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What sort of holiday in Hull or Skegness would cost hundreds of Pounds more with a five percent tourist tax? Tells you more about what Farage pays for swanky breaks in luxury resorts.

Youngian wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 8:29 pm Tells you more about what Farage pays for swanky breaks in luxury resorts.

Sochi charges a tourist tax calculated as 1% on your accommodation, but I guess he enjoys a freebie.

Youngian wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 8:29 pm What sort of holiday in Hull or Skegness would cost hundreds of Pounds more with a five percent tourist tax? Tells you more about what Farage pays for swanky breaks in luxury resorts.

Danny Kruger family with lots of (white) kids, staying for about a month. Of course, Lincolnshire might use the money to make Mablelthorpe or wherever more attractive, with more things for the kids to do, and compete on quality. Shame that's already ruled out, so I guess

Talking of Mablethorpe, as nobody else was, I wouldn't mind going there. I read GBH by Ted Lewis recently, a fantastic novel worthy of the author of Jack's Return Home (Get Carter). Fantastic noir atmosphere created. Modern Mablethorpe has lots of poverty. Farage's message to the locals is that they need to pay more council tax themselves.

JP Morgan boss meets Burnham and Healey to warn against bank tax rise
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understood

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... k-tax-hike

Can someone tell me why banks should pay more tax than other corporations? Won't these just be passed on the public anyway. Just within the City, there are some very senior lawyers who are getting more favourable tax treatment than banks, and are kicking up a fuss about possible changes. They can pass those on to the very rich corporations who are their customers, which would make that a more progressive tax than the bank tax.

I don't get why banks are particularly to be a target, but the Guardian has decided they should. And the narrative "Useless Labour Government Bows To Lobbying", and the BTL audience will lap it up.

Talking of Mablethorpe, as nobody else was, I wouldn't mind going there.

Better than Skeggy but that's not a high bar. The wilder coastline and rural villages in between these two towns are well worth visiting.

Out of season a lot of seaside resorts are run down with high unemployment. A tourist tax would help that.

Another month of respectable quarterly growth in July. I’m as nervous as the next man about inflation and borrowing, but perhaps the fiscal expansion has been what’s needed to give us some impetus?

Anyway, the “useless” PM and Chancellor who did it have departed.