Exactly. People judge their income tax by looking at the line on their payslip that says income tax. If the number goes up, they'll know that income tax has increased! Doesn't really matter if it's owing to rates or thresholds or removal of benefits

Could also be a teasing/begrudging acknowledgement that they have good reason to be smug

According to recent reporting a lot of the Britannia hotels used for asylum seekers are far worse. And the key feature of hotels - that you are waited on as a guest at your leisure - is clearly not present

Think I might have just learned how to say 'jojoba'

Reflection in a Dead Diamond takes this idea to its extreme, albeit influenced more by Italian comics and Diabolik than by Bond. Apparently it had more walk outs than any other film at the Prince Charles when it screened in London Film Festival

I'm currently drinking the same beer in A Hoppy Place, Windsor, and would agree 100%

Yes, it's on Disney+ 🙂 www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/rom...