John retweeted
This budget does very little to the overall level of tax, and the overall level of tax is going up significantly.
Here's the tax increases over the next few years, in 2026 £. You can just about see today's changes in green.
Roman Abramovich got poisoned at one of these talks early in the war. You'd have to be mad
bbc.com/news/world-europe-60…
🇷🇺 Putin has invited Zelenskyy to Moscow for direct peace talks, promising to guarantee his safety during the visit.
The Kremlin says Norway's prime minister and Finland's president conveyed Zelenskyy's interest in meeting Putin during a 90-minute phone call.
Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. are also preparing to resume peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi in November, although Kyiv has previously rejected Moscow as a meeting location.
John retweeted
It's all we talk about in the City, the gherkins futures market, I just hope they take action to break up the piccalilli cartel - the morons.
Healey vows cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes' bbc.in/4zTnQ4K
John retweeted
Anthropic
2025 revenue: $4.6 billion
2025 net loss: -$42 billion
IPO valuation: $2 trillion
Made good on this idea and sold 22% of my #BYG holding at b/e, and put the proceeds (and a bit extra) into #SAFE
Safestore has reasonable exposure to 🇫🇷 and had a mild PW in Sept, but there has been considerable insider buying 🤞
John retweeted
This is just embarrassing.
In 2019, Notre Dame burnt down.
The damage was immense, costing nearly €700 million to fix.
It took 5 years to reopen to the public.
In the SAME WEEK, Hammersmith Bridge closed because of some structural damage.
It didn’t burn down, and it didn’t collapse.
Cars and buses were banned from using the bridge.
Seven years later, it STILL has not reopened.
We have spent £60 million since the closure, and we are nowhere close to opening it again.
This is what happens when we forget how to build.
Bridges close, and we are just meant to accept they will never open again.
Potholes appear in the roads, and they never get fixed.
Trains get delayed, and that’s just “how it is now”.
We should never accept this.
We are campaigning against it. Join us.
What do you think?
John retweeted
Brutal chart.
France and UK vs. Communist countries at their peak.
UK public spending as % of GDP is currently above Romania, Venezuela and China.
And France is a lost cause.
(HM Treasury/Rand Research)
John retweeted
It's like they actually want everyone to leave. ...The HMRC letter asking rich people to reveal what they own
thetimes.com/article/1d92cd6…
What events would be in a Northern Olympics? 🤔
bbc.com/news/articles/cv98z9…
429 off 50 overs and lost 🤡
I got bored of this mindless slogging about 20 years ago 😴