tomneumark.bsky.social
@tomneumark.bsky.social
no but it was good
October 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
saw him in August. Still good
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
That's very interesting. Do you have a hunch why that happened?
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm now going to spend my train journey home thinking of 1 sentence plots
September 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
up there with "DeVito & Schwarzenegger are twins"
September 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this is a lovely example of his point that jokes have a technical and emotional aspect. The pun is funnier if it explores an emotional or even slightly taboo topic. It can be funny without that but it's funnier when it's spot on.
September 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of my favourites
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
great piece. those were the days etc...
June 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Of course, and I was almost optimsitic the last time LHA rates for linked to market rates but now we're back to freezing them again
April 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
also currently hard to see a solution that does involve the PRS
April 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
atg
April 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Reposted
Local Housing Allowance was set last year using data on rents collected from September 2022-September 2023. Since then rents have gone up around 17%, leaving a huge gap to be paid out of people's remaining benefits or earnings. www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Private rent and house prices, UK - Office for National Statistics
The Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR) measures private rent inflation for new and existing tenancies. The UK House Price Index measures house price inflation.
www.ons.gov.uk
April 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM