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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st December 2020
By
way of explanation. The
term 'home business' consists of two words.
'Business' is the second one; it's there to
qualify and support the word 'home' and all
that goes with it - and not vice versa. Consequently,
we also list below, items which are of interest
and value to the home. Whether in its context
as an office or as a part of your family and
lifestyle but always
directed at the improved prospects and enjoyment
that running a business from home, in its entirety,
can bring.
For a current, multi-part
overview of
starting and running a
business from home,
go here: http://www.homebusiness.org.uk/features.htm
31.12.2020:
Businesses must understand significant changes
brought by Brexit, say MPs. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/29/businesses-must-understand-significant-changes-brought-by-brexit/
Are there any MPs who 'understand' the significant
changes brought about by Brexit? Although until
- and if - they do, then propaganda like this
will have to suffice. And the offshore, fake
news gutter press will be making sure we get
it.
Only
17% of Britons think Boris Johnsons fantastic
Brexit deal is good for country. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-deal-public-approval-b1780300.html
Which is 17% more than the number of politicians
who believe in the 'fantastic' Brexit deal -
unofficially, of course.
England
needs to build 300 homes a day to cope with
migrant surge, study finds. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/england-needs-to-build-300-homes-a-day-to-cope-with-migrant-surge-study-finds/ar-BB1clfMI?ocid=msedgntp
Hardly a 'surge' if these highly dubious
statistics are based on figures from the past
five years. And if true, you would have thought
that state fake news and propaganda would have
been more appreciative of all the extra business
generated by such a large influx of consumers
although every industrial sector from housing
through to the food industry have also failed
to identify these massive numbers of new customers
and employees, it seems. On the other hand,
if such large numbers of refugees (not 'migrants')
really are a problem then all Little Ingerlandt
has to do is withdraw from its membership of
NATO (North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation),
stop bombing countries which can't defend themselves
and refrain from any further support and sponsorship
of international war criminals and terrorists.
30.12.2020:
UK shoppers face Brexit duties on holiday and
online purchases. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/28/brexit-customs-duties-to-apply-to-eu-goods-worth-more-than-390
Let Little Ingerlandt's orgy of Brexit red
tape and taxation begin.
UK
broadband usage more than doubles in 2020, Openreach
says. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/29/uk-broadband-usage-more-than-doubles-in-2020-openreach-says/
The porn industry has never had it so good.
Government
signs deal to continue trade terms with Turkey.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/29/government-signs-deal-to-continue-trade-terms-with-turkey/
Yet another Brexit 'trade deal' which merely
confirms the pre-Brexit trade deal already in
place. Although this particular agreement will
be like a wet kipper across Macron's face. Outspoken
critics of 'separatist', 'racist', 'Islamophobic',
'hate-preaching' France, are the Turks - exercising
their democratic right to freedom of speech.
Best
Black owned businesses UK to support in 2021
and beyond. https://uk.yahoo.com/style/best-black-owned-businesses-uk-121053508.html
29.12.2020:
EU ambassadors give green light to Brexit deal.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/eu-ambassadors-give-green-light-to-brexit-deal/ar-BB1chPqH?ocid=msedgdhp
It
looks as if the EU got what it wanted, then?
How small businesses adapted to survive and
thrive during the pandemic. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-small-businesses-pandemic-lockdown-b1770097.html
Landlord
praised for note to 'struggling' tenant who
didn't get any Christmas gifts. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/landlord-praised-for-note-to-struggling-tenant-who-didn-t-get-any-christmas-gifts/ar-BB1chOgd?ocid=msedgdhp
28.12.2020:
UK high streets empty on Boxing Day as shoppers
stay at home. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/27/uk-high-streets-empty-on-boxing-day-as-shoppers-stay-at-home
With
just days to go, Britain urges business to prepare
for end of Brexit transition. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-preparations/with-just-days-to-go-britain-urges-business-to-prepare-for-end-of-brexit-transition-idUKKBN292003?rpc=401&
British businesses on the other hand, are
waiting for the government to prepare for the
end to the Brexit transition.
Saving
more, spending less and clearing debts are popular
2021 money resolutions. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/27/saving-more-spending-less-and-clearing-debts-are-popular-2021-m/
Or, ain't got no shekels, as the saying goes.
Three
in four think Covid will affect cash use in
coming months survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/27/three-in-four-think-covid-will-affect-cash-use-in-coming-months/
Good news for the banks and their unfit
for purpose online banking scams.
Musicians
will abandon tours after huge new costs and
bureaucracy of Brexit deal, ministers warned.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-musicians-tours-concerts-b1779238.html
As we have been saying for years - it's British
beauracracy which is the real issue and not
anything emanating from Brussels.
27.12.2020:
Sunday papers: Betrayal of fishing
industry as vague deal fails to
give clarity to business. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/sunday-papers-betrayal-of-fishing-industry-as-vague-deal-fails-to-give-clairty-to-business/27/12/
Just like fake news, gutter press reporting
of Brexit issues generally in other words.
Shoppers
plan to spend £162 on average online in
post-Christmas sales survey.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/24/shoppers-plan-to-spend-a-162-on-average-online-in-post-christmas/
Top
tips on how to get a mortgage if you're self-employed.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-get-mortgage-tips-self-employed-freelance-055447510.html
Bonjour Europe: Britons are turning to learning
languages like never before. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/dec/26/bonjour-europe-britons-are-turning-to-learning-languages-like-never-before
Getting ready to jump the sinking Brexit
ship?
