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Speaker 1 (00:00):
If excellent. Yes, I agree with that sentiment as well.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's been an interesting week. It's been a.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Lovely week, but just finding things are so busy at
the moment, including why if I've got time later on
today we'll tell you why there is no water currently
coming into the Munson household. Human error and culture challenges.
I think a mixture of those two. Quite a lot
of human error on my part as ever in that
(00:29):
sort of department you might not be surprised to hear.
But an exercise in personal growth for sure. A lot
of that going on at the moment, and an interesting
interaction with the water board as they used to be called,
although that means something different now, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Jes Bodio Portugal. Lovely news.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thank you John for sharing that with me a little
bit earlier on this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Great to see you here this morning or Mayo.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
They are st yeah, putting the sex in seesteve you
me feel and ian this morning. Those gentlemen will be
joining me around eight twenty, so let's crack on. Yes, okay,
so you as well. My water bill went into the
spam last month. Yes, my second reminder for one of
my bills went into spam. Or something as well. Ok, Pete,
(01:16):
you're feeling it too. The man should be.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Back this morning to turn it back on.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
But what an episode that's been with its funny moments
as well, because you've got to laugh otherwise what else
would you do?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Right?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
A couple of things to bring you before eight twenty
Also a very interesting experiment in AI this morning. One
quick a news quickie here if I may with you,
I do a news bite. We of course have the
dream Team session with Expats Portugal on a Thursday evening
between nine and ten now called the town Hall.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Very good it is too with.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
All the professionals that help you move to Portugal, carefully
hand curated by Expats Portugal. And also actually the webinar
was very good. Yielda was doing a review of the
current lineup, a refresher on the D visas, the D two,
the D seven and D eight. Talk to her about
those and with Anna and lovely Anna and Claudia from
(02:16):
the Portal office as well of Ei.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I mean she's getting a lot.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Of difficulties with being confused with AI because Ei Jielda's
company is pronounced A, and I think people are saying, well,
is your company run on AI and it isn't at
the moment anyway, I don't think, as far as I'm aware,
only human intelligence currently and what's wrong with that? And yeah, great,
(02:40):
well anyway, great session with Yielder at seven point thirty.
That'll be up on the Expats Portugal YouTube channel for
Sunday at around six and then to kick off the
town hall, I do a few news by its and
this was one of them.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Can foreigner's vote in local elections?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And this is from Bruno Santoche in the Portugal News
and thank you for the kind words as well. Some
people anywhere enjoying the new variety of the show or
the variety that's been brought in with this.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Born Yar daily part of the show, so thanks for
that feedback.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Local elections will be taking place in Portugal in September,
although the date is not yet confirmed. Foreign residents may
vote to choose the next mayor of the city in
which they reside. So the president of ju Junta to
Flegasier and your mayor in your municipality is up for grabs.
In September, residents in Portugal will go to the polls
to choose the next three hundred and eight mayors, so
(03:31):
a lot of people, a lot of variables in this
as well as the members of the municipal assemblies. People
will also pick more than three thousand presidents. I live
Nex's daughter mine of parishes around the country, don't. I'm
not sure if he can keep running for president or
if they have to present a new one. In this election,
people would choose the best candidate to represent and work
(03:51):
in their cities and towns. And that's what Daniel was
saying last night. Is great about these local elections. You're
voting for people you know and live with. Oh Ta, Doug,
good to see you.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Worndel agree, Gumpus, I'm laid again or not too bad.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Only just a few days. Wanting to you, Great to
see you. Wanting to you Hugh as well. Excellent, Yeah,
as you are and Nesta, thank you for that bit
of feedback there.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
On the technicalities, you need to show up at your
Junter de Fazier to register as well as I understand it,
and I did ask Daniel about this. When you are
when you become a resident, you're automatically entered into the
electoral role, but it's important to go to your Junta
de flexier your parish office and ask to register to vote,
(04:38):
and you'll get a voting number or reference, I think.
