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@BenGrahamUK @Bobby2023299469 Looking at the budget for 2026/27, it looks as if the £819 million figure is just nonsense. https://t.co/YiWhMyNRQK

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@wjprescott @DanNeidle You could start by gradually merging income tax and NI so that pensioners end up paying the same marginal rate on income as those in work.

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@gbrew24 Why does anyone pay any attention to Trump's utterances / tweets etc. ? Given the repeated contradictions, inconsistencies, reversals, etc. wouldn't it be more sensible to just ignore him ?

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@WG_RumblePants What about Atkinson ?

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@willsolfiac Three times seems a lot. What's the data source ?

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@NeilDotObrien When did you first feel the need to submit the FOI request ?

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@ayeshahazarika @TimesRadio Re Blair's intervention, I find it odd to be told to embrace AI by someone who was for years reluctant to even embrace e-mail. I also think his views will have little or no practical impact, because few in the Labour Party have any time for him.

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@GreatBritishTT @QCMetellusPius @JeffBezos What do anecdotes tells us about Jeff Bezos ?

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@JohnRentoul Have you read it ? ( I haven't).

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@JohnRentoul @JohnApplebyLD Suppose you have £10000 in assets, I have £50000. Twenty years later you have £20000, I have £100000. Has wealth inequality between us increased ?

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@JohnRentoul Perhaps https://t.co/VdqCXlCjaL

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@DanielJHannan Do you always wear headgear at breakfast ?

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@bbcnickrobinson So - why didn't you ask him...Do you use AI in your daily life ? What if anything should be done about climate change ? etc. etc.

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@AllisonPearson So why were 619 Eritrean applications for asylum in the UK rejected in 2024, according to this data ? https://t.co/WMsSdwxXqF

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@BBCr4today Re Streeting's proposed changes to CGT - it isn't a wealth tax as most people understand the concept. You should be pointing this out, and asking why he has used misleading language.

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@sib313 @surplustakes How low does the BCR on the incremental expenditure have to be for the project to be abandoned ?

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@surplustakes Is there a case for abandoning the project completely ?

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@KieranMullanUK On Nicky Campbell's Radio 5 programme this morning, you described the 70s as a time of economic stagnation. What was the growth rate of GDP per head / real disposable income per head over that decade ? How do the figures compare to more recent times ?

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@DanielJHannan Surely just a feeble partial imitation of Britain in 1972 ?

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@JulesBywaterLee @tejparikh90 @FT Not sure about that 80% African figure. The data here https://t.co/CyKVfDUtgV (DUKES 3.7) suggests Norway and the USA are both bigger suppliers than the African countries combined.