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