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@L__Macfarlane @itsjonnyvelvet Oh, and global emissions would be lower, or doesn't need to be shipped from the middle east or india.

@L__Macfarlane @itsjonnyvelvet Saudi Aramco is listed in the stock exchange. 80% tax take, basically state owned without the risk, even 50% tax take with substantial extraction and production would be much more beneficial to the UK, how can you eco zealots not see that?

The only way new North Sea drilling cuts energy bills is if the UK: – Nationalises the rigs – Bans exports – Sells at cost-price None of that is on the table. It will be sold on global markets to the highest bidder. Bills won’t move an inch.

@egriffinio11 @wbaaa7 ?

@wbaaa7 stoke robbed😡 #corruption

The Championship table, but it’s how close each team’s stadium is to space. #wba

@TraderAnaru @JamesPNEFC1 Which is closed to cars on match days 👍

@JamesPNEFC1 You have to cross a small road.

Championship league table based off how close the nearest Greggs is #pnefc

@CasinoCapital Mitchell & butler >

Here's a trade if you like shopping: Next #nxt have a shareholder benefit where if you own 100 shares on April 1st, you get a one-time-use 25% off voucher valid for 6 months. To get it, you need 100 shares, and *today* is the day to buy them for April 1st settle ... you can then sell them tomorrow if want. Unfortunately, they're one of the few UK stocks that trades at a huge price, so that's ~£12,380 worth. Another issue is stamp duty + brokerage cost to take into account (and obviously a potential loss if the stock drops). For my account it looks like ~£70 cost. But if you're a big shopper, or away to lift a sofa set from Next Home or something, maybe it makes sense 🤷‍♂️

@Junxrrcarter @GTAVI_Countdown Neither can £10k The game isn't out yet

@GTAVI_Countdown Whoever he is, he’s stupid for telling the world he paid £5 for it, he’s also stupid again for wanting such a low price for it. £800 can’t even get a PS5 Pro with a disc drive and GTA6 , what a fool

A user bought an Xbox 360 for £5 at a car boot sale, which turned out to be a Rockstar North devkit containing a 118GB GTA 4 beta build with: - Different radio stations and cut songs - Unused logo models - A cut zombies minigame - Ferry’s model from the first trailer - Beta character models and more He’s now looking to sell it for more than £800. (Source: gtaforums.com/topic/735829-g…)

@RobertW33333 @MartinSLewis Only if in stocks and shares, cash LISA pay the fee and get out

@MartinSLewis 41:50 - the daughter who inherits a house doesn't lose the ISA bonus because the bonus is paid up front. She is best to use the money for 60+ retirement.

Is a Lifetime ISA (LISA) with its free £1,000/yr still worth it? Plus the insider money tips you learnt from work. This weeks big pod topic is 1st time buyer savings incl Help to Buy ISA v LISAs. Do listen... podcasts.APPLE.com/gb/podcast/the… open.SPOTIFY.com/show/6tsU1ycEN… BBC.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

@ColRFX @2147mill @Mulski_ And have to factor in rental payments, we all still need somewhere to live, otherwise you hit nail on the head

Fairly obviously false comparison. 300k mortgage cannot instead buy me nasdaq instead of a house. So you need to - the mortgage figure straight off. Then factor in the appreciation of the asset. Then, if you're smart understand I'm not taxed on this, and I borrow against it further.

Following on the rent vs buy debate: £300,000 house. → Mortgage interest: £12,000/year → Maintenance: £3,000/year → Insurance: £800/year → Stamp duty: £10,000 upfront → Total real cost: £25,000+ year one £300,000 in the Nasdaq instead. → Average 15% annual return = £45,000/year → No boiler breakdowns → No roof repairs → No estate agent fees when you sell Someone else fixes the boiler. Someone else pays the buildings insurance. Someone else handles the maintenance. Renting isn’t throwing money away IF your money is working hard elsewhere. Sometimes it’s the smartest trade in the room.

@FRAUDNELPESSI @myles_premium_ @__bigdude @g36248677 Of course that is not what they are doing though because we would just not go to Tesco and use a different shop?

@myles_premium_ @__bigdude @g36248677 Supermarket raises prices within a cost of living crisis -> profits have doubled. Doesn’t take a genius to extort the nation just takes someone brutal enough.

Tesco pay £6bn in UK taxes every year. He doesn't pay personal tax here because he doesn't live in the UK. £10m a year is cheap for a CEO running a profitable billion pound business providing 340k jobs.... He should really be on about 5x that.

@afneil Didn't they hit a British base that they told America they couldn't use aswell? Incompetence isn't even a strong enough word.

Like so many ministers in the Starmer government (maybe most) this minister — Steve Reed — has no idea what he’s talking about and is totally out of his depth. Which, when the matter is national security, is rather serious.

