Clive George wrote:
"Tony Bryer" wrote in message
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And..as an afterthought they helpfully add.."V11 references are only
valid from the 15th day of the month preceding the expiry of the
current tax disc"

They've sent it out in advance: what's the problem? It's like Visa
sending you a replacement card now valid from 07/07.

In some of the debate on post office closures HMG was being criticised
for taking business away from them with online systems like this. I've
used it to retax my car and found it a great time-saver.

For both tax and SORN, I find it a bit of a PITA that I can't do it as
soon as I receive the reminder note. It means I then have two weeks to
forget that I got the reminder before I can do anything with it. Which
makes it a bit of a failure as a reminder...

Hoever I'm not blaming conspiracy ("job creation scheme"), I'm just
blaming a bit of non-joined up thinking.

That just *happens* to mean more people get employed by the government,
whose jobs are dependent on an inefficient Nu Laber regime that
multiplies bureaucracy at every possible point.

I think government employees should be disqualified from voting.
Lets face it, the whole civil service is just one huge rotten borough.

cheers,
clive