Start the week 16th February 2026

197 Responses to Start the week 16th February 2026

1. harry142857 says:

   February 18, 2026 at 3:12 am

   Add 18% to minimum wage.

   15% Employers National Insurance
   3% pension contributions.

   Tax allowance before employees wages are deducted is about £240 aweek/ £1040 a month. They would pay 5% into a pension scheme, they could opt out.

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   Not relevant but Starmer is off to Germany at the weekend for a Security Conference. As an island we can’t even keep ourselves secure. Maybe they need a tea boy.

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2. harry142857 says:

   February 18, 2026 at 3:22 am

   Aged 18 to 20. Minimum wage goes from £10.00 to £10.85 in April.
   Over 21s £12.21 to £12.71.

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3. tomo says:

   February 18, 2026 at 10:23 am

   Kier’s Krew are morons

   Votes for sperm and eggs!

   15-year-olds aren't old enough to use social media, but 5-year-olds are old enough to choose which gender they are.

   Make it make sense. 🤡 pic.twitter.com/1V1NULfDBX

   — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) February 17, 2026

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   • MarkyMark says:

     February 18, 2026 at 10:27 am

     Give 16 year olds the vote.
     Ban 16 year olds from finding out about discussions in the world – please visit BBC for all your news.

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4. MarkyMark says:

   February 18, 2026 at 10:44 am

   Electric and hybrid vehicles eligible for a plug-in grant
   https://www.gov.uk/plug-in-vehicle-grants/cars
   Band 1 cars
   The maximum discount available for cars assessed as Band 1 is £3,750.

   Band 2 cars
   The maximum discount available for cars assessed as Band 2 is £1,500.

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5. MarkyMark says:

   February 18, 2026 at 10:56 am

   At some point the Government will protect its citizens….

   “So the Consort to the Mayor used one hand to choke her and the other to hold up his telephone and show her the video he’d taken of their romantic interlude. This is also a very Paki thing: most rapists are a little sheepish about evidence of their brutality. But, in the vibrant diversity of England, the thugs who violate your daughters like to make souvenir movies they can show to their friends, brothers, fathers, grandfathers, etc. Do they also show them to Mum? When the police knocked on the door of Mayor Naheed Ejaz, she waited a minute-and-a-half before responding. She used that time to order her son – in Urdu, so the coppers could not understand – to hide his mobile. Because she knew what Muslim men keep on their telephones.”

   https://www.steynonline.com/15981/if-it-tuesday-this-must-be-the-belgian-stabber

   ” The mobile has never been found.”

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6. Eddy Booth says:

   February 18, 2026 at 10:58 am

   “I invested £12,000 in Brewdog – I think I’ve lost it all”

   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c795879x08go

   Investor doesn’t look the cleverest : a “former small business adviser from Suffolk” sporting an expensive naff orange “weird fish” top. ..

   Brewdog, basically some fim appropriating the word punk to give the product a radical feel, and selling it in Coca-Cola sized cans for the same price or more. than normal beer cans.

   Then needing to constantly top up revenue by selling “shares” ..
   Sounds borderline ponzi.

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7. tomo says:

   February 18, 2026 at 11:18 am

   ‘ole Cleesey is on it…

   This is absurd

   How could a Jew walk into a mosque to vote in a British election, without feeling trepidation

   Some people fail to remember that assimilation depends on both side making concessions. If one side makes all the concessions, and the other makes none at all, it's not… https://t.co/IJJkjMtdDh

   — John Cleese (@JohnCleese) February 18, 2026

   There’s likely some Life of Brian stuff that could usefully be re-purposed?

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