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@alasdair_milroy @DavidPiesing63 @jameswpen @fattyguern @pvbsc1 Agree need to get GST+ right the first time. Will not go down well having to increase every few years. Get it right and rid us of some of these stealth taxes is the correct way forward.

Ooft!

"Given the damage and the difficulty of the working environment, it is unlikely to be a quick repair." Guernsey Water said it was working with divers to assess how the damage could be repaired after visiting the site last week 👉️ bbc.in/49V6mKP

This is where St Pierre Park absolutely comes into its own , outdoor jacuzzi = a lovely hour or so out on the sun deck, its glorious……just waiting for my pina colada to arrive 😃🍸☀️😎

DFDS have cancelled all of their inter-island summer sailings. Jersey's ferry provider say they remain 'open to further discussions regarding future inter-island connectivity': itv.com/news/channel/2…

@jojomay1 Sounds great.

@fattyguern @DavidPiesing63 Any examples?

@DavidPiesing63 @pvbsc1 But shopping in M&S food is cheaper in Jersey than in Guernsey. How?

I'm currently in Jersey, and even with GST their fuel is cheaper. Can someone explain that to me please? Their food is also cheaper, so where the heck are we going wrong in Guernsey?

@DavidPiesing63 @jameswpen @fattyguern Sorry should have been more specific. Yes the unearned income and can’t see that getting through can you?

Which ones? Some have already been baked in for a while with steady increases. Levying SS on unearned income is nothing other than an income tax - a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I’m increasingly thinking that a ringfenced Healthcare/Long-Term Care Tax would be worthy of serious consideration if GST is to be only 3%? Ultimately that’s where a lot of the extra tax raised is going to be needed.

@jojomay1 @guernseyanne 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

@guernseyanne Funny I was literally just thinking about that

Thats it Liverpool shirts have gone in the case with the winter clothes……..& they’re not coming out again until the team remembers how to play to win 🤣🤣🤣

@DavidPiesing63 @jameswpen @fattyguern The potential increased social security contributions is concerning!!

@jameswpen @pvbsc1 @fattyguern That’s exactly the case. And it seems very likely that motoring taxes, ie fuel taxes, could be about to increase substantially of a 5% GST doesn’t come in.

@richarddigard @GuernseyPress Maybe @Govgg should invest in the building with a pre let agreement. The site could become a far better one and greater rent.

Looking at @GuernseyPress P1 today and the row over the former Boat House, you look at this, reflect on the Fermain Kiosk foul up, and wonder whether a private sector owner would act in this way.

Declan Rice finding out West Ham have been relegated from the Premier League 💔 (via mattthacker15/IG)

@fattyguern @pvbsc1 It’s a perfect example of why a consumption tax is required. Guernsey didn’t implement one after zero 10 but clearly needed additional income, that’s why duties have been bumped up more than Jersey. It’s why our tax allowance is lower etc. Stealth taxes have been used.

@GuyPlummer34449 @jjh @PeterRoffey5 @JayneOzanne @drandy_sloan Rent controls no thanks and unrealistic!

@pvbsc1 @jjh @PeterRoffey5 @JayneOzanne @drandy_sloan So is rent control in Guernsey- due to abject policy failure in overseeing a broken property market - for years Otherwise, pretty soon we won’t be able to afford to pay anyone enough to work here - unless ur govgg of course with its £millions of rent subsidies

Very disappointed to see Chamber trying to 'claim a win' they do not have - I for one, as Vice P of ESS, am committed to the necessary reforms to social security contributions, including a move to incorporating unearned income so that we spread the tax burden in a far fairer way

@jjh @GuyPlummer34449 @PeterRoffey5 @JayneOzanne @drandy_sloan GST is a necessity.

@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @PeterRoffey5 @JayneOzanne @drandy_sloan I’m waiting for a tax refund from 2021, yet somehow magically the revenue service is going to be competent at administer a whole new tax?

@GuyPlummer34449 @PeterRoffey5 @jjh @JayneOzanne @drandy_sloan The GST you refer to is a molehill compared to the lack of supply. You are concentrating on a minor issue the main problem is lack of properties. Are you able to move away from the molehill and concentrate on the bigger issue?

@PeterRoffey5 @jjh @JayneOzanne @drandy_sloan @pvbsc1 Tenants will be even worse off under GST+ as originally outlined Rents will go up due to GST fueled RPI & when tenants get their increased net pay, landlords will be able to increase rents still further on lease expiry Ability to pay being the only cap on rising rents

@jojomay1 And score predictions 🤪

@pvbsc1 Swim was this morning….I was home from tour for the 2nd half, I know exactly where we came, as VVD Said it’s not good enough…….so pleased to see the end of this season, here’s to a Good Summer transfer window and, getting back above our near neighbours!!

Went for a swim earlier for the first time in yonks…….swear I still can’t feel my feet. My arms went completely numb in the water too, in fact I think I may have frozen my nerve endings

@fattyguern Jersey’s fuel tax is 63.8p per litre plus 5% GST. Guernsey’s fuel tax is 90.5p per litre (no GST).

@fattyguern I guess then less duty on petrol

@pvbsc1 It's the same in jersey