Thomas Hayes

[Thomas Hayes @thomas_hayes]

@muggwhump @BBCNewsnight That’s not accurate at all, you need to exclude public health. The French spend 24% of GDP on social protection and the UK spends 16% of GDP on social protection. The main reason for this is that the French spend 15% of GDP on pensions, and the UK spends 8% of GDP on pensions.

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@thomas_violence are you sure they don’t represent a quality

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@KnottMatthew I have enjoyed reading your coverage of this but I am not entirely sure about your reliance on the movie "Love Actually" for part of your political analysis. It's a satisfying watch but as it is a completely fictional scenario there is no way of knowing how effective it would be

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@kary_cee @TheRealPBarry Marr might not want a second run as MW host

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@meadea One golden voice exchanged for another

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@eric_lang @ingbrizio I think the point @ingbrizio was making is that the less hardcore might simply enjoy the tactile & social experience of shifting cardboard and wood around in the company of friends and not be too fussed about min-maxing and vanquishing their opponents

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@CricketnBeer @Melbchief Chip works for The Age. It wasn’t published in The Age. Mark Knight, the cartoonist, works for News Corp

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@VictoriaCoren There’s been a lot of attrition since the heyday of the British “funnies”. Loved them as a kid. Buster was probably my fave - recently bought a nice book about the cartoon work of Tom Paterson. Lots of great characters from “Whoopee!” too. Also don’t forget the “Dandy!”

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@jonkudelka The reserve bank has thousands of staff. And a board. How can you be so naive as to blame one person for this? The RB is a regulatory body doing what it is supposed to do. Did Australians think that rates would stay at historic lows forever? There was heaps of warning.

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@GoosePope We’ve all been there

https://t.co/R9HidVZXch

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@saveoursheriff "Keith Arsewank"? Come off it. I prefer my parody accounts to be a bit subtler than this

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@bernybelvedere You certainly have a point, but showing only the denouement of a show or film out of context is often going to be cringeworthy because you’re not emotionally invested

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@Clint_Davey1 Are you playing with any bots?

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@GrogsGamut It went from obscure to obvious at that point

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@RobertEngen @Clint_Davey1 😁

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@LaurieOakes Have they sunk descendingly downwards towards the lowest bottom nadir of language

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@CroweDM Don’t make me laugh. Not even in the same league as this one.

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@Clint_Davey1 "Vulgar display of content". Brutal