Trite Thomas

Engineer in London. All posts are opinions

[Phil Kitromilides @PhilKitro]

Every single World Cup game is free to watch in the UK. Dont take that for granted. Have to pay a €20 add-on fee here in Spain to have access to every game. Obviously paid it, wasnt about to miss Jordan vs Austria was I.

[Dividend Dynasty @DividendDynasty]

Would do this in a heartbeat lol.

£12,500 straight into a S&S ISA 📈

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums.

Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. 

It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

If you’ve chosen to live in the centre of the greatest city in the world, expect the nightlife to match.

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

I'm glad these local "conservation" groups are getting the grief they deserve. You knew you were moving to Soho. If you don't like noise, there are hundreds of alternatives. I like street noise. It's fundamentally lovely.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years

But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not

This apparent miracle was achieved by taxing “other people”: higher earners, capital, property, banks, etc

The strategy has run out of road

A 🧵 on what happens next.

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@JamieFinance25 If you’re single with no dependents definitely! More external responsibility for other you have the larger your emergency fund should be imo

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@Mikethejourney1 £15k is quite a lot. I have about half of that for actual emergencies and then invest the rest

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@journeymanstev1 @BBCLondonNews I disagree

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

City approves towers despite 1,000 objections ➡️ https://t.co/xLF5Fr5Q6X

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

Is this supposed to happen? 🤯

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@AaronBastani I’ve literally never seen this and have lived in London for 8 years. Calling it common is probs a stretch

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@rawespresso Maybe do both??

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@2147mill S&P. Will just compound more with slight geography risk (to companies in the most successful stock market in the world)

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@fynnvestor Hi Fynn, I also work in construction and want similar things. Excited to see you grow!

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@2147mill Hi Tom, in a very similar part of my journey. I’m 29 and have similar long term goals!

[Murky Depths @TheMurkyDepths]

Four years ago today the Elizabeth line began.

Transformative and a huge success.

[Richard Jones @RichardALJones]

A good FT piece from Martin Wolf arguing, rightly imv, that at root of UK's political woes is a 20 yr long slowdown in productivity growth
"a good economy — one with widely shared economic growth — is a necessary condition for political stability in a liberal democracy"...

[Trite Thomas @TriteThomas]

@lesbian_syrax End of May is summer (imo)

[Trevor McArdle @McardleTrevor]

Inflation “unexpectedly” fell by 0.5% to 2.8%

Growth was an “unexpected” 0.7% - the highest in the G7

Net immigration “unexpectedly” fell by 82%

NHS “unexpectedly” met it’s interim 18 week target

Our media have so deceived the public that all positive news is now “unexpected”