And the other part of it I was just beginning
to speak about there was that you are voting for
people whose faces may well be familiar to They might
be neighbors. Like the president of this jer is my neighbor,
and the number two I know him as well. And
when I see him in the cafe, the granny's in
(05:00):
cafe insulting him and swearing at him and telling him
what a pillocky is and stuff like that in.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Quite a playful way.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
But what fantastic local and accountable democracy that is not
looking forward? We have the loveliest Mary in Portugal. She
even turned up to sing to us last night. Oh okay,
so's it's turning over? Is it to somebody knew their peep? Well,
you get a chance to vote on that. So that's
our first bit of news this morning. And something else
(05:28):
that I might return to as well. Oh my goodness,
my voice is going.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
What's happening there? You're watching the Bondia Daily, part of
a Good Morning.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Portugal, twenty minutes of news where the language, culture and
will being here in Portugal will extend the well being,
put the sex in session to fail with Ian and
Phil a little bit later on a catch up with
those fine gentlemen talking about swearing in cafes. I can't
read this out. That would be improper, impolite and uncouth,
would it not.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
But there you go. That's the sort of thing you
might hear in a cafe.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
That's the most popular swear word apparently in Portugal, and
there's all the others. If you're traveling around Europe and
want to make yourself really unpopular, that's the chart, the
map that you need for doing so.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Isn't that interesting?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
There are a great deal of similarities there. Ireland and
UK have a very similar approach. Portugal and Spain do
not as neighbors. And I never had heard of that
Spanish swearing right there, But if you need it there
it is, you're very welcome.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
The other part of the news this morning, you might
have seen in the opening sequence if you were here
looking at that wrecking ball smashing a rusty old filing
cabinet bureaucracy bashing begins. So let me bring onto the
screen this news article as well. This is from the
Portugal Resident and it's not the fifty ways to leave
your lover, it's the thirty ways to reduce bureaucracy here
(06:57):
in Portugal.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
And I'll do a few of these. There are of them.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
That's a lot to read through. And some of them
are quite obscure. Some of them you will recognize and
might welcome. And I don't know if this is a
proposal stage or whether and how many of these have
come into being, but the government presents thirty measures to
reduce Portugal's fiscal bureaucracy mainly, but of course fiscal matters
(07:23):
do extend into our daily lives.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Of course, don't they hear in Portugal.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Objective objective to art simply via proceedures for businesses and families.
That's the AI voice. That's how we thought they were talking,
isn't it years ago? Today's Council of Ministers, this was
hot off the press yesterday has seen the government approve.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So it's been approved a set of thirty.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Tax simplification measures, the vast majority of which focus on
reducing bureaucracy and state costs.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
And these will also reduce.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Costs for accountants and the people who administer your affairs
financially as well, So it's a good all round in
many way. As Pedlo Franco was saying last night on
the town hall, he's the taxman from EI. These include
changes to the payment date of the I U C
that's your road tax. I think everyone's going to start
paying that on the same day, which makes some sense,
(08:15):
doesn't it. I think there might be a teething problem
on the first day when everyone pays at the same time.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Maybe I don't know.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And if that's if that's indeed what that means, you
might help me here, Changes to the payment of stamp
duty in the case of donations or inheritances, and a
review of the I E S the simply simplified Business
Information Form. Minister of Finance Joaqui Miranda Sarmento took advantage
of the press conference after the Council of Ministers meeting
(08:43):
to thank the at Tax and Customs Authority finances that
we call them, don't we since some of them, since
some of the suggestions came from them. Minister for the
Economy Pedro Rees described the package. Who doesn't like a
well formed package first thing in the morning, as folks
on reducing that's an especially good one.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Isn't it.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
What companies can see is more transparency. It doesn't like
more transparency first thing in the morning. Not to be
confused with the well formed package or maybe yes, a
nice transparent No. What companies can see is more transparency
in the relationship.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Who doesn't like more transparency in their relationship?
Speaker 1 (09:21):
First thing in the morning, more agility in the morning,
a reduction in friction.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Oh yes, it works on so many levels, thank you, Natasha.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Costs and time that this implies implies for companies, less waste,
so they can focus on what is essential, which is
their growth.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And he doesn't like a better growth first thing in
the morning. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Here are some of the measures that would change Calm down, Carl,
he's still my beating heart. Here are some of the
measures that will change the way taxpayers interact with the
state in fulfilling their tax obligations. Right, it might come
back to these, but I'll give you some highlights.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yees.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
So the road tax will affec all of us drivers.
