Samuel Bell

Founder of Cultura + IT Consultant.

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

A generational roasting.
Lovely stuff.

[Louis Mosley @louismosley]

@ZackPolanski - this is magnificent. Three things I can’t deny:

1. It is a video.
2. You are wearing a jacket.
3. Then you aren’t.
4. Then you are again.

Unfortunately that’s where the accuracy ends.

A few corrections for you:

Peter Thiel is not our CEO. Alex Karp is — and has been for 20+ years. (A lifelong Democrat, for anyone keeping score.)

We are not a “spyware company.” Spyware is malware. Malware is illegal. Calling a software company spyware is, technically, defamatory (don’t worry, we are not suing).

We don’t build surveillance technology. We build software that helps organisations make sense of data they already hold. Not the same thing.

There was no “private tour” of our HQ. There was a public photocall to which the media came. Hence, why there are so many pictures of the event.

Our MOD contract is not “the biggest defence contract in UK history.” Ajax armoured vehicles = £5.5bn. Dreadnought submarines = £31bn. We’re grateful for the work, but let’s keep a sense of scale.

We have no more access to NHS data than Microsoft has to the contents of your Word documents. I think you know this by now.

We don’t have access to patient medical records. Same story.

I agree that “nothing matters more than our health.” Which makes it worth reminding you of what Palantir’s software is actually doing in the NHS right now:

->110,000 additional operations
->15% fewer delayed hospital discharges
->7% more patients finding out within 28 days whether they have cancer

Respect again for what you did with that jacket.

[Julian Jessop @julianHjessop]

Rachel Reeves has not just "given an 8.5% pay rise to younger workers" 🙄

She has forced employers to find another 8.5% on top of all the other cost increases.

Some young people may be lucky enough to get 8.5%. But others will get the sack, or not find a job in the first place.

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

@matt_gray_ IG

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

Brilliant idea!

Now the UK can say goodbye to:

Supermarkets
Software companies
All professional sport
Any other forms of business not mentioned above

This is what you get when you have people who practice hypnosis making policies lol

🤡

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

🤑 The average FTSE 100 CEO is now paid 122 times the salary of the average full-time UK worker.

⚖️ The Green Party would introduce a 10:1 pay ratio, meaning the highest-paid employee cannot earn more than ten times the lowest-paid.

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

Socialism: I expect other people to pay for what I want.

Capitalism: I work hard and take risks for what I want.

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

Tell me you don’t understand how economies grow, without telling me you don’t understand how economies grow.

If you genuinely can’t see the issue with CGT coming into alignment with Income Tax, you’re cooked lol

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski, "It's a tax on assets of 1% on £10m+ or 2% on £1 billion+"

"The most obvious win here is to bring Capital Gains Tax in line with Income Tax"

"The reason why that's important is right now we tax earned income more than we tax unearned wealth"

"If you're a cleaner, you could be paying more tax than the person who owns the building that you're cleaning"

"It's completely absurd. It's a political choice. We can make different political choices"

"When Ruth said it's difficult to find wealth, that there are practical challenges, so let's spend more money on HMRC"

"We keep underspending on the NHS, it shouldn't be a surprise we have a sick population"

"So yes, spend money up front on public infrastructure, on our services, but we're getting that money back, in terms of a much better economy and a healthier population"

"It's outrageous that we would have any more spending cuts"

"People in this country are tired and exhausted"

"They see the cost of living raised and they're not seeing their wages go with it"

"We have wealth in this country that we can redistribute"

"So the idea that people who are already struggling, as a result of political decisions and consequences of the past decade, are going to have to suffer another round of cuts"

"It's not a surprise to me when Nigel Farage talks about connecting with people's fear and anger, that's he doing so well"

"Of course I say this because Reform UK's solutions will make things even worse"

"That's why the Greens are doing so well right now, we're offering hope and some practical solutions"

"To say we don't need to cut spending and actually we need to tax the wealthier in our country more and invest in public services"

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

@ShopifySupport I cannot access my online store, and also cannot be put in contact with a support agent to deal with the login issue. I need a ticket raised ASAP as I have numerous customers awaiting orders.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Secret weapon for life: Be the type of person who's easy to be around. Speak when it adds value. Be quiet when you have something to learn. Stay calm when things go sideways. Laugh more than you complain. Most of all, be steady. Steady wins trust. Trust wins everything.

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

@ChombaBupe I’ve followed your commentary on the current state of AI for a little while now.

One of the few talking real sense on the topic.

🙏🏼

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

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[David Hearne, CFP™ @dontdelay]

2 pensioners on £35,000 a year income each

Have a lot more disposable income than a family of 4 with one earning over £65,000 and the other earning £15,000

Yet Labour have now decided that the pensioners deserve to receive winter fuel allowances, but the family deserve to start losing their child benefit

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

@ItsNeverYou22 I just read your story.

As a Dad with a young daughter at home, it broke my heart.

We’ll be donating 🖤

All strength to you guys x

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

Who pays working peoples’ wages?

Ah yes, the private sector.

Any tax relief there?

Of course not.

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[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

During the election we promised to put more money in working people's pockets.

At the Budget I announced that we would increase the national minimum and living wage.

Today 3 million working people will receive that pay boost.

Promise made, promise kept.

[Ric @Ric4rdoTM]

You hit 30 and suddenly the clothes at M&S start looking really good

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

The financial effects of tax rises to the private sector will ultimately mean that most end up with less in their pockets come payday, not more.

Labour have tried this tactic for economic growth many times.

It has NEVER worked.

What’s that line about insanity again?

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Working people are better off with Labour.

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

🤣🤣🤣

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

The clowns continue to be clowns.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Apple removes high-level data protection for UK users after the government requested right to access https://t.co/JIMIlMBc37

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

We should be slashing corporation tax, doubling the VAT threshold, increasing personal allowances, abolishing business rates for high street small firms, reducing national insurance contributions, cutting tax on salary/dividends and PLENTY more.

Here's a mad idea - reward hard work, and people might do more of it...

It's all about incentives. It really isn't complicated.

I sit in Parliament listening to Reeves and Labour MPs - honestly, they have NO idea what generates economic growth.

It isn't more regulation, it isn't more quangos, it isn't MORE Government. It's individuals, and it's bloody hard work.

Design the system around making that work pay, and we'll end up collecting far more tax. SIMPLE!

Stop supporting the indolent and start fostering the productive.

Make corporation tax the lowest in Europe. Go for it, undercut them. We should be ruthlessly competitive.

This Government's plan? Slapping an enormous tax on employment. What do these fools think will happen? Honestly. If ANY of them had any real business experience, they might understand the consequences of their actions.

I've built businesses, created jobs, invested in passionate young people. I've been there and done it. It hurts, and it can be very challenging indeed.

We need a Government that even vaguely understands it.

This one certainly does not.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Justice.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

The ONLY way to get the economy firing is to drastically slash tax.

Governments don't produce economic growth, people do - incentivise them! Reward hard work, and you'll end up actually collecting MORE tax.

A painfully obvious concept for those of us with business experience.

[Samuel Bell @swbelll]

Inflation ⬆️
New hiring ⬇️

This government lives in a parallel universe.

[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

Families are still struggling with the cost of living and I’m fighting to put more money in the pockets of working people.

That’s why we protected their payslips with no rise in their national insurance, income tax or VAT, boosted the national living wage and froze fuel duty.