26.12.2020:
From tariffs to visas: here's what's in the
Brexit deal. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/24/from-tariffs-to-visas-heres-whats-in-the-brexit-deal
Tourism
sector breathing a sigh of relief
after trade deal. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/24/tourism-sector-a-breathing-a-sigh-of-reliefa-after-trade-deal/
They don't know what they are getting yet.
All we have so far are some sheets of paper
filled with Tory lies, promises and fantasies.
25.12.2020:
Brexit trade deal agreed at last minute. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/brexit-trade-deal-agreed-at-last-minute/ar-BB1ccZqE?ocid=msedgdhp
'We
have a problem with France' - angry hauliers.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/we-have-a-problem-with-france-angry-hauliers/vi-BB1cbuhq?ocid=msedgdhp
Hauliers have always 'had a problem'
with 'separatist' France. If not trying to cope
with endless strikes by the country's taxpayer-subsidised
emmerdeurs, then it's pretexts like the latest
covid strain (the French version currently being
spread through the country by Parisites with
secondary homes as well as politicians) or,
come winter-time, by no-one wanting to sacrifice
their holidays gritting the roads, providing
a breakdown service or maintaining law and order.
Germans
airlifting food to Yorkshire due to Channel
blockage. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-travel-ban-germany-lufthansa-yorkshire-channel-b1778197.html
'Germans', eh? As in foreigners and EU members?
And not teams of Brexit Knobheads led by serial-lying
hypocrite, scrounger, hate-preacher, terrorist
groupie and barstool gobshite, Nigel Disparage?
Reform
of IR35 tax rules returns for freelancers. https://moneyweek.com/economy/small-business/602529/reform-of-ir35-tax-rules-returns-for-freelancers
Athletics
will ruthlessly weed out drugs cheats,
Sebastian Coe insists. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/drugs-cheats-doping-sebastian-coe-b1778033.html
Why just 'athletics'? Although even if that
were true, there wouldn't be an American athlete
of any description in any sporting event for
the next century. In the meantime, the abuse
of sport in the form of 'sportwashing' by the
world's terrorists, war criminals, fanatics
and thieves goes with as much of a mention in
the fake news gutter press as interviews with
their victims.
Sun
Yang: Olympic champion swimmer has eight-year
doping ban overturned. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/sun-yang-doping-ban-overturned-olympics-b1778541.html
At least it helped shift the spotlight away
for a while from state-sponsored American dopers,
currently being heavily promoted by the UK's
fake news media.
24.12.2020:
French Border: UK And France Strike Deal On
Dover Crossing After Freight Chaos. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/french-border-uk-and-france-strike-deal-on-dover-crossing-after-freight-chaos/ar-BB1c9x5v?ocid=msedgdhp
Warning
of stampede away from self-employment. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/23/warning-of-stampede-away-from-self-employment/
New
trade barriers service to support UK exporters.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-trade-barriers-service-launched-to-help-british-businesses-export-internationally
The Department for International Trade has
launched an online service to help British exporters
identify new trade opportunities overseas. The
trade barriers service will allow users to search
for information about barriers which could restrict
trade and investment in overseas markets. The
service will also help exporters identify potential
markets and growth opportunities for their products
and services.
Next
steps in Government's £5 billion gigabit
broadband plan. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-steps-in-governments-5-billion-gigabit-broadband-plan
The Government has set out the next steps
in its £5 billion strategy to deliver
next generation, gigabit-capable broadband to
the entire country. Homes and businesses that
do not yet have access to superfast broadband
will be prioritised.
Wallet
contents could be goldmine for fraudsters, research
warns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/23/wallet-contents-could-be-goldmine-for-fraudsters-research-warns/
23.12.2020:
Efforts continue to resolve Channel crossing
coronavirus crisis. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/22/efforts-continue-to-resolve-channel-crossing-coronavirus-crisis/
Firms
warn UK 'using up' stockpiles built up for Brexit
amid France border shutdown. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/firms-warn-uk-using-up-stockpiles-built-up-for-brexit-amid-france-border-shutdown/ar-BB1c9ajl?ocid=msedgdhp
800,000
private renters in arrears due to Covid-19 crisis,
landlords estimate. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/21/800-000-private-renters-in-arrears-due-to-covid-19-crisis-landl/
22.12.2020:
UK economy in crisis as countries ban flights
and freight from UK. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/uk-economy-in-crisis-as-countries-ban-flights-and-freight-from-uk/ar-BB1c6hBn?ocid=msedgdhp
Royal
Mail halts deliveries to several countries after
travel ban. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-royal-mail/royal-mail-halts-deliveries-to-several-countries-after-travel-ban-idUKKBN28V2AG
21.12.2020:
Home workers who 'built up savings' must go
on spending spree when pandemic ends, Rishi
Sunak says.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/home-workers-who-built-up-savings-must-go-on-spending-spree-when-pandemic-ends-rishi-sunak-says/ar-BB1c4x5T?ocid=msedgdhp
Greedy developers sitting on land for 1 million
homes despite housing crisis. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/homeandproperty/greedy-developers-sitting-on-land-for-1-million-homes-despite-housing-crisis/ar-BB1c4eOJ?ocid=msedgdhp
Ten
billionaires reap $400bn boost to wealth during
pandemic. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/ten-billionaires-reap-400bn-boost-to-wealth-during-pandemic/ar-BB1c4g61?ocid=msedgdhp
20.12.2020:
Brexit: Ministers warned UK businesses 'not
prepared' for no-deal. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-ministers-warned-uk-businesses-not-prepared-for-no-deal/ar-BB1c4162?ocid=msedgdhp
Nor is the vast majority of the British public.
