Ste Firth

Oh

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

If high taxes and a big welfare state worked, France would be a utopia. The citizens would be dancing on the streets… instead they are the civil unrest capital of Europe.

On the flip side, Switzerland with its low tax, small state is peaceful, calm, affluent and secure.

Good Intentions don’t matter. Good outcomes do.

[John Stepek @John_Stepek]

A wee stat ahead of Wednesday's budget, on a policy that almost certainly won't change:

In 2021, roughly 1 in 10 full-time nurses paid 40% income tax. In 2026, it's closer to 1 in 3.

That's the power of the "fiscal drag" tax. The term "high earner" has been quietly redefined.

[Ste Firth @stefirth]

@oelma__ Rhyl

[George Smiley @364690]

Given the personal allowance will have been frozen for a decade at £12,570 - it's interesting to see what it would be when it's treated with the largesse of the minimum wage.

[camilo @AscendedYield]

Spread looks much worse without a log scale

It visually undersells the headline finding

[James Clark 📈📉¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @mr_james_c]

OMFG, they even used a log scale, mostly because they assume readers won't notice the difference.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

The UK government has taken £870 billion in green taxes in the last 20 years. We are being fleeced on the altar of net zero. The cost of living crisis is a cost of government taxation crisis.

[Ste Firth @stefirth]

@jameslarkin2710 @FabrizioRomano Oldham v Utd?

[pulpy @pulpy]

Why have we had to listen to Gary Neville cry about Micheal Carrick for the last 20 minutes and not a word about how good Bournemouth have been @SkySportsPL ?

Get these biased idiots off the games of the clubs they support. Nobody wants this.

Bring back some professionalism.

[Ste Firth @stefirth]

@lancscricket Shouldn’t be renewing anyone’s contract who was involved in this decision

[Ste Firth @stefirth]

@boysbelnboys I do miss breakfast beers

[Prof. @Prof_Umbongo]

Hang on… they don’t want to drill our own fuel, but want to charge us extra tax on imported fuel because it’s imported? Fuel on which we are already heavily taxed?

[Ste Firth @stefirth]

@BBCWorld “Largely peaceful”

[Prof. @Prof_Umbongo]

Don’t buy a Chinese car because Europe are our allies they said, join the EU because Europe are our allies they said…

[Andy63 🇬🇧❤️travelling the world @TryingTraveller]

Exactly how socialism works … ask @AngelaRayner

[Clare @cwestword]

Not Laffing now are they.

[Cockney Rebel @RebelHQ]

Sorry but I am sick of the gaslighting from industry mouths and ignorant politicians.

These are the facts.

Of our total energy needs, Electricity provides 21-22%

Wind provides 30% of our electricity = circa 7% of our energy.

Solar provides 7% of our electricity = circa 3% of our energy.

So wind and solar provide 10% of our total energy needs - when they are working!

When it is night time or cloudy there is no solar energy. You can increase solar panels by 1000x and at night the will still produce zero energy.

When the wind doesn't blow they produce no energy either, and we keep paying for it! 1000x as many wind turbines produce zero energy when the wind doesn't blow.

Basic maths and a little common sense tells you we will need gas for a long time until we have more nuclear power. We will never run the country off of gas and solar in this century because the only way is a massively restructured grid and so many large batteries there is likely not enough lithium on the planet to create them.

[Mike Gardner @mikegardner_wb]

Labour’s vision for Britain:

1. The State will seize your home if you leave it for 6 months.

2. The State will take money from your bank account without a court order

3. The State will arrest you and lock you up if you say the wrong thing on social media

To be continued..