…and We’re Back!

After a relatively straightforward house move, the trials of rural UK broadband took a while to overcome, followed by some unplanned time spent fixing a variety of computer issues. Happily, everything is now resolved, and after a longer than planned break, we are back.

While we’ve been gone we’ve seen a government spending review and it [...]

An Apology, Food Inflation, Government Cuts, and a Teaser…

I owe you all an apology for being absent for a few weeks. Well, I’m back (briefly, to check in), but regular publishing will resume in early September. In the meantime, there are a few things that demand further thought…

Anyone who has been consuming mainstream media in whatever form over the last few weeks, cannot [...]

Stand up for UK Shooting Sports

In light of the recent tragedy in Cumbria, the UK’s influential parliamentary Home Affairs Committee has announced that it will conduct an inquiry into Firearms Control. The Committee has called for written evidence from interested parties. Anyone can make a submission and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is encouraging all those who [...]

UK Budget 2010

Whilst being more self sufficient means that you are, to an extent, slightly insulated from some of the bad events, no one can fail to be concerned about the economic situation and the “wheezing” recovery the UK is currently making. With that, I thought it would be good to have a [...]

What a tangled web we weave...

It’s that time of year again when banks and financial institutions bombard you with advertising about ISAs – protect your money from the taxman! The ISA allowances change this year so you can protect a little more.

I wrote recently about taxation. Lets take a look at it from another viewpoint. I want you to imagine:

You [...]

Tax doesn't have to be taxing...

Yes it does. That’s the whole point of it.

The problem is things seem to have got more than a little out of hand on the taxation front! What does this have to do with Self Sufficiency I hear you ask? Well, as we said before there are many reasons people aim to be self sufficient, [...]