Which leaves just a handful of tax-dodging,
offshore big businesses and their bent politicians.
Brexit:
Ministers to treble number of foreign fruit
and veg pickers to ease fears of rotting harvests.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-fruit-veg-pickers-eu-b1775742.html
Brexit-voting knobheads still not coming
forward to do their patriotic duty? Or are they
too busy reading the latest fake news shite
in the country's offshore, taxpayer-subsidised,
hate-preaching, semitic gutter press? So, just
like the last war, it will be up to foreigners
to bale them out again.
Christmas
rush and Brexit uncertainty fuel miles-long
lorry queues in Kent. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/christmas-brexit-lorries-queues-m20-kent-b389133.html
The 'Christmas rush' hasn't caused problems
on this scale before so we can lay almost all
the blame at the foot of 'Brexit uncertainty'.
'Fuelled' of course, by the Brexit lie-promoting,
fake news gutter press.
Turkeys
kicked hundreds of times and left wounded
at farms supplying Sainsbury and Asda.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/turkey-christmas-sainsbury-asda-bird-supermarket-b1776255.html
'Asda price', eh? As we have been saying
for decades, these practices have been going
on since I was a wee laddie. More than decades
ago. Perhaps schools should do some educating
for a change and get their fick yooves out and
about a bit as part of the national curriculum.
Or would that make them too intelligent to vote
for a corrupt, fagging Tory regime in future?
19.12.2020:
Fewer than one in five small firms fearing end
of transition have prepared, new study finds.
https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/fewer-than-one-in-five-small-firms-fearing-end-of-transition-have-prepared-new-study-finds.html
As many as 'fewer than one in five'?! I find
that hard to believe.
Christmas
post delays blamed on 'high demand'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55364955
And leaves on the railway lines, of course.
Millions
in UK struggling to pay internet and phone bills,
says Ofcom. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/18/millions-uk-struggling-pay-internet-phone-bills-ofcom-covid
I'll bet Ofcon staff aren't 'struggling'!
Life
has got worse since Arab spring, say people
across Middle East. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/17/arab-spring-people-middle-east-poll
That's the way it was engineered - by American
and French terrorists - who also have their
stinky pinkies all over Britain's Brexit arrangements.
With much help from the fagging Tory regime,
an un-elected puppet Prime Minister and the
fake news media/propaganda.
18.12.2020:
Exclusive: UK Has Already Begun Drafting Legislation
For A Brexit Deal. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/exclusive-uk-has-already-begun-drafting-legislation-for-a-brexit-deal/ar-BB1c0XV1?ocid=msedgdhp
Construction
supply cartel fined £15m for price fixing.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/17/construction-supply-cartel-fined-a-15m-for-price-fixing/
Business
back to usual the day after the fine.
How the pandemic is fuelling a boom in bike
delivery.
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/business/covid-bike-delivery-cheese-b1770020.html
Emmanuel Macron: French president tests positive
for coronavirus. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-covid-coronavirus-update-b1775440.html
He will have picked up the chemical warfare
bug from his recent meeting with American war
criminal, Muck Poo&Pee-o when the latter
visited France and Israel to organise a terrorist
attack on Iranian civilians. Naturally, M. Macron
remained conspicuously silent after the murders.
Probably too busy plotting how to stick some
hate-preaching to the 'separatist' rosbifs next.
17.12.2020:
Mortgage lenders turn against self-employed
workers.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/mortgage-lenders-turn-against-self-employed-workers/ar-BB1bXnQ5?ocid=msedgdhp
Poor customer service could cost UK businesses
£1.9bn over holiday period. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/poor-customer-service-could-cost-uk-businesses-1-9bn-over-holiday-period/ar-BB1bYkqT?ocid=msedgdhp
Record
64% of debit card payments were contactless
in September. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/16/record-64-of-debit-card-payments-were-contactless-in-september/
Data
roaming after Brexit: What the UK leaving the
EU means for using phone internet when travelling
in Europe. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/data-roaming-after-brexit-what-the-uk-leaving-the-eu-means-for-using-phone-internet-when-travelling-in-europe/ar-BB1bX7kU?ocid=msedgdhp
Britain
and Mexico agree deal on post-Brexit trade.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/britain-and-mexico-agree-deal-on-post-brexit-trade/ar-BB1bWLl1?ocid=msedgdhp
It is hoped this agreement will open further
doors to the taxpayer-subsidised British murder
industry supplying even more arms to the Mexican
drug cartels.
HALF
of £42billion Covid biz loans 'hoarded
in firms' bank accounts'. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/half-of-42billion-covid-biz-loans-hoarded-in-firms-bank-accounts/ar-BB1bWBVU?ocid=msedgdhp
With this unsubstantiated information from
the usual incompetent, disreputable
sources appearing in the Tory regime's fake
news propaganda, it looks as if the writing
might be on the wall for any more 'biz loans'.
Other than to offshore-based, non-taxpaying,
Tory sponsors and donors. Like the gutter press,
for example.
EDF
Energy pays out £6 million after UK power
market breach. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/16/edf-energy-pays-out-a-6-million-after-uk-power-market-breach/
Sounds like the perfect credentials for EDF
to be awarded yet another £ multi-billion
power station contract by the bent, incompetent,
Tory regime.
55%
of people in high-risk flood areas regret moving
there, report finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/15/55-of-people-in-high-risk-flood-areas-regret-moving-there-repo/
The remaining 45% weren't asked.
