New Posts For Thread: Inflation down to 1.5%https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-278841131 Inflation down to 1.5%2 Real Wages down 1600/year under Cameron.Do we ignore (1) because it is good news and claim the stats are **** but take (2) as fact because it is bad news. Or is it the other wayDr Crippen 18 Jun 14 15:13 Isn't smoking banned in all places of work?You have to consider the pub staff.So there you go. You remember the non-smokers, the ones who went into pubs because their need for alcohol far outweighed the risks of passive shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540034461#540034461Dr Crippen 18 Jun 14 15:13 Isn't smoking banned in all places of work?You have to consider the pub staff.So there you go. You remember the non-smokers, the ones who went into pubs because their need for alcohol far outweighed the risks of passive sWed, 18 Jun 2014 18:27:39 -0500Isn't smoking banned in all places of work?You have to consider the pub staff.So there you go.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540020991#540020991Isn't smoking banned in all places of work?You have to consider the pub staff.So there you go.Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:13:37 -0500Smoking wasn't supposed to be banned in pubs. Blair's original statement was 'Landlords can please themselves if they allow smoking or not.'But it was banned altogether. Imo, it was fack all to do with health issues, it was a crafty ploy to get landlhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540019229#540019229Smoking wasn't supposed to be banned in pubs. Blair's original statement was 'Landlords can please themselves if they allow smoking or not.'But it was banned altogether. Imo, it was fack all to do with health issues, it was a crafty ploy to get landlWed, 18 Jun 2014 07:47:16 -0500Good point rob. I would be interested in seeing the smoking Profit and Loss account for UK PLC.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540018793#540018793Good point rob. I would be interested in seeing the smoking Profit and Loss account for UK PLC.Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:05:00 -0500Why did they ban smoking in pubs?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540018453#540018453Why did they ban smoking in pubs?Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:35:12 -0500If everybody in the UK stopped smoking legal ciggies, there would be a rather large hole in treasury coffers, left there by no tax being paid on smokes. If the govt REALLY wanted you to stop smoking, they could simply make it illegal and ban it.But ihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540018305#540018305If everybody in the UK stopped smoking legal ciggies, there would be a rather large hole in treasury coffers, left there by no tax being paid on smokes. If the govt REALLY wanted you to stop smoking, they could simply make it illegal and ban it.But iWed, 18 Jun 2014 06:25:02 -0500Ibrahima Sonko 17 Jun 14 14:30 Petrol is at 3 year low 5 bob (25p) a gallon when I started driving. Best part of £7 a gallon now. The more popular something becomes, the more the govt. will put the price up with taxation. I remember when diesel enhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540018237#540018237Ibrahima Sonko 17 Jun 14 14:30 Petrol is at 3 year low 5 bob (25p) a gallon when I started driving. Best part of £7 a gallon now. The more popular something becomes, the more the govt. will put the price up with taxation. I remember when diesel enWed, 18 Jun 2014 06:17:59 -0500I was just taking the p1ss blackbarn.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540017911#540017911I was just taking the p1ss blackbarn.Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:47:30 -0500Dr Crippen. "These inflation figures are for May only"No, they are not. The quoted CPI numbers are annualised - they represent, or purport to represent, the FULL YEAR "inflation" rate for the year to May. They are not for May alone. Rob. "Yeah buthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540010817#540010817Dr Crippen. "These inflation figures are for May only"No, they are not. The quoted CPI numbers are annualised - they represent, or purport to represent, the FULL YEAR "inflation" rate for the year to May. They are not for May alone. Rob. "Yeah butTue, 17 Jun 2014 16:05:37 -0500It would come as a surprise if the way the inflation figurers are calculated was not designed to return low numbers. Simply to make the policy of continuing with low interest rates look more credible.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30286943/inflation-down-to-15?post_id=540006779#540006779It would come as a surprise if the way the inflation figurers are calculated was not designed to return low numbers. Simply to make the policy of continuing with low interest rates look more credible.Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:27:10 -0500