He learnt at an early age To deliver taxed dreams to His breakfast table, where He shared the fruit-juice and the papers With his wife – Spreading marmalade with A small silver knife on their Thinly sliced toast – Bitter-orange marmalade to match Their bitter orange destiny – Listening to the news – Rushing into…
Author: Daniel
A Little Harsh
We have something called Council Tax which is a local tax to pay for the police etc at a local level. Non-Payment brings with it a court order and a payment schedule. The tax is linked to the market value of the house. In the USA property taxes are the equivalent but I have just…
What To Do with the 30%
After Brexit and Trump last time round my friend told me he thought there were about 30% of people in the UK and US that were, to put it mildly, susceptible to these nationalistic, tub-thumping men on the make. Well, ok he called them ‘;thick’ but what they actually are is hurt and / or…
A Lost Day
It is actually dry here so I did manage to do a lot of tidying up in the garden. The day was mostly people going over the ridiculous budget we have just been given which sounded more like a tour guide of the UK with a million given here, a million given there. It was…