Here and how that's sorted out. The simplification of ies
has been simplified here to one sentence. The government will
simplify the ies form eliminating information annexes such as Q
and do well, thank goodness for that, medical certificate of
multipurpose disability, vehicle tax tax identification for self employed Yeah,
(10:21):
people running businesses here vat refunds in voicing rules.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
A renovation of.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
The portal is also one of these, which I think
the staff were thanked for, and withholding taxes waived for
self employed workers, capital income and property income if the
amount is less than twenty five quid euros. I big
your pardon. What's the slang for euros? We don't what
we've got quids? Haven't we in bucks? For dollars and pounds?
I don't know what the what the slang is or
(10:48):
the street talk for euros.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
That's interesting is that Do you know of one of those? Anyway?
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Come back to that a little bit later on. I
think that's very interesting, and it's more of this government efficiency.
It's strange timing, isn't it, With when these themes like
building back better and simplifying things with dogie type advisors
to the government are all on the same agenda around
the world. It's almost like there's a there's the jostling
(11:13):
for one world government going on.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Or something like that. Isn't it funny join up the dots, hey, Hugh?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Not looking forward to the mayor going oh, we've done
that one Bondia thunder duck I was late to so
we both on the naughty step.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
It's funny. I was going to say there is no naughty.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Step here on the Good Morning Portugal Show. Truth is,
there's just one massive naughty step, and you are all
on it.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Take in a good way.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Take ratol at the smallest dose level has helped tremendously well.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
That's good to know.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
With the trigeminoniuralgia, almost no pain for two days.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Isn't this wonderful?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
I have been able to chew food normally without fear,
and that's been such a I bet can imagine that
not being able to chew or speak for fear of pain.
So I'm so glad to hear that, John and a
Bondia gumpus from Mike this morning. You helped us out
with the LA the wildfire solidarity live stream that we
did the other day and we had some good feedback
from that as well. Thanking you for that, Mike. This
(12:11):
is just for the TV license alone, isn't it worth it?
He can't break this habit. It's like me and LBC.
I was listening on Radio four yesterday. Good morning, you're
listening to BBC Radio four where we now go to
the news and a comment from Peter Bleach in central
part of Portugal. I was listening on Radio four yesterday
(12:31):
and they were interviewing people who had dual cancer. Oh
Yike said that learning to swallow again, even with mash
was like swallowing bricks.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
That must be awful, my goodness.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
So that's wonderful news for you, John World, I mate,
I'm glad to hear that legal residence.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Yes, thank you for your input on that too as well.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I have a Nesta back in business well and truly
coach Turners here as well. Lovely day in London yesterday.
It's easy to forget what a fantastic city is. I
was thinking that only recently when I was seeing pictures
sent by my daughter Where was she at Spitalfields?
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I think it's an amazing city.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Has its challenges, like many cities do in this time
of history, but what an amazing place.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Joining cold very shortly, is there any other way?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Coach Turner actually quite all A thundered up the naughty
step is a great place to be. It's where the
in crowd together with gelato, yeah, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, that
sort of thing. Swearing, they'll love that swearing map. All
of you lot on the naughty step. We just had
the most incredible evening. Fifteen singers came from all over
the village to sing our Portuguese class into the new
year cantatas jenealis and had my homemade sausage rolls. What
(13:35):
does that mean exactly pete and steak bakes and horse reddish?
That sounds great? Are you growing horse readdish? Asking for
a friend? Can you see my Toddy's tonic bottle up there?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Where is it there?
Speaker 1 (13:48):
She needs horse raddish, the plant not the source. Did
you get that from like a UK food importer? Or
are you actually growing horse readdish on the estate there?
Would like to know that as a desperate appeal, a
plea for horse reddish. But your homemade sausage rolls and
steak bakes sound fantastic and how lovely. That is a
(14:11):
little bit of Portuguese language there and all the culture
and the language can down as jernidus, which, of course
Filhmina told us about a couple of months last year,
wasn't it?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I think, yeah, last year, this time last year.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
I believe in build back better. I build a fudge collection,
eat it, then build it back better.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Very good.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
It doesn't like a bit of fudge first thing in
the morning, Jackie, I know, Coach, I know.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
So that sounded like something I really missed out on.
