Sam Lott

08/01/2015 ❤

[Lance Lachlan ✌🏻 @lancelachlan]

The UK's grid is doing something pretty remarkable today.

☀️ Solar: 31.5%
💨 Wind: 56.7%
🌱 Renewables: 88.5%
⛽ Gas: Just 11%
⚡ Power price: -£4.22/MWh

We're generating more electricity than we need, exporting the surplus, and wholesale prices have gone negative. Clean energy isn't just about cutting emissions - it's reshaping the economics of electricity.

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐️

[Chelsea Dodgers @TheBlueDodger]

🚨 Calum McFarlane on wanting to work with Xabi on backroom staff:

"I haven't thought about that. There's so much to prepare for."

(@BobbyVincentFL) #CFC

[Pys @CFCPys]

🚨 VAR: No penalty on Declan Rice due to ‘clear physical contact’ from the Chelsea player.

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

1/ We’ve secured a record-breaking 8.4GW of offshore wind, enough to power the equivalent of over 12 million homes.

This is the largest amount of offshore wind procured in any auction ever in Britain or indeed Europe.

[Conn @ConnCFC]

Enzo Maresca doesn’t like Egbhali, Poch didn’t like Egbhali, the fans don’t like Egbhali, not even Todd Boehly who owns the club with Egbhali likes him

This man is the biggest problem at our club.

[CFC Pics @Mohxmmad]

Don’t forget this.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

🚨HOLY SH*T - THE UK IS GOING FULL POLICE STATE

Not only are they getting rid of Jury trials

They plan to allow magistrates to sentence people for up to two years without appeal ‼️

Last year 40% of appeals from mags courts were upheld.

LABOUR WANT TO LOCK UP INNOCENT PEOPLE

[Sam Lott @SamLott8]

@NizaarKinsella What is Andrey Santos doing there caught in no mans land. And this back 4 is an absolute embarrassment.

[Conn @ConnCFC]

I remembered that tackle as soon as I saw Caicedo’s one. Of course the spurs player got the yellow and the Chelsea player got the red lol

[EPL Bible @EPLBible]

One was a yellow, one was a red…

Make it make sense ffs. 😩

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

That shot. That scream. That night.

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

A £7.4 billion tax on graduates is hidden in the scorecard.
They will pay more income tax AND have to repay more on their loans.
The second biggest tax increase in the budget - snuck out in the fine print.

[Joe Seddon @whatjoedid]

Rachel Reeves just picked the pockets of graduates to the tune of £5.6 billion.

Buried in today's Budget is a freeze on student loan repayment thresholds until 2031.

No announcement. No debate. Just a quiet raid on young people's pay packets.

The OBR estimates this will raise £5.6 billion from graduates over the long term.

Here's how it works.

If you graduated after 2023, you pay a 9% student loan repayment tax on everything you earn over £25,000.

For those who graduated between 2012 and 2023, it's 9% on anything over £28,470. But after today's announcement, that repayment threshold is now frozen for six years.

That matters because wages tend to go up with inflation. However, thresholds now don't. So every year, more of your salary crosses the line — and more gets taken.

You're not earning more in inflation-adjusted terms. But you're paying more anyway.

By the end of the decade, every graduate earning the minimum wage will be making student loan repayments.

Now let's talk about what this actually means for marginal tax rates (i.e. what you pay on each additional £ you earn).

A graduate on minimum wage? 37% marginal tax rate when you factor in student loan repayments.

A graduate who lands a £50k job? 51%.

Someone who climbs the ladder and hits £100k? 71%.

This is what we're telling young people: work hard at school, get good grades, go to university, get a graduate job, climb the ladder — and we'll tax you so heavily you'll struggle to ever build wealth.

Meanwhile, the triple lock is protected — costing £15.5bn a year by the end of the decade. Wealthier pensioners will continue receiving cash transfers from the pockets of graduates.

The tax system is broken. And it's killing social mobility.

[Scott Saunders @__scottsaunders]

Jamie Carragher doesn’t know what’s going on with Liverpool after all these losses! That’s weird, he seems to know everything about all the other teams when they’re not winning

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

- Arsenal spend big, Jamie Carragher talks🗣️

- Chelsea spend big, Jamie Carragher talks🗣️

- Manchester City spend big, Jamie Carragher talks🗣️

- Manchester United spend big, Jamie Carragher talks🗣️

- Liverpool spend big, Jamie Carragher goes quiet 🤫

Liverpool’s PR puppet

[Vince™ @Blue_Footy]

🗣 Jamie Carragher: "Chelsea have got to stop buying players, and players have got to stop signing for Chelsea." 😂😂😂

[Jordan Davies @jordandavies09]

They’ve all been cowards there. Niko has been voted because he’s an outsider and he’s not in their celebrity world. Nothing to do with the game #traitors #celebritytraitors

[Simon Phillips @siphillipssport]

Chelsea did everything to try and sell Tyrique George this summer. They also recalled Marc Guiu from a very good loan at Sunderland. Guiu is yet to play a single minute and George starts in Guiu’s position in the Champions League tonight. Chaos.

[Simon Phillips @siphillipssport]

Imagine thinking Robert Sanchez was ever good enough to be Chelsea No.1. I don’t care that he had a decent end to the season, he will forever have brain fart moments. Anyone who’s clambered for him to stay No.1 shouldn’t be involved in football.