George B

I write code

[George B @georgebarbu]

This is the state of UK.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

WOW.

A student at the Oxford Union tells Tommy Robinson he is lucky they've put security on for him otherwise their Pro-Islam supporters outside would beat him to death

This is the Oxford Union, how far it has fallen as an institution when this is the sort of argument made

[George B @georgebarbu]

@rglucks1 Yes, anyone who doesn't share your idiotic opinions is waging a hybrid war against you!

[George B @georgebarbu]

@Valen10Francois If you don't like opposing opinions you should move to China. Looks like free speech is something that bothers you.

[George B @georgebarbu]

@BowesChay The very first sentence says it all. It's a game for them. That psychotic smirk on her face. These people destroy entire countries laughing about it.

[George B @georgebarbu]

@general_ben Must be nice living inside that bubble of yours.

[George B @georgebarbu]

@andyburnham @ZelenskyyUa Long lasting and just peace for Ukraine?!?!? After almost 15 years of Russia warnings ignored by NATO. After 2008 Bucharest NATO summit when Russia said Ukraine in NATO means war. Do you really think we're all stupid?

[George B @georgebarbu]

Actions have consequences. Stupid actions have stupid consequences. Simple really.

[🇫🇷 Patrice Cali - UPR @PatriceCali]

Pire encore au Portugal 🇵🇹 qui avait acheté 6 hélicoptères Kamov 🇷🇺 en 2006-2007 pour la lutte contre les incendies (environ 350 millions d’euros) :
Dès le printemps 2022, ils sont devenus inopérables du fait des sanctions contre la Russie🇷🇺, l’équipe de techniciens russes a été expulsée et plus aucune maintenance n'était possible.
En octobre 2022, le gouvernement portugais a annoncé les céder gratuitement à l’Ukraine 🇺🇦 !
Ils ont été démontés et livrés par camion en septembre 2024. Ils n’étaient plus utilisables dans l'UE🇪🇺...
L'#UE sait légiférer rapidement contre la #Russie (21 paquets de sanctions) mais ne sait pas se corriger pour protéger l'environnement et ses propres citoyens.
#Frexit #UPR #Asselineau2027 🇫🇷

[George B @georgebarbu]

@ArmstrongEcon If Germans worked low hours how come Germany was the industrial powerhouse in Europe until few years ago? This retard tries to shift the blame on the very people that made Germany the most powerful country in Europe until politicians like him destroyed it.

[George B @georgebarbu]

Brilliant!

[Darth Powell @VladTheInflator]

If Japan isn't the best culture, how do you explain this?

[George B @georgebarbu]

@carlbildt @ProSyn Don't worry, nobody cares about your opinion.

[George B @georgebarbu]

@carlbildt Must be nice living in that bubble of yours. Keep dreaming because reality doesn't seem to matter to you.

[George B @georgebarbu]

@HBrandstaetter Your arrogance blinds you. The EU is becoming the new Soviet Union.

[George B @georgebarbu]

@EP_President @aplusk @Europarl_EN @RobertaMetsola Ah, the old playbook "protect the children" that shuts down any discussion. Congratulations, you're on the path of making North Korea look like a democracy.

[George B @georgebarbu]

The level of insanity in the EU is on a different level! They're all out! In our faces!

[Tribune Populaire🌐 @TribunePop23]

👁️🇪🇺FLASH INFO - Le député Martin Sonneborn rappelle à la présidente du Parlement qu’elle piétine son propre règlement en remettant au vote la version initiale de ChatControl pour la 3ème fois cette année !

On lui coupe le micro.

Un texte qui imposerait la surveillance de masse de toutes nos messageries..

[George B @georgebarbu]

@marcosagusstinn Go back to drinking whatever you are! EU is DONE! Russia and Asia are the future. Europe is finished.

[George B @georgebarbu]

The EU is literally turning into a giant North Korea.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is properly insane: quite literally the worst example of censorship I've ever heard of anywhere.

I checked the actual ruling (which you can see here: https://t.co/dBKFWZ2ZWm) and, to be clear, it isn't just censorship in the conventional sense - blocking access to a website or removing content from platforms - this is the criminalization of information relayed by private citizens, with prison sentences attached.

And the most insane aspect if that it does NOT matter if the information relayed is accurate or not. It just matters that it originates from RT or other media outlets banned in the EU.

In other words, truth isn't a defense anymore in the EU, it literally doesn't matter. It's purely based on the identity of the speaker.

The ruling is actually explicit about this: the regulation, quoted by the Court says that the prohibition applies to "any content," and they draw no distinction based on what the content actually says. If it originates from banned outlets, it's banned.

It is, quite simply, a complete unraveling of the entire post-Enlightenment legal and philosophical project where entire generations of Europeans fought to move from "who says it" to "is it true" as the operative question.

Think about the absurdity of it: if RT publishes a video saying the sky is blue and you share it on a publicly accessible website in the EU, you'd fall within the scope of this ruling, making you liable to criminal prosecution.

Completely and utterly absurd. But that's the EU today for you 🤷

[George B @georgebarbu]

@MarcusBensmann @UlrichSiegmund @Markus__Lanz You deluded buffoon. AfD is the party of Germans that have had enough of being treated like trash by their own government. There, fixed it for you!

[George B @georgebarbu]

@tomgordonLD This country is going down the toilet in real time and this is what you choose to spend your time on?

[George B @georgebarbu]

@zac1967 Let me fix that for you: Every politician in the last 15 years has done everything in their power to ignore and dismiss Russia warnings. And on top of it all, 2 weeks after the war started they AGAIN pushed Ukraine to refuse Istanbul peace.

[George B @georgebarbu]

Insane yet totally true!

[Jay @_jaylawrence]

A lifetime of income tax… in just four years?

Most people probably underestimate just how progressive the UK’s income tax system is.

Take someone earning the UK’s median full-time salary of around £39,000.

They’ll pay roughly £5,300 a year in income tax.

Now compare that with someone earning £150,000.

They’ll pay around £53,700.

That’s more than 10x as much income tax…

…despite earning less than 4x the salary.

Over 4 years, the £150,000 earner will have paid approximately £215,000 in income tax.

That’s roughly the same amount of income tax the median full-time worker pays across an entire working life.

A median full-time worker keeps around 86p of every £1 they earn after income tax.

Someone earning £150,000 keeps around 64p of every £1.

Many people imagine a £150,000 salary guarantees financial freedom.

In reality, many high earners are paying extraordinary amounts of tax while still facing many of the same affordability challenges as everyone else, especially if living and working in London.

Whether you think that’s fair or not is a matter of opinion.

But it illustrates just how dependent the UK’s income tax system is on higher earners.