So I wish I'd seen that. What an amazing experience.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yet, have your neighbors turn up and maybe if they
want you to turn the noise down, want to complain
about your dog?
Speaker 2 (14:52):
They do it in a traditional Portuguese song. That's the
way to do it.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Ah.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
All the cool kids hang out on the naughty step.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Listen to you. Smells good on the naughty step. Yeah,
I know what it smells them on the naughty step.
Bondier Lynx and the Old Devil's lettuce. I bet Bondier
people's from JMC? Hi, JMC, how are you Iberian Lynx?
Of course, when you're on the Good Morning Portugal show
their new fragrance Iberian Lynx, what would that smell of?
(15:19):
That would be like sausage and garlic flavor with' it?
Bondia Gumpus drives the ladies mad.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Fully Saved.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Are nice one, James. Oh, we've got a video of
the singers. That's fantastic, right, Coach Turner and Phil here
at eight twenty, So I better crack on the well
being part of the Bondia Deli, of course is in
human form with Coach Turner. And it's not the Devil's letters,
it's mine, Sis, Jackie, my favorite.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Well, look, more slang words about the old wacky backy.
I love those.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
And the slang for the euro we haven't got that yet,
as anybody does. Anybody know what the street name for
euros is? You know, we've got the quid for the pound,
and we've got Bucks and Benjamin's and all sorts for
the dollar as well, of course, and the loony for
the Canadian.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
But what what are euros called? It's a bit boring,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
They're just called euros for goodness sake. What is the
street word for euros? Okay, let's have a look at
some lettuce, then lettice?
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Why did I just it's a tip of the iceberg,
I tell you. Let's have a look at some weather. Well,
that was weird. Okay, let's go. Let's go see the weather, because.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
There's a really nice sunny day, sunny day and sunny
weekend ahead of us, or at least part of it.
There you go, there's the website. Oh, yesterday's image. More
CCTV in Lisbon. Oh, Pedro Franco said to me, I
asked the panel last night what they thought about more CCTV.
Mixed feelings. Really, you know, great if it does help,
and it probably won't. And we've got old grannies as
(16:54):
you can see in the picture in Portugal, to make
sure everything's okay on the streets. But Pedro Franco said
something really really smart. He said, don't worry Carle. They're
not plugged in. They're only cameras, so everything's fine, everybody.
If you were worried about your personal privacy, which no
new said didn't exist anyway, so don't worry about it, right.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
The government are saving money by not actually having anything
behind the cameras. They just put the cameras up, the cables,
disappear into the wall and don't go anywhere. Then they're
going to save taxpayer bucks, quids and whatever euros are
by not actually plugging them into any computers or anything
like that, right, the weather in Lisbon eight degrees at
the moment, an almighty eight degrees, which you would be
(17:35):
thankful for if.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You live in Ohio or New York.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
At the moment, I think fifteen the high and sunny
day tomorrow as well.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Fourteen the high.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Porto seven degrees at the moment, with a clear sky,
sunny again, sunny tomorrow too. It looks like some rain
is returning around the country on Sunday and Monday.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
By the way, Colleen brou So, I enjoy it this weekend.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
I enjoy it today and tomorrow, and the balance is
in favor of sunny days again here in Portugal.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Thank goodness for that.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Take that Portuguese Coembra four degrees, clear sky, sixteen the
high today, sixteen tomorrow as well.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
In Central in Cooembra anyway, Pharaoh.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Nine degrees, clear sky at the moment, fourteen degrees today,
fourteen degrees tomorrow, cloudy Sunday.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
No rain there that's coming in on Monday.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
In the algav Braga three degrees clear sky currently thirteen
degrees today and tomorrow. That's all right, isn't it. Further
weather by request, so give me a shout out if
you would like to see that, and don't forget to
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(18:39):
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account with them for changing your local currency into euros. Right,
let's get into the Good Morning Portugal show.
