@otigart Looking forward to hearing what you will buy. I have some cash now in my SIPP but undecided what to pile in with. Plus today, I bought a place in Spain, so will soon be cash poor!
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I love radio, gigs and the movies: Instagram @simo67uk
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Just KEEP SELLING UNTIL END OF MONTH… I’ve got cash coming my way and want to buy me some bargains please. 🙏
Tekee@Tekeee
Gold is crashing. Silver is crashing. Crypto is crashing. Stocks are crashing. The dollar is crashing. Real talk what should we buy now?
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I’m incensed we have such a clown as a president. Sanchez needs to go. Too much corruption, ineptitude and weird woke ultra leftard idiocy
Cole Grinde@GrindeOptions
SPAIN HAS NOW AGREED TO WORK WITH THE U.S. MILITARY. 🇺🇸 That didn’t take long.
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@RobertJenrick What can be that bad?
She’s planning on defecting to Reform 🤷♂️?
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🚨Tomorrow at 8:30am I will be revealing on X a truly shocking scandal about Rachel Reeves.
It’s appalling.
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@otigart I’m swarming all over $EOSE at these prices. Wife wants us to buy a little holiday home in Andalusia but if it doesn’t come off I’ll have a tidy sum to invest in BTC and some value US stocks 🙂
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Morning! $NVDA will run riot and yesterday was your chance to add to your lot.I think $PLTR will also run but my eye is on $HOOD (I’d like another bout of $70 or under to add). Added $EOSE yest at $7 and I am still over 100% on this penny stock.Observing and flying now. Enjoy day
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@otigart @PeterMcCormack It’s all just about keeping Reform out at any cost. The Greens won’t hold any power after this. Frightening times in the UK 😢
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@PeterMcCormack Horrific result… on every level. Weirdo ultra left loon politics with radical islam. Britain needs to wake up
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My SWC shares have dropped out of my HL ISA and SIPP portfolio. I assume it’s temporary whilst the changeover to the LSE takes place. Any thoughts?
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@SkintDad I swear by a hot water bottle - put it on your back and stay under a blanket and you’ll stay quite warm.
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I can't even afford to go to the pictures now. #costofliving
Skint Dad@SkintDad
Live music isn’t dead. Normal people just can’t afford it anymore. Harry Styles is doing 12 nights at Wembley. Record-breaking. Over a million people. Fair play. But the price of getting through the door is mad. Tickets from £44 up to £466. Then trains. Or fuel. Food. Maybe a hotel. Maybe time off work. I’d love to take my daughter. It’s not really my thing, but she’d love it and that should be enough. Loads of parents feel exactly the same. The reality for many is simple. Unless it goes on a credit card. Or worse. It’s not happening. And I’m not doing that for a night out, no matter how special it would be. So people sit it out. Not because they don’t care. Because life already costs enough. Tours hitting fewer cities makes it worse. If it’s not local, the costs stack up fast and you’re out before you’ve even started. Live music used to feel reachable for normal families. Now it feels like another experience quietly slipping away. Has it gone too far?
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@andycomfort @StanCollymore @PaulHeatonSolo Does Paul realise that he’s talking to Stan Collymore, and not Stan Cullimore?
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There’s much to dislike about this platform, but my heart warms to see @StanCollymore and @PaulHeatonSolo discussing correct English grammar. This is Twitter of old!
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Brian Eno: anyone who'd leave the UK because they have to pay a bit more tax arent the least community minded
Lord Bethell: "but they are the wealth creators"
"They're not the wealth creators. The wealth creators are the people who make things.. who keep society running"👏👏
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My med and biotech having a day. It would be lovely if I could drop $GRAB today and leave the cash on side to be honest .
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@SkintDad A lot of people would be in a much better situation if they had the right financial education. Building up an emergency fund to cover periods of financial stress is one form of protection that many don’t have, even when they have been in a position to put this in place.