DIY
shops in Europe selling wood taken illegally
from Russia, report alleges. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/16/diy-shops-europe-wood-russia-lumber-taiga-eu
So there's hope for no-deal Brexit, then?
Since nobody takes any notice of official agreements,
anyway. Especially the French.
16.12.2020:
Ecommerce grows at its fastest rate since 2007
as lockdown and peak trading discounting combine.
https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/ecommerce-grows-at-its-fastest-rate-since-2007-as-lockdown-and-peak-trading-discounting-combine-22456
Customers
told to beware of parcel delivery scams in run
up to Christmas. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/customers-told-to-beware-of-parcel-delivery-scams-in-run-up-to-christmas-164124609.html
YouGov
data reveals most effective Christmas advert
of 2020. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/marketing/yougov-data-reveals-most-effective-christmas-advert-of-2020/651427.article
Swoope
Local helps small independent businesses get
online. https://tamebay.com/2020/12/swoope-local-helps-small-independent-businesses-get-online.html
15.12.2020:
Buy-to-let sales boom as landlords rush to benefit
from stamp duty holiday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/buy-to-let-sales-boom-as-landlords-rush-to-benefit-from-stamp-duty-holiday/ar-BB1bU2sq?ocid=msedgdhp
That should provide the Tory regime with
some more taxation fodder shortly! Got to keep
its taxpayer-funded, tax-dodging, offshore,
fake news propaganda/media in the style to which
it has become accustomed.
Sizewell
C: Government in talks to fund £20bn French-built
nuclear plant. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55299511
Huge, snout-in-trough contracts with EU member
states aren't to be affected by Brexit, then?
Google
suffers worldwide outage with Gmail, YouTube
and other services down. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/14/google-suffers-worldwide-outage-with-gmail-youtube-and-other-services-down
Parisians:
We love Britains culture, its energy,
its people. Its sad you dont love
us too. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/13/parisians-we-love-britains-culture-its-energy-its-people-its-sad-you-dont-love-us-too
Parisites aren't widely considered to be
representative of the French, no more so than
the disinformation peddled by the fake news
media and Brexiteers is typical of the average
British point of view - whatever the results
of a criminal Brexit campaign might suggest.
Otherwise, every street in the UK would be full
of people looking like used Kleenexes looking
for American arses.
14.12.2020:
Brexit talks will continue amid new hopes of
progress, UK and EU announce. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brexit-talks-continue-amid-hopes-114620158.html
Businesses need detailed answers on Brexit,
not vague letters or TV ads. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/13/businesses-need-detailed-answers-on-brexit-not-vague-letters-or-tv-ads
Nonetheless, it's what persuaded millions
of morons to vote for the Tory regime at the
last elections. Plus fake news, fake conspiracies,
hated-preaching, serial-lying and disinformation
in the fake news media.
Britons
told not to stockpile food ahead of January.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55293595
That's
so they can starve under the Tory regime instead.
Energy bills: Automatic switching plan for fairer
tariffs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55258523
Fraudsters tricked me into paying £169
for a new roof - now the bank says it's my fault.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/fraudsters-tricked-me-into-paying-169-for-a-new-roof-now-the-bank-says-it-s-my-fault/ar-BB1bSHev?ocid=msedgdhp
Obviously. One should always choose a bank
without criminal connections and which offers
an ethical and competent service. Errrr . .
.
Make
Do and Mend: The luxury fashion repair services
breathing new life into old clothes. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/clothing-repair-service-uk-bags-shoes-b1765737.html
Brexit
Bullshit Latest. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-5/
The
nightmare continues with yet another deadline
this Sunday. Our report this week on
the psychodrama of Brexit really says that what
is going on is all staged and designed to make
us all think that this government are fighting
an intransigent EU who simply wont negotiate.
Its all nonsense. If anything, the reality
of Brexit is now plain for Johnson to see. Unless
he backs down, theres no deal. And if
he does, hell arrive back at Downing Street
being hounded by his own party and he
wont last long. Almost all of the news
correspondents in Brussels right now are confirming
that the leaders of EU member states have given
up on Britain and no-one seems confident now
that a deal will be done. That is unless yet
another deadline is announced quite likely
to be New years Eve. Who knows.
Throughout
all of this, we should not forget the basic
fundamental promises made by the architects
of the Leave campaign, which was significantly
led by Boris Johnson and Micheal Gove. We should
also not forget the criminality of this campaign,
especially in light of new evidence connecting
Johnson, Gove and Cummings to the Cambridge
Analytica/Facebook scandal (source). They promised
that Britain would be part of the EUs
free trade zone and that they would negotiate
the terms of the deal BEFORE putting the country
through the legal process (source). As we have
witnessed that was all a lie.
The
Conservative Party website makes these explicit
promises dated Nov 23rd 2019 (HERE) prior to
his election. That Boris Johnson has
negotiated a great new deal with the EU (He
hadnt). That Sets a path to a future
relationship based on friendship and trade (it
didnt). That Boris Johnsons
Brexit deal sets a clear future for the UK (there
was no deal). And that It gives certainty
to EU citizens here and UK citizens abroad (a
blatant lie).
Before
Rishi Sunak was appointed to No11 Downing Street,
he too was bleating on about the easiest deal
in history. Jim Pickard at the FT reminds us
of Sunaks promises We dont
a plan for no-deal, because we have a deal.
There is going to be a trade deal. Everybody
said we wouldnt be able to get this deal,
but we have got this deal. He was either
completely wrong or lied through his teeth.
Quite how that huge misunderstanding
of reality relates to him being qualified to
be Chancellor of the Exchequer is beyond me.