If excellent. Yes, I agree with that sentiment as well.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's been an interesting week. It's been a.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Lovely week, but just finding things are so busy at
the moment, including why if I've got time later on
today we'll tell you why there is no water currently
coming into the Munson household. Human error and culture challenges.
I think a mixture of those two. Quite a lot
of human error on my part as ever in that
(00:29):
sort of department you might not be surprised to hear.
But an exercise in personal growth for sure. A lot
of that going on at the moment, and an interesting
interaction with the water board as they used to be called,
although that means something different now, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Jes Bodio Portugal. Lovely news.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thank you John for sharing that with me a little
bit earlier on this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Great to see you here this morning or Mayo.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
They are st yeah, putting the sex in seesteve you
me feel and ian this morning. Those gentlemen will be
joining me around eight twenty, so let's crack on. Yes, okay,
so you as well. My water bill went into the
spam last month. Yes, my second reminder for one of
my bills went into spam. Or something as well. Ok, Pete,
(01:16):
you're feeling it too. The man should be.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Back this morning to turn it back on.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
But what an episode that's been with its funny moments
as well, because you've got to laugh otherwise what else
would you do?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Right?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
A couple of things to bring you before eight twenty
Also a very interesting experiment in AI this morning. One
quick a news quickie here if I may with you,
I do a news bite. We of course have the
dream Team session with Expats Portugal on a Thursday evening
between nine and ten now called the town Hall.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Very good it is too with.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
All the professionals that help you move to Portugal, carefully
hand curated by Expats Portugal. And also actually the webinar
was very good. Yielda was doing a review of the
current lineup, a refresher on the D visas, the D two,
the D seven and D eight. Talk to her about
those and with Anna and lovely Anna and Claudia from
(02:16):
the Portal office as well of Ei.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I mean she's getting a lot.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Of difficulties with being confused with AI because Ei Jielda's
company is pronounced A, and I think people are saying, well,
is your company run on AI and it isn't at
the moment anyway, I don't think, as far as I'm aware,
only human intelligence currently and what's wrong with that? And yeah, great,
(02:40):
well anyway, great session with Yielder at seven point thirty.
That'll be up on the Expats Portugal YouTube channel for
Sunday at around six and then to kick off the
town hall, I do a few news by its and
this was one of them.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Can foreigner's vote in local elections?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And this is from Bruno Santoche in the Portugal News
and thank you for the kind words as well. Some
people anywhere enjoying the new variety of the show or
the variety that's been brought in with this.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Born Yar daily part of the show, so thanks for
that feedback.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Local elections will be taking place in Portugal in September,
although the date is not yet confirmed. Foreign residents may
vote to choose the next mayor of the city in
which they reside. So the president of ju Junta to
Flegasier and your mayor in your municipality is up for grabs.
In September, residents in Portugal will go to the polls
to choose the next three hundred and eight mayors, so
(03:31):
a lot of people, a lot of variables in this
as well as the members of the municipal assemblies. People
will also pick more than three thousand presidents. I live
Nex's daughter mine of parishes around the country, don't. I'm
not sure if he can keep running for president or
if they have to present a new one. In this election,
people would choose the best candidate to represent and work
(03:51):
in their cities and towns. And that's what Daniel was
saying last night. Is great about these local elections. You're
voting for people you know and live with. Oh Ta, Doug,
good to see you.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Worndel agree, Gumpus, I'm laid again or not too bad.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Only just a few days. Wanting to you, Great to
see you. Wanting to you Hugh as well. Excellent, Yeah,
as you are and Nesta, thank you for that bit
of feedback there.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
On the technicalities, you need to show up at your
Junter de Fazier to register as well as I understand it,
and I did ask Daniel about this. When you are
when you become a resident, you're automatically entered into the
electoral role, but it's important to go to your Junta
de flexier your parish office and ask to register to vote,
(04:38):
and you'll get a voting number or reference, I think.
