Paul Lewis
@paullewismoney.bsky.social
Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
Historic vote in Isle of Man to end rights of Bishop to vote in Tynwald leaving UK in a strange club of three with Vatican and Iran where senior clerics have votes in Parliament.
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Historic vote in Isle of Man to end rights of Bishop to vote in Tynwald leaving UK in a strange club of three with Vatican and Iran where senior clerics have votes in Parliament.
Govt announces that main provisions of the new Renters’ Rights Act 2025 will come into force on 1 May 2026 bit.ly/3K26yhC important changes but still leaves tenants (as I still call them) with fewer rights than in countries such as Germany where rental market thrives
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Govt announces that main provisions of the new Renters’ Rights Act 2025 will come into force on 1 May 2026 bit.ly/3K26yhC important changes but still leaves tenants (as I still call them) with fewer rights than in countries such as Germany where rental market thrives
Rather like Wriothesley (pron. Risley’) in Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall books was known as ‘call me’, the man previously known as Andrew is now just called ‘hyphen’
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Rather like Wriothesley (pron. Risley’) in Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall books was known as ‘call me’, the man previously known as Andrew is now just called ‘hyphen’
Suffragette collection for sale - extraordinary 80 lots from what would now be called a terrorist organisation auctioned in Bonham’s Deeds not Words sale bit.ly/488GsTi
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Suffragette collection for sale - extraordinary 80 lots from what would now be called a terrorist organisation auctioned in Bonham’s Deeds not Words sale bit.ly/488GsTi
Reform council follows the trend with double council tax on second homes which its leader called ‘madness’ bit.ly/47LwaHq (paywall) but now says he was misquoted
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reform council follows the trend with double council tax on second homes which its leader called ‘madness’ bit.ly/47LwaHq (paywall) but now says he was misquoted
Oh my sainted aunt! bit.ly/3JMPjRp more paperwork than miracles needed in turning dead people into Catholic saints
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Oh my sainted aunt! bit.ly/3JMPjRp more paperwork than miracles needed in turning dead people into Catholic saints
Yours for an estimated £100,000 (plus buyer’s premium) bit.ly/3Ly7drw engineer Harry Beck who designed it was paid £5. Now it is a model used worldwide.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yours for an estimated £100,000 (plus buyer’s premium) bit.ly/3Ly7drw engineer Harry Beck who designed it was paid £5. Now it is a model used worldwide.
The life and death of computer billionaire Mike Lynch bit.ly/4oxTxeX
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The life and death of computer billionaire Mike Lynch bit.ly/4oxTxeX
Academic wears Palestine Action t-shirt bit.ly/4qARBng Here’s an interesting legal question - is wearing a t-shirt in public bearing the words ‘we are all Palestine Action’ an offence under the Terrorism Act now the organisation has been proscribed.
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Academic wears Palestine Action t-shirt bit.ly/4qARBng Here’s an interesting legal question - is wearing a t-shirt in public bearing the words ‘we are all Palestine Action’ an offence under the Terrorism Act now the organisation has been proscribed.
I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt
Peace Middle East style bit.ly/4nGrj0W When two peoples claim the absolute right to the same piece of land, one has limitless military power and sharing seems impossible, then today’s ceasefire over the rubble of Gaza may seem very evanescent.
October 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Peace Middle East style bit.ly/4nGrj0W When two peoples claim the absolute right to the same piece of land, one has limitless military power and sharing seems impossible, then today’s ceasefire over the rubble of Gaza may seem very evanescent.
Apple forced by UK government to allow access to all data stored in icloud by UK citizens bit.ly/3WinH9h
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Apple forced by UK government to allow access to all data stored in icloud by UK citizens bit.ly/3WinH9h
The discrimination against the single and childless at the heart of inheritance tax bit.ly/4mIshsc exposed in my blog - summarised below.
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The discrimination against the single and childless at the heart of inheritance tax bit.ly/4mIshsc exposed in my blog - summarised below.
Ofgem won't scrap standing charges for electricity and gas. Instead suppliers will add a tariff with lower standing charges but higher unit rates. Those who would benefit most, including 446,000 largely low income customers, will be excluded. My blog bit.ly/42kdSLC
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ofgem won't scrap standing charges for electricity and gas. Instead suppliers will add a tariff with lower standing charges but higher unit rates. Those who would benefit most, including 446,000 largely low income customers, will be excluded. My blog bit.ly/42kdSLC
The Great Pension Steal will cost 66-year-olds up to £12,849 in lost pension when pension age increases from 6 April and the losses don't stop there bit.ly/42gEQnm Don't blame Labour, the timetable was set by George Osborne in the Pensions Act 2014 which brought forward the change by 8 years
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Great Pension Steal will cost 66-year-olds up to £12,849 in lost pension when pension age increases from 6 April and the losses don't stop there bit.ly/42gEQnm Don't blame Labour, the timetable was set by George Osborne in the Pensions Act 2014 which brought forward the change by 8 years
The Blair ID Project in his own words bit.ly/3KqeWay
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Blair ID Project in his own words bit.ly/3KqeWay
Cheer up it may never happen
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Cheer up it may never happen
Radical plan for unlimited council tax on second homes, tougher rent controls on landlords, and stronger rights for tenants bit.ly/3W5YSNG in Scotland
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Radical plan for unlimited council tax on second homes, tougher rent controls on landlords, and stronger rights for tenants bit.ly/3W5YSNG in Scotland
I know it was a Sunday when this release was written but were only the AIs available to find and string together these five (six?) cliches?
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I know it was a Sunday when this release was written but were only the AIs available to find and string together these five (six?) cliches?
Building by building Gaza City is being demolished bit.ly/48oBvGu it’s people displaced to camps that are sometimes then bombed
September 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Building by building Gaza City is being demolished bit.ly/48oBvGu it’s people displaced to camps that are sometimes then bombed
Stamp Duty is a massive tax on moving and must go says @PJTheEconomist here bit.ly/3IkvlN7 and replace the revenue with a reformed council tax as a percentage of current values
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Stamp Duty is a massive tax on moving and must go says @PJTheEconomist here bit.ly/3IkvlN7 and replace the revenue with a reformed council tax as a percentage of current values
Chancellor boasts she ‘got rid of’ Payment Systems Regulator (in fact it’s still part of @TheFCA) bit.ly/42gHeuc even though its last act was making banks reimburse 99% of fraud victims. Also that she has ‘severely’ weakened the @financialombuds which resolves disputes
September 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Chancellor boasts she ‘got rid of’ Payment Systems Regulator (in fact it’s still part of @TheFCA) bit.ly/42gHeuc even though its last act was making banks reimburse 99% of fraud victims. Also that she has ‘severely’ weakened the @financialombuds which resolves disputes
DEV1L is in the detail bit.ly/47Ijz9L licence plate fetches nearly quarter of a million. What’s your favourite personalised licence plate?
September 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
DEV1L is in the detail bit.ly/47Ijz9L licence plate fetches nearly quarter of a million. What’s your favourite personalised licence plate?