We had a sudden drip drip drip from our bedroom ceiling as we were going to sleep. Bonus feature of @katerusby frisbee discovered, after carefully placing it in the loft. Lasted several months until the roofers could fix. Guardian angel, "While Mortals Sleep"? 😉
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A reminder that this is Conservative central office masquerading as an independent factcheck on Twitter tonight (they did the same thing in 2019).
Keir Starmer wants to talk about what he did before politics. He should tell the British people about the terrorist groups and hate preachers he defended.
Don't put Britain's national security in his hands. Don't let him surrender our borders.
#BBCDebate
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is the official press account of the Conservatives which has rebranded as TaxCheck UK
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Feels a bit weird to pick on one candidate in a foreign election when you could easily level the same criticism at his opponent. It's quite sad that the system selects old men to lead them, when they both should be retiring.
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Congratulations to Dr Hannah Dee, who is awarded MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list for services to ‘Technology and to Women in the Information Technology Sector’ @bcs_lovelace
bcs.org/articles-opinion-and…
Hadn't realised @DPJHodges had joined the sinking ship.
That puts the count at ....FOURTY-ONE times that Labour have failed to rule out an increase to Capital Gains Tax. #ITVDebate
I do like the sneaky switcheroo in the wording here. How many people actually know how much tax they paid last year? Don't forget to include all indirect taxation, as to not include that would be highly deceitful.
If you’re a UK citizen, did you pay £17,000 in taxes last year? If you’re a family of 4, did you pay £64k of taxes as a household?
If not, someone else did on your behalf. A tiny group of people (1%) pay about 30% of the income taxes.
This tiny little group of Brits aren’t just our Dentists, Doctors, Professionals, Engineers, Pilots, Entertainers, Executives, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, they are also the biggest tax slaves for everyone too.
A person earning £150k is paying £60k in tax. A person earning £30k is paying £6.2k in taxes.
The high earner is making 5x more and paying 10x more in tax.
Given the government spends £17k per person - The higher earner generates a surplus of £43k in taxes while the lower earner requires £11k of someone else’s taxes to cover their portion of government spending.
It takes an income of £60k to generate £17k of taxes. So, very few people in the economy are able to cover the costs of themselves, let alone their families too. A tiny number of people can cover their own costs and generate a surplus for society.
When you hear people talking about how greedy the rich are, and how we need to make life harder for them, it’s worth considering that if they were to stop earning or to leave, the entire system would collapse.
The issue we have in the UK is not enough rich people. We need to either develop them ourselves or import them from elsewhere. We absolutely can not afford to lose them.
As we approach an election, be sceptical of any party who claims they can fund spending through higher taxes on the rich. We already have that! What we need is a party that has a plan to create more rich people or invite them from abroad. It’s never been easier for rich people and high earners to live and work anywhere - of course they’ll go wherever they are treated best.
The UKs survival is directly linked to the number of high earners - best not to drive them away.
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If Russian leadership would rather not be accused of committing war crimes, they should stop bombing hospitals.
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Today in @thenation we have a piece by Lujayn, a 14-year-old girl in Gaza, that has floored me every time I've read it. It's about what happened when an Israeli bulldozer came to destroy the house she was staying in, and you must, must, must read it. thenation.com/article/world/…
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Replying to @mwarhurst @johnhodrien
“To pay the tax charge, you must:
1) register for Self Assessment
2) fill in a Self Assessment tax return each tax year and pay what you owe
…you need to register by 5 October following the tax year you need to pay the tax charge”
gov.uk/child-benefit-tax-cha…
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New polling evidence from Tax Policy Associates and WeThink shows that half the public doesn’t understand a basic principle of income tax: the way that tax rates apply to income above a threshold.
Thread!
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🇬🇧 British people are now the 2nd most miserable people in the world
Previous happiness studies are based on income, wealth and healthcare quality, simply putting Western countries on top always, very very biased
The new Mental State of the World report is the first happiness ranking that actually makes sense and is based on surveys of satisfaction
People in many low-income countries are actually MORE happy regardless of income: in this case for example 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic and 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka are VERY happy
While people in a high-income country like United Kingdom are VERY unhappy
Added the data to Nomad List for the [ ☺️ Happy ] filter
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cat is the most misused thing by programmers new to linux. I cringe every time someone uses it wrong in a bash script. Thread below with proper uses of cat only
Replying to @ThePOTSPostman
For me, there's a big difference between degenerative conditions compared with ones where there's a fixed loss. I had a serious accident that resulted in balance issues and a loss of hearing in one ear. The balance mostly returned, but the hearing loss is permanent.
I really did think this level of gutter politics was beneath Rishi Sunak. How foolish I was.
so much for Rishi Sunak's integrity & professionalism
surely he's not too stupid to know the principle of British Law is that everyone deserves a fair trial?
is not, this is a shameful low slur from a Prime Minister - and Piers Morgan doesn't challenge him
#Sunk
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The sols won’t be the same without the #MarsHelicopter.
#ThanksIngenuity, for being my partner in exploration from the very beginning. go.nasa.gov/42b77KA























