Digitalis
@buzzocular.bsky.social
Can't do where and were. Sorry!
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£100,000 being an arbitrary line in the UK tax system above which you are treated differently for no clear reason remains one of the dumbest features of the UK tax personal income tax system, itself one of the dumbest systems in Europe
Good and for those earning over £100,000 base a year that makes sense. For those below, or at least below £80,000, especially if not owning one’s own house, and/or if caring for elderly, life can be tight
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
£100,000 being an arbitrary line in the UK tax system above which you are treated differently for no clear reason remains one of the dumbest features of the UK tax personal income tax system, itself one of the dumbest systems in Europe
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Truly beautiful insane tweet
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Truly beautiful insane tweet
A government of idiots that think we are idiots.
This truly is madder than Mad Jack McMad ...
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A government of idiots that think we are idiots.
Checking in on the liberal brexiteers on X.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Checking in on the liberal brexiteers on X.
The government is full of stupid people that thinks we are stupid too.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
Rachel Reeves to curb bike purchases through salary sacrifice in Budget
Introduction of new cap comes after retailers warned some higher-rate taxpayers were exploiting the perk
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The government is full of stupid people that thinks we are stupid too.
Can't help but feel like a better solution would be to charge rich people through the nose for a three day service and funnel cash into the system to increase supply.
This is the sort of small but meaningful thing that helps to tackle a major frustration for one group of people inability to do something as basic as book a driving test furthers their feeling Britain is broken. Sort of thing govt should be leading with not infighting.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Can't help but feel like a better solution would be to charge rich people through the nose for a three day service and funnel cash into the system to increase supply.
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This pic 😂
Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but launched a series of sharp criticisms about the British leader’s political operation.
Streeting Denies Plot to Oust Starmer as UK Prime Minister
Health Secretary Wes Streeting denied plotting to oust Keir Starmer, as fresh doubts about the British prime minister’s grip on power plunged the government into crisis.
bloom.bg
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This pic 😂
Maurice glasman on news night is a fucking disgrace man. No contrition for what his actual politics looks like in power
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Maurice glasman on news night is a fucking disgrace man. No contrition for what his actual politics looks like in power
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“Households hit by the two child limit” and “households who will be disproportionately hit by taxing salary sacrifice” are both “Labour 2024” voters. Keir Starmer managed to get “the dream electoral coalition for Blairism” but he is too embarrassed by success to govern for and with it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Households hit by the two child limit” and “households who will be disproportionately hit by taxing salary sacrifice” are both “Labour 2024” voters. Keir Starmer managed to get “the dream electoral coalition for Blairism” but he is too embarrassed by success to govern for and with it.
Pitiful. Fun quotes though.
Exc - Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among the prime minister’s closest allies that he is vulnerable to a leadership challenge in the wake of the budget.
From @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
From @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies say ousting PM would be ‘reckless’ as fears grow over leadership challenge
Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of challenge after this month’s budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pitiful. Fun quotes though.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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This map shows the boundaries of Greater Scotland.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This map shows the boundaries of Greater Scotland.
Noah smith really is just a fucking idiot eh?
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Noah smith really is just a fucking idiot eh?
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Whatever figure Reeves comes to him with in terms of tax rises, Starmer should make her go back and double it whilst halving the number of taxes she's increasing to raise the funds.
The key is to raise taxes enough to actually be able to do something with it, beyond placating the OBR and bond markets
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Whatever figure Reeves comes to him with in terms of tax rises, Starmer should make her go back and double it whilst halving the number of taxes she's increasing to raise the funds.
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
God I'm sick to death of living in a boomers nostalgic fever dream
Turned on the BBC and Nigel Farage was delivering another speech. Does he now have a weekly slot? He was expressing concern that a betting tax would mean that children would no longer be able to put “tuppence” into a slot machine in seaside amusement arcades. Which I’m sure is a real thing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
God I'm sick to death of living in a boomers nostalgic fever dream
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Exclusive look at the favourite for the DG job:
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Exclusive look at the favourite for the DG job:
Tim Davie out. Time to see how labour creates a crisis out of opportunity.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tim Davie out. Time to see how labour creates a crisis out of opportunity.
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"Nelson Mandela negotiating with the ANC", great stuff
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Nelson Mandela negotiating with the ANC", great stuff
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The personal allowance is still too high. Should be around £8000-£9000.
"Waah we're taxed enough already, they've frozen the personal allowance for the past few years" OK, but what happened to the personal allowance in the ten years before that. And also what happened to income tax rates in general in the thirty years before *that*
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The personal allowance is still too high. Should be around £8000-£9000.
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A government that did a wealth tax that literally brought people to the streets to protest against it, but is, somehow, having its lunch eaten by people calling for wealth taxes!
Terrific column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social- this is essentially a Milibandite government, but one that is so in denial about it that it can’t even appeal properly to the coalition *for Milibandism*:
The inescapable logic of Labour’s choices
Starmer and Reeves should lean in to what the Budget reveals about this tax-and-spend government
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A government that did a wealth tax that literally brought people to the streets to protest against it, but is, somehow, having its lunch eaten by people calling for wealth taxes!
Reform is right. Don't vote for them.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reform is right. Don't vote for them.