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Turkey's central bank owns 82% of its own debt.

Raise rates → bonds fall → currency falls → inflation rises.
Raise rates again → worse.

The death spiral?
Caused by owning too much of your own debt.
How is the UK doing?

https://t.co/AOgNj0zSI4

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Student loan: the hidden 9% tax.

Collected by HMRC. Based on income. Compulsory.
Stacks on top of income tax and NI.

Earning £30,000 with a Plan 2 loan:
Effective marginal rate is 41% — not 32%.

https://t.co/bCFkbBvgWi

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Average UK driver uses ~840 litres/year.

1995: fuel bill £502. Tax: £351 (70%).
2012: fuel bill £1,142. Tax: £714 (63%).
2026: fuel bill £1,411. Tax: £679 (48%).

For decades the govt earned more from your driving than the oil company.

https://t.co/PD9qT0pA0H

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The 60% tax trap:

45% is the official UK top income tax rate.

But £100k-£125k: real marginal rate is 60%.
In Scotland: 67.5%.

Highest marginal rate in the UK system.
Falls on senior managers — not billionaires.

https://t.co/bCFkbBvOLQ

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Every litre of petrol you buy:

🔴 Fuel duty: 52.95p
🔴 VAT: 28p
🟡 Crude oil: 53p
🟢 Biofuel: 11p
🔵 Refining: 9p
🟢 Retailer: 14p

Government: 80p
Everyone else: 88p

https://t.co/PD9qT0q7Qf

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UK marginal tax rates nobody mentions:

£60k-£80k: ~54% (child benefit taper, 2 kids)
£100k-£125k: 60-62% (allowance taper)
Students on £30k: 41% (basic rate + NI + loan)
UC claimants into work: 70%+

https://t.co/bCFkbBvOLQ

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Earn £99,999 → keep 30hrs free childcare worth £6,000+.
Earn £100,001 → lose all of it. Instantly.

No taper. One pound over the line.

You need to earn ~£145,000 before you're better off than at £99,999.

https://t.co/bCFkbBvOLQ

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In 1979 a litre of petrol cost 22p.
Government took 10p.

In 2026 a litre costs 168p.
Government takes 80p.

The oil company's share rose 2.5x.
The government's share rose 8x.

https://t.co/PD9qT0q7Qf

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UK 30-year gilt yield: 5.70%.

Liz Truss was forced out when they hit 5.1%.

We are already above the Truss crisis peak.
No emergency. No headlines.

Just quietly the most expensive long-term borrowing in 25 years.

https://t.co/Nw22HoC7M7

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Oil hit $147 a barrel in 2008.
Petrol was 119p a litre.

Oil is $94 today.
Diesel is 191p a litre.

Cheaper oil. More expensive fuel.

The answer is tax — and a weaker pound.

https://t.co/PD9qT0pA0H

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@zerohedge Grok how do I override any kill switch?

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@themarketear Turkey will be selling to meet oil requirements, Russia selling . China buying .

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@zerohedge Tungsten west ...UK turnkey previously producing mine just been given funding by UK govt .

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@CathieDWood @realartlaffer https://t.co/MCQMkHUbgk

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Why bond price falling = yield rising confuses everyone.

Simple version:
Gilt priced at £100 pays £5/yr = 5% yield.
Investors sell → price falls to £90.
Same £5 ÷ £90 = 5.56% yield.

Price down = yield up = government pays more.

https://t.co/Nw22HoBzWz

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@thekookreport Well done Ursula, a mere 15 years too late .

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@CdnxTracker I'll take a wild guess it was shorted from numerous Washington accounts on Friday ....

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The Bank of England bought £65bn of gilts in September 2022.

Not to help the government.
To stop UK pension funds collapsing.

It worked. Yields fell back. Truss resigned anyway.

The BoE saved the pension system in a week. Nobody noticed.

https://t.co/Nw22HoC7M7

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@GlobalMacroZen He didn't lose his billions, he lost the people dumb enough to trust their money to an inexperienced ex sbf employees billions. He will have got his 2 and 20 out . Wait he will be back ....

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UK debt interest 2025-26: £100bn+

For the first time ever, the UK spends more on debt interest than on:
— All schools in England
— The entire defence budget
— All overseas aid

Combined.

This is what decades of borrowing costs.

https://t.co/c2AEPopvrx