And the other part of it I was just beginning
to speak about there was that you are voting for
people whose faces may well be familiar to They might
be neighbors. Like the president of this jer is my neighbor,
and the number two I know him as well. And
when I see him in the cafe, the granny's in
(05:00):
cafe insulting him and swearing at him and telling him
what a pillocky is and stuff like that in.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Quite a playful way.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
But what fantastic local and accountable democracy that is not
looking forward? We have the loveliest Mary in Portugal. She
even turned up to sing to us last night. Oh okay,
so's it's turning over? Is it to somebody knew their peep? Well,
you get a chance to vote on that. So that's
our first bit of news this morning. And something else
(05:28):
that I might return to as well. Oh my goodness,
my voice is going.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
What's happening there? You're watching the Bondia Daily, part of
a Good Morning.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Portugal, twenty minutes of news where the language, culture and
will being here in Portugal will extend the well being,
put the sex in session to fail with Ian and
Phil a little bit later on a catch up with
those fine gentlemen talking about swearing in cafes. I can't
read this out. That would be improper, impolite and uncouth,
would it not.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
But there you go. That's the sort of thing you
might hear in a cafe.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
That's the most popular swear word apparently in Portugal, and
there's all the others. If you're traveling around Europe and
want to make yourself really unpopular, that's the chart, the
map that you need for doing so.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Isn't that interesting?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
There are a great deal of similarities there. Ireland and
UK have a very similar approach. Portugal and Spain do
not as neighbors. And I never had heard of that
Spanish swearing right there, But if you need it there
it is, you're very welcome.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
The other part of the news this morning, you might
have seen in the opening sequence if you were here
looking at that wrecking ball smashing a rusty old filing
cabinet bureaucracy bashing begins. So let me bring onto the
screen this news article as well. This is from the
Portugal Resident and it's not the fifty ways to leave
your lover, it's the thirty ways to reduce bureaucracy here
(06:57):
in Portugal.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
And I'll do a few of these. There are of them.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
That's a lot to read through. And some of them
are quite obscure. Some of them you will recognize and
might welcome. And I don't know if this is a
proposal stage or whether and how many of these have
come into being, but the government presents thirty measures to
reduce Portugal's fiscal bureaucracy mainly, but of course fiscal matters
(07:23):
do extend into our daily lives.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Of course, don't they hear in Portugal.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Objective objective to art simply via proceedures for businesses and families.
That's the AI voice. That's how we thought they were talking,
isn't it years ago? Today's Council of Ministers, this was
hot off the press yesterday has seen the government approve.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So it's been approved a set of thirty.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Tax simplification measures, the vast majority of which focus on
reducing bureaucracy and state costs.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
And these will also reduce.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Costs for accountants and the people who administer your affairs
financially as well, So it's a good all round in
many way. As Pedlo Franco was saying last night on
the town hall, he's the taxman from EI. These include
changes to the payment date of the I U C
that's your road tax. I think everyone's going to start
paying that on the same day, which makes some sense,
(08:15):
doesn't it. I think there might be a teething problem
on the first day when everyone pays at the same time.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Maybe I don't know.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And if that's if that's indeed what that means, you
might help me here, Changes to the payment of stamp
duty in the case of donations or inheritances, and a
review of the I E S the simply simplified Business
Information Form. Minister of Finance Joaqui Miranda Sarmento took advantage
of the press conference after the Council of Ministers meeting
(08:43):
to thank the at Tax and Customs Authority finances that
we call them, don't we since some of them, since
some of the suggestions came from them. Minister for the
Economy Pedro Rees described the package. Who doesn't like a
well formed package first thing in the morning, as folks
on reducing that's an especially good one.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Isn't it.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
What companies can see is more transparency. It doesn't like
more transparency first thing in the morning. Not to be
confused with the well formed package or maybe yes, a
nice transparent No. What companies can see is more transparency
in the relationship.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Who doesn't like more transparency in their relationship?
Speaker 1 (09:21):
First thing in the morning, more agility in the morning,
a reduction in friction.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Oh yes, it works on so many levels, thank you, Natasha.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Costs and time that this implies implies for companies, less waste,
so they can focus on what is essential, which is
their growth.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And he doesn't like a better growth first thing in
the morning. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Here are some of the measures that would change Calm down, Carl,
he's still my beating heart. Here are some of the
measures that will change the way taxpayers interact with the
state in fulfilling their tax obligations. Right, it might come
back to these, but I'll give you some highlights.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yees.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
So the road tax will affec all of us drivers.