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These numbers should stop you scrolling.
8.4 million people in the UK are on Universal Credit right now. Over 4 million of them aren’t even expected to look for work. That’s not a niche problem. That’s huge.
This isn’t about blaming anyone. Most people on UC aren’t lazy or skiving. They’re ill, burnt out, caring for someone, stuck in jobs that don’t pay enough to live, or worn down by years of just trying to get by.
But it does say something bigger.
It shows how close to the edge a lot of people are. How easy it is to slip from “just about coping” to needing help to survive.
The system is a safety net, not a plan. And that net is already stretched thin.
Having some control over your money isn’t about getting rich. It’s about not being one bad month away from panic.
That’s the reality.
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@SkintDad Great advice. And also, invest. Invest for your future self. They will thank you in the long run 💴.
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Keeping up with other people will rinse you if you let it.
You scroll and it looks like everyone’s always away, always upgrading, always doing more. New cars. Days out. Meals you “should” be having. Kids doing things yours can’t right now. And you start wondering what you’ve done wrong.
Nothing. You’ve done nothing wrong.
You’re just seeing the bits people want you to see. Not the credit cards. Not the overdraft alerts. Not the rows at home about money.
Saying no hurts. Staying in hurts. Being the one who can’t afford it hurts. It can make you feel small, embarrassed, behind.
But here’s the truth people don’t post. A lot of that lifestyle is held together with stress and debt. Yours might be quieter, but it’s real. And it’s yours.
You’re not behind. You’re not failing. You’re surviving in a system that keeps moving the goalposts.
You don’t need to keep up. You just need to keep going.
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@PleasuresKnown @DaveStewart @AnnieLennoxoo Great listen, guys. I will be rediscovering all those early Eurythmics LPs over the coming days. Sadly, I’ve found out that 2 Tourists, Peet and Eddie, are no longer with us, whilst drummer Jim “Give It” Toomey now resides in Brisbane. Maybe you could look him up.
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In the latest Known Pleasures podcast episode we discuss the early years of the Eurythmics. From Longdancer, to The Catch, to The Tourists and finally The Eurythmics.
@DaveStewart @AnnieLennoxoo
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@ZynxBTC It’s simple really - diversify. I do, investing in both the S&P and Bitcoin.
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Everyone is an expert investor with hindsight.
All the posts saying "you would have been better in the S&P 500 instead of Bitcoin this year"... well no shit, Sherlock.
We can all easily cherry-pick timeframes to show underperformance and overperformance.
What's important is the trend.
Bitcoin has overwhelmingly been the best performing asset for the past 16 years.
We're going to need more than one year to invalidate that.
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@AlanJLSmith A 1pence increase on income tax would have made more sense to me, with a reintroduction of an increase in the Personal Allowance and higher rate tax band, in line with CPI.
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Inheritance Tax on family owned businesses is expected to raise about £600m a year.
That covers about one day of NHS spending.
Massive disruption for small businesses - all for a rounding error in revenue.
Maybe she could have found £600m of spending cuts instead?
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@Rsquared203 @obelith_social @its_The_Dr It helps us forget that our children aren’t continually in danger from playgrounds shootings
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@obelith_social @its_The_Dr Thank goodness, probably helps you forget you have no free speech rights.
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@SummerlandChris @12431djm @Suffragent_ Oh give over, Chris. ‘Supercilious odour of privilege’? You sound like you’ve swallowed a thesaurus and washed it down with a pint of self-importance. I’m not looking down my nose — I’m just taller than you.
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@simo67uk @12431djm @Suffragent_ See what I mean about being a middle class wally - that supercilious odor of privilege - you just can't help looking down your nose !
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I'm not remotely surprised that 10,000 Pakistanis claimed asylum after sneaking into the UK on student visas, last year.
This footage shows the arrivals queue at Manchester Airport in July. Almost everyone is Pakistani. 🇬🇧
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