New Posts For Thread: Burnham Bingohttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingoSpent the afternoon ducking and diving whilst being hammered by Kemi.Anyone know when he will answer any questions he is asked? Gilts at 28 year high so markets aren't a fan.UK has a zero corporation tax rate for big companies, much lower than Ireland's 15%https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561939#565561939UK has a zero corporation tax rate for big companies, much lower than Ireland's 15%Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:55:10 -0500We all know the next budget will do nothing to increase growth, reduce unemployment, make services better etc and will just another series of tax hikes (whether directly or indirectly). Burnham will come on and just like Starmer before him won't havehttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561931#565561931We all know the next budget will do nothing to increase growth, reduce unemployment, make services better etc and will just another series of tax hikes (whether directly or indirectly). Burnham will come on and just like Starmer before him won't haveThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:52:27 -0500not really, as Ireland was on its knees after the GFC. but nobody sensible is against high calibre, high spending, high tax contributing immigration. which would have predominately come from the large US corporates that based themselves in Ireland, nhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561927#565561927not really, as Ireland was on its knees after the GFC. but nobody sensible is against high calibre, high spending, high tax contributing immigration. which would have predominately come from the large US corporates that based themselves in Ireland, nThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:49:55 -0500Cider,you could equally point at immigration though,population growth in Ireland is roughly 50% in 30 years.Corpo tax and immigration are very much linked (re Ireland) Doubt very much that would be a goer in the UK who in fact raised their CT rates.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561919#565561919Cider,you could equally point at immigration though,population growth in Ireland is roughly 50% in 30 years.Corpo tax and immigration are very much linked (re Ireland) Doubt very much that would be a goer in the UK who in fact raised their CT rates.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:46:12 -0500for the wrong reasons. their diagnosis was spot on, the prescription was spot on. they did not realise that their own party would try to humiliate them. let alone the pile on from the likes of the bbc, sky, boe et al. they thought they had about a yehttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561917#565561917for the wrong reasons. their diagnosis was spot on, the prescription was spot on. they did not realise that their own party would try to humiliate them. let alone the pile on from the likes of the bbc, sky, boe et al. they thought they had about a yeThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:45:19 -0500im not against tax cuts in some areas if it generates more tax income taking from the Laffer curve in economicsthe point that cant be argued is that Truss and Kwarteng handled the budget badly and misjudged the markethttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561913#565561913im not against tax cuts in some areas if it generates more tax income taking from the Laffer curve in economicsthe point that cant be argued is that Truss and Kwarteng handled the budget badly and misjudged the marketThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:40:03 -0500it's pretty basic economics tbf, so the only thing that people are left to conclude is that the destruction is deliberate, so it can be replaced.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561909#565561909it's pretty basic economics tbf, so the only thing that people are left to conclude is that the destruction is deliberate, so it can be replaced.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:38:10 -0500and to coin an old phrase, anything the obr and treasury claim isn't worth the paper it's written on. they are fully embedded in the tax and spend ideology, and crave left win political leaders.people only have to look at THE REAL WORLD EXAMPLE of Irhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561897#565561897and to coin an old phrase, anything the obr and treasury claim isn't worth the paper it's written on. they are fully embedded in the tax and spend ideology, and crave left win political leaders.people only have to look at THE REAL WORLD EXAMPLE of IrThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:31:46 -0500there was no independent evaluation or macro economic growth projection to accompany the budgethttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561895#565561895there was no independent evaluation or macro economic growth projection to accompany the budgetThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:31:31 -0500it was the treasury calculated the estimated £45bn - like anything it was forecastThe OBR offered to produce a formal economic statement to accompany the budget. Truss and Kwarteng deliberately bypassed them. The decision to deliver these tax cuts whttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910227/burnham-bingo?post_id=565561887#565561887it was the treasury calculated the estimated £45bn - like anything it was forecastThe OBR offered to produce a formal economic statement to accompany the budget. Truss and Kwarteng deliberately bypassed them. The decision to deliver these tax cuts wThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:25:47 -0500