Tom Hill
@tomhill.bsky.social
Environmental economist | Stoicism | Wildlife Gardening | Deliberative democracy | Aspiring Hiccup | 🏳️🌈 (he/him) |
Labour doesn't have a huge coalition in the over 65 age bracket; argubaly, protecting working age people and hitting pensioners would play to their 2024 electoral coalition...
Is your argument here that younger voters would also punish the Gov for such a tax move on their elders behalf?
Is your argument here that younger voters would also punish the Gov for such a tax move on their elders behalf?
June 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Labour doesn't have a huge coalition in the over 65 age bracket; argubaly, protecting working age people and hitting pensioners would play to their 2024 electoral coalition...
Is your argument here that younger voters would also punish the Gov for such a tax move on their elders behalf?
Is your argument here that younger voters would also punish the Gov for such a tax move on their elders behalf?
Some straight guys are going to do very well out of it...
June 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Some straight guys are going to do very well out of it...
Nice. Hopefully an easy one from me! I need to buy a(n off-the-shelf) suit soon and have been looking for a link where you summarise the main things to look out for. Have you got one, or is the advice all in threads? Thanks for this and what you do.
June 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Nice. Hopefully an easy one from me! I need to buy a(n off-the-shelf) suit soon and have been looking for a link where you summarise the main things to look out for. Have you got one, or is the advice all in threads? Thanks for this and what you do.
I thought that this part was particularly damning:
April 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I thought that this part was particularly damning:
Where do you get that 11-12% from? According to the IFS Income Tax accounts for about 25% of Government Revenue with NICs adding a further 16%.
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
March 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Where do you get that 11-12% from? According to the IFS Income Tax accounts for about 25% of Government Revenue with NICs adding a further 16%.
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
The arrogance of Trump's 'might is right' policy.
It's all going to come down crashing on their heads.
www.ft.com/content/8a71...
It's all going to come down crashing on their heads.
www.ft.com/content/8a71...
March 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The arrogance of Trump's 'might is right' policy.
It's all going to come down crashing on their heads.
www.ft.com/content/8a71...
It's all going to come down crashing on their heads.
www.ft.com/content/8a71...
@twoev.bsky.social and @wildecard.bsky.social made a pun that Trump is creating a reverse Suez crisis; a 'Zeus' if you will.
I thought it rather fitting when you consider some of Zeus' less appealing character traits:
I thought it rather fitting when you consider some of Zeus' less appealing character traits:
March 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@twoev.bsky.social and @wildecard.bsky.social made a pun that Trump is creating a reverse Suez crisis; a 'Zeus' if you will.
I thought it rather fitting when you consider some of Zeus' less appealing character traits:
I thought it rather fitting when you consider some of Zeus' less appealing character traits:
Nar, can't be a Zeus crisis. Trump demonstrates none of the following, obvs:
March 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nar, can't be a Zeus crisis. Trump demonstrates none of the following, obvs:
Jeez. People are so hostile to trans people that they're willing usurp American democracy. Insanity.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
March 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Jeez. People are so hostile to trans people that they're willing usurp American democracy. Insanity.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Feels like there's a sliver of concern re lost influence in there:
March 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Feels like there's a sliver of concern re lost influence in there:
Interesting commentary from Trump-critic John Bolton in the WSJ. Criticising European weakness AND it's efforts to forge its own path seems a bit cakeist though.
March 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Interesting commentary from Trump-critic John Bolton in the WSJ. Criticising European weakness AND it's efforts to forge its own path seems a bit cakeist though.
@ndrummond.bsky.social doesn't appear active on here but his post on X caught my eye. Worth a watch.
February 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@ndrummond.bsky.social doesn't appear active on here but his post on X caught my eye. Worth a watch.
@lewisgoodall.com's pulling no punches here:
February 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@lewisgoodall.com's pulling no punches here:
ChatGTP casts it's opinion:
January 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
ChatGTP casts it's opinion: