You have to pay for all that military spending somehow. Did you think the money grew on trees? It comes from taxes and deficit spending.

"Right now if you're a contractor working in the public sector through a PSC you have the worst of both worlds; you don't get holiday or sick pay, pension, or other benefits but you *do* have to pay income tax and NI at permie rates."

Well, you see, your Personal Service Company is your employer, it's up to them to provide benefits as part of the remuneration package you agree with them.

If you arrange a legal fiction to get around paying self employed tax and NI you should at least be competent at it

Fell into it myself. Used to be an accountant now I'm part of an IT department supporting specialised hardware and software all over the world for a French based multinational company.

I do my job without needing a degree. Ability is more important than a bit of paper

We don't directly elect our Prime Minister so Theresa May isn't a PM candidate. Wish people would get this right

Britain, France, the actual natives that were there before the European invasion.

From back when Microsoft hired pretty much the whole of Borlands programming tools staff ?

A few years late and slightly incompatible with everyone elses

Well, yes, if it wasn't for the fact the plant will be owned and operated by EDF. The French state owned power company. Not seeing a private sector there

The first hit is free....

Yeah, 1 billion worth of patents will suddenly generate hundreds of lawsuits lasting yeafs with claims of eleventy billion per suit.

What blu ray icon ?

Someone could be making mega bucks to sell them a system that does the same thing.

Of course it would be slower, lacking features, years late and way over budget, same as any other modern government software programme

First you have to wait for a new version of Android. Then you have to wait for the manufacturer to integrate their special bells, whistles and bloatware. Then you have to wait for your carrier to add their branding and bloatware. It takes time to add all that bloatware

So I own a licence, I can sell that then ?