Here and how that's sorted out. The simplification of ies
has been simplified here to one sentence. The government will
simplify the ies form eliminating information annexes such as Q
and do well, thank goodness for that, medical certificate of
multipurpose disability, vehicle tax tax identification for self employed Yeah,
(10:21):
people running businesses here vat refunds in voicing rules.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
A renovation of.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
The portal is also one of these, which I think
the staff were thanked for, and withholding taxes waived for
self employed workers, capital income and property income if the
amount is less than twenty five quid euros. I big
your pardon. What's the slang for euros? We don't what
we've got quids? Haven't we in bucks? For dollars and pounds?
I don't know what the what the slang is or
(10:48):
the street talk for euros.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
That's interesting is that Do you know of one of those? Anyway?
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Come back to that a little bit later on. I
think that's very interesting, and it's more of this government efficiency.
It's strange timing, isn't it, With when these themes like
building back better and simplifying things with dogie type advisors
to the government are all on the same agenda around
the world. It's almost like there's a there's the jostling
(11:13):
for one world government going on.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Or something like that. Isn't it funny join up the dots, hey, Hugh?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Not looking forward to the mayor going oh, we've done
that one Bondia thunder duck I was late to so
we both on the naughty step.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
It's funny. I was going to say there is no naughty.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Step here on the Good Morning Portugal Show. Truth is,
there's just one massive naughty step, and you are all
on it.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Take in a good way.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Take ratol at the smallest dose level has helped tremendously well.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
That's good to know.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
With the trigeminoniuralgia, almost no pain for two days.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Isn't this wonderful?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
I have been able to chew food normally without fear,
and that's been such a I bet can imagine that
not being able to chew or speak for fear of pain.
So I'm so glad to hear that, John and a
Bondia gumpus from Mike this morning. You helped us out
with the LA the wildfire solidarity live stream that we
did the other day and we had some good feedback
from that as well. Thanking you for that, Mike. This
(12:11):
is just for the TV license alone, isn't it worth it?
He can't break this habit. It's like me and LBC.
I was listening on Radio four yesterday. Good morning, you're
listening to BBC Radio four where we now go to
the news and a comment from Peter Bleach in central
part of Portugal. I was listening on Radio four yesterday
(12:31):
and they were interviewing people who had dual cancer. Oh
Yike said that learning to swallow again, even with mash
was like swallowing bricks.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
That must be awful, my goodness.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
So that's wonderful news for you, John World, I mate,
I'm glad to hear that legal residence.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Yes, thank you for your input on that too as well.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I have a Nesta back in business well and truly
coach Turners here as well. Lovely day in London yesterday.
It's easy to forget what a fantastic city is. I
was thinking that only recently when I was seeing pictures
sent by my daughter Where was she at Spitalfields?
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I think it's an amazing city.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Has its challenges, like many cities do in this time
of history, but what an amazing place.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Joining cold very shortly, is there any other way?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Coach Turner actually quite all A thundered up the naughty
step is a great place to be. It's where the
in crowd together with gelato, yeah, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, that
sort of thing. Swearing, they'll love that swearing map. All
of you lot on the naughty step. We just had
the most incredible evening. Fifteen singers came from all over
the village to sing our Portuguese class into the new
year cantatas jenealis and had my homemade sausage rolls. What
(13:35):
does that mean exactly pete and steak bakes and horse reddish?
That sounds great? Are you growing horse readdish? Asking for
a friend? Can you see my Toddy's tonic bottle up there?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Where is it there?
Speaker 1 (13:48):
She needs horse raddish, the plant not the source. Did
you get that from like a UK food importer? Or
are you actually growing horse readdish on the estate there?
Would like to know that as a desperate appeal, a
plea for horse reddish. But your homemade sausage rolls and
steak bakes sound fantastic and how lovely. That is a
(14:11):
little bit of Portuguese language there and all the culture
and the language can down as jernidus, which, of course
Filhmina told us about a couple of months last year,
wasn't it?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I think, yeah, last year, this time last year.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
I believe in build back better. I build a fudge collection,
eat it, then build it back better.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Very good.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
It doesn't like a bit of fudge first thing in
the morning, Jackie, I know, Coach, I know.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
So that sounded like something I really missed out on.