@BrokenBritain_7 @CsizmaziaDalma @YouAreAllWr0ng @danbarker Without subsidies Eurostar wouldn't exist?

@CsizmaziaDalma @YouAreAllWr0ng @danbarker What subsidies do planes get? And don't say untaxed fuel because only road transport pays that.

Eurostar Tip: A little tip for anyone in the UK who likes to travel via Eurostar, and is relatively flexible- they have a semi-hidden ticket type called 'Eurostar Snap', where you can regularly travel for like £70 return. You can only specify that you want to travel morning or afternoon, then a couple of days before travel they let you know the exact time of the train they've put you on. Google 'Eurostar Snap' and you'll find the booking page.

@SharePickers @gazarsenal But has is going to get cheaper, immediately after war finishes

@gazarsenal Yes true. Kitchens and cars lose money whereas this saves money. So I suppose it is an investment and can be regarded as such. We intend to live in this house for more than 10 years so it will more than pay for itself and gas is not going to get any cheaper.

Two weeks ago we had solar panels and a battery fitted. We have just completed our first full week with the system. Our electric bill for the week commencing 10th March 2026 compared to the same week last year has dropped by 71% from £31.71 to £9.05. We also have not received our DNO cert yet which would allow us to sell back into the grid. On sunny days our battery has been full by 11:30am meaning we don’t yet benefit from the excess free energy being produced. We are now going to buy an electric car and fill it with free energy. If only all of the UK could do this, it would go along way to reducing the countries high energy costs. @octopusenergy @g__j

@secretsqrl123 You talk about this because it is uncomfortable to talk about how much trump is benefitting putin?

we just gave iran more money than we have spent on the war. WTF

the USA just gave iran billions of dollars you cant make this shit up

@Copernicus2013 @AndreasSteno In another news cycle this is front page 🫣

Behold, the one year chart of the 2yr yield in the UK

@jonburkeUK @SpursIdol @heatmap_news These are current projections, we are suggesting it is near suicidal, it does not have to be that way. We should drill more not less.

@SpursIdol @heatmap_news What misinformation?

Apparently, Matthew is a correspondent for @heatmap_news but I’ll bite: 1/ British North Sea oil and gas extraction was privatised in 1982 and 1986. 2/ It peaked in 1999 because, unlike Norway’s publicity-owned Statoil, private companies plundered it. 3/ It’s a mature basin.

@jackprandelli @im_goomba In oil and gas projects across the middle east? Of course, they are an American oil and gas co, what else have America been fighting over 40 of wars for years for?

@im_goomba did you know that exxon is a shareholder ?

Qatar's LNG trains S4 and S6 confirmed damaged and out of service. 3 to 5 YEARS of repairs🚨 12.8 million tonnes per year of LNG are Offline. And here's the twist nobody expected: ExxonMobil holds 34% of Train S4 and 30% of Train S6. An American oil major just took a direct hit from Iranian missiles. #LNG #Qatar

@drewsparkley @hawkeyethenoop @PlatoonPod Won't go to Euston when it opens?

@hawkeyethenoop @PlatoonPod That's unfair to HS2, it's still being built, the last 2 TBMs only set off to Euston this week, insanely complex dig, will take 18 months. Patience.

A sizeable part of the UK economy is kept afloat by a policy of Keynesian Incompetence. The government cannot actually build anything - the cost estimate for this project (a tunnel and a couple of junctions) ballooned to over £1bn - but it can keep consultants, lawyers, advisors, lobbyists and archeologists in gainful employment by starting projects anyway. It is more politically palatable to pay people to talk about digging holes for a few years than it is to put middle class professionals on the dole, even though it amounts to much the same thing in the end. (Apropos of nothing, this £179,000,000 could have funded the NHS for about 8 hours.)

@MoneySavingExp Tank of fuel might be more than £100 soon, that might change their mind

In theory, it means you can spend more than £100 simply by tapping your contactless card – though in reality, most providers we spoke to won't be offering this from launch. Here's what you need to know: moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/03/c…

@HLC_actual @Topfragger69 We will see, you haven't won the war yet and currently are handing Putin a large windfall. Don't count your chickens until they have hatched.

@Topfragger69 Counter point. The Russian war machine has been partially fueled with help from Venezuela and Iran. I’d say that the US dealing with both of those has done more for th war effort in Ukraine than giving them tons of equipment.

Maybe it’s because I’m American but I can’t understand these European countries. Yall have terror attacks and threats almost all of which come from Iran and when the US steps up to handle it the strait gets clogged and you don’t want to step in and help secure your national stability? Explain it to me. it’s just wild to see yall look at global stability and shipping as a spectator sport.