All
of this, and lets call out Brexit for
exactly what it is a failure is
generating critical commentary from those more
qualified than those in the cabinet.
Jessica
Simor QC rightly points out that One
of many tragedies of this Brexit farce is that
many Ministers will even now in the face
of their catastrophic failure still not
suffer a single moment of self-doubt. They will
still believe themselves clever, knowledgeable
and meant for public office (source).
Jonathan
Lis, Director at Influence group also points
out that whilst fishing might be totemic
as they keep saying, it belies logic
I just cant understand why the government
is so keen to preserve the rights of fishers
to catch stocks they wont be able to sell
and so completely untroubled by it throw
every British lamb producer to the wall
(source).
Tim
Walker at The New European reports from a correspondent
in Brussels: You were a significant EU
member when all this began in 2016, but that
significance in terms of economic strength,
your City, key industries, diplomatic clout,
relationship with the US has since been
degraded. We can now afford to lose you
(source).
Bloomberg
News reports that Instead of prodding
Germany into a Brexit deal against French wishes,
the U.K. prime minister is binding them closer
together and not only has his divide and rule
failed no-one is listening to him anymore.
The problem for Johnson is that nobodys
taking his bait. What drives this unity is the
sense that signing a bad deal with Johnson,
who has a reputation for reneging on agreements,
could have longer-lasting consequences for the
EU single market than the disruption of a no-deal
scenario. This is what happens when trust
goes out the window and a career liar is sent
to represent you (source).
13.12.2020:
Brexit: Businesses despair at prospect of no-deal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55286327
Navy
to protect UK fishermen if Brexit talks fail.
https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2020/12/navy-to-protect-uk-fishermen-if-brexit-talks-fail/
A
desperate propaganda gesture designed to blow
snow over the serial-incompetence of the Tory
regime. Intended for consumption by the Brexiteer
morons who believe what they read in the country's
offshore, taxpayer-subsidised, fake news gutter
press. We would hope EU member countries adopt
a more mature stance or hundreds of thousands
of British businesses could face bankruptcy
literally overnight if retaliatory measures
are taken.
Anyway,
isn't the Navy already under orders from Tory
evil-doer and terrorist-hugger, Pratti Pute-el,
to aid the sinking of leaking dinghies filled
with refugees fleeing NATO war crimes?
Brexit stockpiling causing 10-mile tailbacks
in Calais. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/12/brexit-stockpiling-causing-10-mile-tailbacks-calais
Over
half of all British adults got into debt in
2020, study shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/british-adults-debt-2020-furlough-covid19-b1770110.html
The other half simply remained in debt as
usual.
Banks
'too often blaming customers' for fraud. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55286037
Can anyone imagine banks doing anything but
. . . ?
Former
sub-postmasters have convictions over IT scandal
quashed. https://news.sky.com/story/former-sub-postmasters-have-convictions-over-it-scandal-quashed-12158546
And now, let's put Post Office senior management
in the dock - after seizing their assets, declaring
them bankrupt and labelling them criminals.
At the same time, local magistrates' courts
which were responsible for the original sentencing,
have demonstrated once again how unequal they
are to dealing with anything beyond local shoplifting
and their continuing role in assessing matters
well beyond their intellectual reach, should
be re-examined as a matter of urgency.
UK
to regulate social media firms such as Facebook
and Twitter over content removal. https://www.cityam.com/uk-aims/
In other words, state regulation of social
media to ensure regime-friendly content only.
Signs
of green shoots in 2021 inbound tourism
forecast. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/12/a-signs-of-green-shootsa-in-2021-inbound-tourism-forecast/
That will be doomed once the Tories find
out.
12.12.2020:
EU says serious disruption and public
disorder on roads within weeks if no Brexit
deal agreed.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/eu-says-serious-disruption-and-public-disorder-on-roads-within-weeks-if-no-brexit-deal-agreed-140218645.html
Buy now, pay later schemes may encourage over-spending,
warns Which? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/10/buy-now-pay-later-schemes-may-encourage-over-spending-warns-wh/
Court
allows £14bn suit against Mastercard in
UK's first consumer class action. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-supreme-court-allows-mastercard-suit-uks-first-mass-consumer-class-action-personal-finance-134628594.html
Adults
to gain new skills on 400 free courses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adults-to-gain-new-skills-on-400-free-courses
Tens of thousands of adults will be able to
benefit from almost 400 free courses next year,
in the first major development in the Lifetime
Skills Guarantee.
11.12.2020:
No-deal Brexit economic fallout predicted to
exceed that caused by coronavirus. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/10/no-deal-brexit-economic-fallout-predicted-to-exceed-that-caused/
Fears
of price hikes, shortages and mass job losses
as Brexit deadline looms. https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/fears-price-hikes-shortages-mass-19432102
Brits
facing EU travel ban from January as Covid rules
kick in post-Brexit. https://www.theweek.co.uk/coronavirus/108931/brits-face-eu-travel-ban-after-1-january-due-to-covid-rules
Threat
of Christmas toy shortages due to disruption
at ports. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/10/threat-of-christmas-toy-shortages-due-to-disruption-at-ports/
A good time for people to start making their
own Christmas presents again. 'Boris' dolls,
perhaps? Any old, used, crumpled Kleenex will
do.
US
government sues Facebook and demands its
dismantled for unfairly crushing
competition. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/government-states-sue-facebook-antitrust-zuckerberg-b1768928.html
A bit of good news, for a change.
Hate
targeted at Gypsy, Traveller and Roma linked
to rise in suicides report. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/10/hate-targeted-at-gypsy-traveller-and-roma-linked-to-rise-in-suicides-report
Just another project fuelled by the hate-preaching,
fake news, fake conspiracy, racist, Semitic
media, of course.
Bank
transfer scams code is not working as intended,
says UK Finance. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/09/bank-transfer-scams-code-is-not-working-as-intended-says-uk-fin/
E-money:
what you need to know. https://www.icaew.com/technical/financial-services/fs-helpsheets/emoney-and-what-you-need-to-know
10.12.2020:
Staged Brexit negotiations psychodrama
and propaganda. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/staged-brexit-negotiations-psychodrama-and-propaganda/
Taxing
the wealthy would be the best way to save economy
from Covid, expert panel says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wealth-tax-coronavirus-economy-uk-b1768522.html
Isn't that what Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour
Party were going to do? Before the snout-in-trough,
offshore, taxpayer-subsidised gutter press went
into an apopleptic, 'anti-Semitic' conspiracy
rant lasting to this day?
Organic
food production sidelined in post-Brexit
farming overhaul. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/organic-food-production-sidelined-in-post-brexit-farming-overhaul/
Boris
Johnson launches hunt for new commissioner to
drum up trade with EU countries. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/boris-johnson-launches-hunt-for-new-commissioner-to-drum-up-trade-with-eu-countries/ar-BB1bM0yN?ocid=msedgdhp
Haven't we been here before?
'I'm
often faster': Milan's bicycling bookseller
takes on the online giants. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/09/im-often-faster-milans-bicycling-bookseller-takes-on-the-online-giants
Makes a satisfying change to see a professional
cyclist doing something infinitely more commendable
than sportwashing terrorists, murderers, thieves
and hypocrites.
09.12.2020:
More than £1bn spent on record Small Business
Saturday. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/08/more-than-a-1bn-spent-on-record-small-business-saturday/
If the fake news gutter press sacrificed
a fraction of the time it devotes to snout-in-trough
Big Corp and fake 'anti-Semitism' stories on
supporting small businesses instead, then that
extra £1 billion could be spent many times
over throughout the entire year instead of just
one, single Saturday.
Food
shortages and price hikes feared post-Brexit
transition even WITH a deal, industry chiefs
warn MPs. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/food-shortages-and-price-hikes-feared-post-brexit-transition-even-with-a-deal-industry-chiefs-warn-mps/ar-BB1bKjNu?ocid=msedgdhp
Not
subsidising foreign shoppers will help Britons.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-reader-not-subsidising-foreign-shoppers-will-help-britons/ar-BB1bJIKm?ocid=msedgdhp
'Well
done Rishi Sunak for seeking to remove the VAT
tax dodge for foreign shoppers. Why on earth
should we give a subsidy to affluent tourists
when there are poor British people who need
his help far more?' writes this hack. On
the other hand, if we substitute the 'affluent,
offshore, fake news and disinformation gutter
press and state media' for 'affluent
tourists' (which the vast majority are not)
then we could help 'poor British people'
a lot, lot more. But that would be 'anti-Semitic',
wouldn't it?
Lords
vote to revoke UK trade deals with countries
committing genocide. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/08/lords-vote-to-revoke-uk-trade-deals-with-countries-committing-genocide
That is going to estrange almost all of the
British murder industry's clients! Plus it's
'anti-Semitic' of course.
Brexit-backing
billionaire moves production of 4x4s from UK
to France. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/brexitbacking-billionaire-moves-production-of-4-x-4-s-from-uk-to-france-161813861.html
This has been common knowledge for months although
there obviously hasn't been room to fit in this
piece of national trivia among the much more
important daily glutfest of fake 'anti-Semitism'
conspiracies.
08.12.2020:
Builders run short of supplies as UK port holdups
raise Brexit concerns. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/07/builders-run-short-of-supplies-as-uk-port-holdups-raise-brexit-concerns
UK
tops world rankings for highest property taxes.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/07/uk-tops-world-rankings-for-highest-property-taxes/
That's because it also tops the world for
tax-dodging, money-laundering and corruption
all of which have to be funded somehow or the
other.
More than 1m people in UK regularly struggle
to afford food, report finds. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/07/million-people-uk-regularly-struggle-afford-food-report-poverty
Perhaps the fake news, disinformation gutter
press and state propaganda which promoted the
Tory regime could have a whip-round to help
out? After being invited to pay their taxes
like normal businesses as well? Although we
know that would be 'anti-Semitic'!
PayPal
customers should get stronger scam protection,
says Which? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/05/paypal-customers-should-get-stronger-scam-protection-says-which/
07.12.2020:
Boom in websites supporting local UK shops amid
Covid lockdowns. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/06/boom-in-websites-supporting-local-uk-shops-amid-covid-lockdowns
Dont
save the high street change it completely,
says retail guru Mary Portas. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/06/dont-save-the-high-street-change-it-completely-says-retail-guru-mary-portas
Like getting another 'retail guru', perhaps?
Escape
to the country to avoid the virus? No thanks.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/06/escape-to-the-country-to-avoid-the-virus-no-thanks
Phew! That's good to hear. So it was just
more fake news, in other words. I'm surprised
they managed to fit it in between all those
column-miles monetising fake 'anti-Semitism'.
06.12.2020:
European businesses urge leaders to avoid no-deal
Brexit 'disaster'. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/german-dutch-businesses-urge-leaders-124536920.html
Dramatic
impact of Covid crisis on smaller firms revealed.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/04/dramatic-impact-of-covid-crisis-on-smaller-firms-revealed/
Fears of long HGV tailbacks at Brexit lorry
park near Warrington. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/05/fears-of-long-hgv-tailbacks-at-brexit-lorry-park-near-warrington
Undercover
footage at French farm shows deplorable
conditions for pigs. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/undercover-footage-at-french-farm-shows-deplorable-conditions-for-pigs
Nearly all modern piggeries have their animals
suffering in 'deplorable' conditions and have
done so for decades. However, the real issue
is that never has the lumpenproletariat been
so stupid, indifferent and inert that the exploitation
of human beings as well as animals has become
a normal occurence.
The
tactics internet retailers use to make us spend
more and how they harm the vulnerable.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/05/retailers-spend-more-online-stores
Brexit
Bullshit Latest: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-4/
Reality
Check: This week is crunch week. If a deal
is not announced in the next few days, then
its no deal (or an extension to the transition
period). Both sides know there is no time left.
The British government have been reckless at
best to have a game of brickmanship involving
hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions
of jobs as trade-offs. By all accounts, were
down to fish nothing more than the iconography
of its own machismo given that 99.8 per cent
of the economy has nothing to do with fish.
As Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK says
Lets do some context setting
for the Brexit negotiations. There are fewer
jobs in UK fishing than there were in Arcadia
and Debenhams. And less turnover. The government
will let the retailers go but trash the economy
for fish. Why, oh why, oh why? (source).
Britain
holds none of the cards. Some in Brussels
think no-deal might focus minds in London. When
they gather the size of the disruption, they
will start knocking on our door soon enough,
one EU official said. In retaliation to this
comment London has suggested that it
wont return to talks immediately after
a no-deal exit. At that point project
fear turns into project really
scary stuff of reality nightmares.
Technically,
it is possible that talks could continue until
December 31st as if the country needs
to hold its breath that long. Another theory
is that the government are wearing the nation
down on Brexit so that any deal will be an acceptable
one because whatever happens, Brexit
has proven beyond any doubt there are nowhere
near the upsides as promised.
As
for fish the reality here is quite
simple. If the UK ends up with no deal, British
fishermen might catch more fish but they wont
be able to sell them because of EU tariffs.
The FT reports that 80 per cent of fish from
fishing ports is sent straight over to the continent
(source).
Failure
of Statesmanship: A no-deal Brexit
is far more likely than anyone is prepared to
admit, so says former Tory leader William
Hague who opines in the Telegraph, warning:
For national leaders not to assert themselves
and force a solution later this week
if none is forthcoming from the talks
would be a failure of statesmanship. For
a man who once said Im going
to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number
of ministers, reduce the size of the House of
Commons and halve the number of political advisers
none of which remotely happened, a failure of
statesmanship appears to be the Tory norm these
days (source).
05.12.2020:
Construction sector grows as housebuilding ramps
up. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/04/construction-sector-grows-as-housebuilding-ramps-up/
SMEs
need an extra £88,000 to survive the pandemic.
https://www.commercialreporter.co.uk/commercial-news/smes-need-an-extra-88000-to-survive-the-pandemic.html
Surveys reveal impact of Covid-19 on self-employed.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2020/12/01/self-employment-eight-months-into-the-pandemic/
The London School of Economics has carried out
a series of surveys to understand how the Covid-19
pandemic has affected the self-employed. The
surveys indicated that the self-employed experienced
a greater fall in earnings and working hours
than any other workers. However, a third of
gig economy workers who use apps to find work
reported having more work than usual. The surveys
also found that self-employed workers who did
not receive government support were twice as
likely as other self-employed workers to report
financial difficulties.
UK
business leaders warn of Brexit red tape 'tidal
wave' even with deal. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/04/uk-business-leaders-brexit-red-tape-tidal-deal
We have been warning about 'red tape' disinformation
for decades! Still. Musn't deny the serial-lying,
fake conspiracy, fake news mainstream gutter
press its 'freedom of speech'. That would be
'anti-Semitic'.
'Token
gesture' £1k grant an 'insult' to pubs.
https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2020/12/01/What-do-pubs-think-about-1-000-grants
The Prime Minister's announcement of wet-led
pubs receiving a £1,000 grant to help
them through Christmas has been met with dismay
from the trade, with industry leaders saying
it doesn't go far enough.
Jump
in purchase scams being reported to Santander
by its customers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/04/jump-in-purchase-scams-being-reported-to-santander-by-its-custom/
Majority
of consumers more likely to replace broken
phone than get a repair. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/04/majority-of-consumers-a-more-likely-to-replace-broken-phone-tha/
Businesses
have a duty to educate consumers on climate
change. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/career-advice/businesses-have-a-duty-to-educate-consumers-on-climate-change/651060.article
And climate change deniers feel they have
a 'duty' to educate bent, fagging Tory politicians.
The
lowdown on home emergency and boiler breakdown
insurance. https://www.themoneypages.com/insurance/lowdown-home-emergency-boiler-breakdown-insurance/
04.12.2020:
Are small businesses really ready for Brexit?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/03/are-small-businesses-really-ready-for-brexit
Perhaps they might be - if the government
was ready for Brexit!
UK
getting vaccine first because it is better
country than France Williamson.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/03/uk-getting-vaccine-first-because-it-is-a-better-countrya-than/
That's an intelligent thing to say on the
eve of a Brexit deal just as the French are
busting a gut to demonstrate they are the EU's
#1 emmerdeurs. Obviously, the UK is a 'better
country' than France - for stupid, corrupt,
wanker politicians as well as war criminals,
thieves and tax dodgers.