So I wish I'd seen that. What an amazing experience.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yet, have your neighbors turn up and maybe if they
want you to turn the noise down, want to complain
about your dog?
Speaker 2 (14:52):
They do it in a traditional Portuguese song. That's the
way to do it.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Ah.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
All the cool kids hang out on the naughty step.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Listen to you. Smells good on the naughty step. Yeah,
I know what it smells them on the naughty step.
Bondier Lynx and the Old Devil's lettuce. I bet Bondier
people's from JMC? Hi, JMC, how are you Iberian Lynx?
Of course, when you're on the Good Morning Portugal show
their new fragrance Iberian Lynx, what would that smell of?
(15:19):
That would be like sausage and garlic flavor with' it?
Bondia Gumpus drives the ladies mad.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Fully Saved.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Are nice one, James. Oh, we've got a video of
the singers. That's fantastic, right, Coach Turner and Phil here
at eight twenty, So I better crack on the well
being part of the Bondia Deli, of course is in
human form with Coach Turner. And it's not the Devil's letters,
it's mine, Sis, Jackie, my favorite.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Well, look, more slang words about the old wacky backy.
I love those.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
And the slang for the euro we haven't got that yet,
as anybody does. Anybody know what the street name for
euros is? You know, we've got the quid for the pound,
and we've got Bucks and Benjamin's and all sorts for
the dollar as well, of course, and the loony for
the Canadian.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
But what what are euros called? It's a bit boring,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
They're just called euros for goodness sake. What is the
street word for euros? Okay, let's have a look at
some lettuce, then lettice?
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Why did I just it's a tip of the iceberg,
I tell you. Let's have a look at some weather. Well,
that was weird. Okay, let's go. Let's go see the weather, because.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
There's a really nice sunny day, sunny day and sunny
weekend ahead of us, or at least part of it.
There you go, there's the website. Oh, yesterday's image. More
CCTV in Lisbon. Oh, Pedro Franco said to me, I
asked the panel last night what they thought about more CCTV.
Mixed feelings. Really, you know, great if it does help,
and it probably won't. And we've got old grannies as
(16:54):
you can see in the picture in Portugal, to make
sure everything's okay on the streets. But Pedro Franco said
something really really smart. He said, don't worry Carle. They're
not plugged in. They're only cameras, so everything's fine, everybody.
If you were worried about your personal privacy, which no
new said didn't exist anyway, so don't worry about it, right.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
The government are saving money by not actually having anything
behind the cameras. They just put the cameras up, the cables,
disappear into the wall and don't go anywhere. Then they're
going to save taxpayer bucks, quids and whatever euros are
by not actually plugging them into any computers or anything
like that, right, the weather in Lisbon eight degrees at
the moment, an almighty eight degrees, which you would be
(17:35):
thankful for if.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You live in Ohio or New York.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
At the moment, I think fifteen the high and sunny
day tomorrow as well.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Fourteen the high.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Porto seven degrees at the moment, with a clear sky,
sunny again, sunny tomorrow too. It looks like some rain
is returning around the country on Sunday and Monday.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
By the way, Colleen brou So, I enjoy it this weekend.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
I enjoy it today and tomorrow, and the balance is
in favor of sunny days again here in Portugal.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Thank goodness for that.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Take that Portuguese Coembra four degrees, clear sky, sixteen the
high today, sixteen tomorrow as well.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
In Central in Cooembra anyway, Pharaoh.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Nine degrees, clear sky at the moment, fourteen degrees today,
fourteen degrees tomorrow, cloudy Sunday.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
No rain there that's coming in on Monday.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
In the algav Braga three degrees clear sky currently thirteen
degrees today and tomorrow. That's all right, isn't it. Further
weather by request, so give me a shout out if
you would like to see that, and don't forget to
get your free copy of good Morning Portugal's or Spartan
Effects is special good Morning Portugal Moving Money to Portugal
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let's get into the Good Morning Portugal show.
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