact on actually reducing immigra...
by down_time
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:51 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants
Replies: 28
Views: 11160
Great Britain

Increase in financial threshold for UK family visa applicants

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here already to be honest. I know a few people who were planning to move back to the UK in the next few years who will struggle to meet the new threshold. Applicants wishing to get a family visa for spouse and/or dependents will need to be in the top 23rd percen...
by down_time
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:02 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country
Replies: 701
Views: 196086
Great Britain

Re: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country

She doubted it was possible to eradicate Hamas, which she described as “not just a military presence but a political reality”. I may be wrong but I took this to mean that Hamas are not just a military organisation but have a political wing that has support, in a similar way to the IRA had Sin Fein,...
by down_time
Wed Nov 08, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country
Replies: 701
Views: 196086
Great Britain

Re: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country

Israel-Hamas War: 'Hamas Opened Up The Gates Of Hell' - Mosab Hassan Yousef Tells Piers Morgan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8YYmrgAeqw In an eye-opening interview, Mosab Hassan Youssef, the son of one of the co-founders of Hamas, reveals the true intentions of the militant group and calls for t...
by down_time
Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country
Replies: 701
Views: 196086
Great Britain

Re: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country

Yes and no question. Whether or not the US is a net exporter of energy is highly dependent on the current US President. Biden is doing is his best to turn off the spigots and send the US back to the way it was before. Under Biden, US oil production is poised to break Trump-era records Wed August 9,...
by down_time
Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country
Replies: 701
Views: 196086
Great Britain

Re: Hamas Terrorists Attack Festival in Israel and Target Civilians elsewhere in the Country

Research, NKOTB, lol. His research involves the contents of his wife's FB page & Wikipedia (if we're lucky).