Quarantine
Rules: 'High Value' Business Travellers No Longer
Have To Self-Isolate. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/high-value-business-travellers-self-isolate-grant-shapps_uk_5fc91c67c5b6d7412e5f34c8
These would be the 'high value business travellers'
normally afforded police protection, in other
words. American, Israeli and Saudi terrorists
and war criminals. The mafia. Money-launderers.
Arms dealers. Tax-dodgers. Tory regime sponsors
and donors. Z-rater media personailities. And
so on.
Households
urged to forward scam post to National Trading
Standards. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/02/households-urged-to-forward-scam-post-to-national-trading-standa/
Based on National Trading Standards' performance
- to what purpose?
Many
consumers holding money in cash rather than
investing it FCA. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/03/many-consumers-holding-money-in-cash-rather-than-investing-it-a/
Investing in what? Terrorism? Jobs for murderers?
Money-laundering? Tax-dodging? Bankers' profits?
Destruction of the planet? Starvation?
03.12.2020:
UK hit harder by Covid than any other developed
economy except Argentina, in OECD ratings. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-hit-harder-by-covid-than-any-other-developed-economy-except-argentina-in-oecd-ratings/ar-BB1bxaOY?ocid=msedgdhp
Rishi
Sunaks tourist VAT tax will kill jobs
and hold back economys recovery from coronavirus.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/rishi-sunak-tourist-vat-tax-121617674.html
Millions
of PayPal customers urged to act now to avoid
new £12 a year fee. https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/millions-paypal-customers-urged-act-23104725
02.12.2020:
UK business minister accused of 'dodging scrutiny'
on Brexit preparedness. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-business-minister-accused-of-dodging-scrutiny-on-brexit-preparedness/ar-BB1bx423?ocid=msedgdhp
That is certainly down to the fact that the
Tory regime doesn't have anything on 'Brexit
preparedness'.
MPs
brand Boris Johnsons Brexit a cold
turkey and warn of border catastrophe.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/mps-brand-boris-johnson-s-brexit-a-cold-turkey-and-warn-of-border-catastrophe/ar-BB1bxFpC?ocid=msedgdhp
Quarter
of online shoppers more concerned about
potential bargains than scams. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/01/quarter-of-online-shoppers-a-more-concerned-about-potential-bar/
UK
and US lock in behind Australia in gesture of
hypocrisy condemning Chinese freedom of speech.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/02/uk-and-us-lock-in-behind-australia-in-china-row
Little Ingerlandt has got its 101 trade deals
to replace the EU now, has it? First Huawei,
now stupid gestures like this, queering every
businesses' patch in a show of hypocritical
solidarity with Coalition of Evil fellow-members
who were defending racist, hate-preaching France's
right to do the same thing just a few weeks
ago? (Freedom of speech, laicite, bollocks,
etc, etc.) Perhaps if credible depictions of
their illegal immigrant/terrorist activities
in other countries poses such a problem, they
should simply go back to where they belong and
in a more realistic gesture of support, carry
on reading Australia's most famous export instead
- the fake news, fake conspiracy, serial-lying,
tax-dodging, taxpayer-subsidised, state propaganda
and gutter press?
Democracy
wine: politicians worldwide pledge to drink
Australian wine in stand against China.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/02/democracy-wine-politicians-worldwide-pledge-to-drink-australian-wine-in-stand-against-china
More propaganda bollocks from the Coalition
of Evil's Semitic fake news gutter press, ringing
bells of American 'freedom fries' during the
tenure of France's last truly patriotic president,
Jacques Chirac, when he refused to join the
terrorist invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq
and gained the respect and admiration of 75%
of the world. Today, all France can count on
is a boycott of all things Merde in France,
global disgust and the self-serving interests
of the terrorist states of America and Israel.
Just like neighbours Little Ingerlandt, in fact.
01.12.2020:
Shops to be allowed trade around clock to recoup
Covid losses, says Jenrick. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/30/shops-allowed-trade-around-clock-recoup-covid-losses-robert-jenrick
Or, what is normal activity for self-employed
home businesses.
Biggest
annual fall in consumer credit borrowing since
1994. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/11/30/biggest-annual-fall-in-consumer-credit-borrowing-since-1994/
Cabinet
minister risks farmers fury by claiming
a no-deal Brexit will bring new opportunities.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-farming-george-eustice-b1763767.html
Or, just another Tory lie. Unless he is talking
about 'new opportunities' for covid-spreading
American shit-farmers.
Farmers
will need to cut CO2 emissions and wildlife
loss to access funds post Brexit.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/brexit-farmers-funding-co2-wildlife-b1763233.html
Unless they are American shit-farmers in
which case they will be given funds as long
as they agree to a shag with Little Ingerlandt's
un-elected American Prime Minister.
'Its as easy as from a big-box retailer':
ethical and local options for Christmas shopping.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/28/its-as-easy-as-from-a-big-box-retailer-ethical-and-local-options-for-christmas-shopping
We assume 'ethical and local' to mean nothing
produced by Israeli and American terrorists?
Or is that already 'anti-Semitic'?
Wetherspoon
chief criticises Governments reckless
decisions on Covid-19. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/11/30/wetherspoon-chief-criticises-governmenta-s-a-reckless-decision/
Just as 'reckless' as the Brexit-campaigning,
Tory-voting chief of Wetherspoon?
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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July; August;
September;
October;
November;
December.
January
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March;
April;
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September;
October;
November;
December.
January
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March;
April;
May; June;
July; August;
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October;
November;
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July; August;
September;
October;
November;
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September;
October;
November;
December
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