Gary B retuiteado
Kind of appropriate that Labour invented 'not fit for purpose'
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics
'Not fit for purpose' - the secret history of a deadly phrase bbc.in/4c5g1i2
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Gary B retuiteado
For a very small illustration of how hysterical the political environment became pre-Trump II, in this thread I will record everything the BBC identified as cultural appropriation in the year 2018:
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Gary B retuiteado
Business is the new Housing. (Not a good thing.)
James Heale@JAHeale
Sun reports that Liz Kendall and Peter Kyle are for the cabinet chop - which would mean three respective Science and Business Secretaries in less than two years
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Couldn’t buy a coffee from Greggs just now because they were busy dealing with a guy who was trying to loot all the sandwiches. Went to Costa instead, where they now have a bouncer standing next to the fridge. 🥴
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@_adamcherry_ It’s like getting 5 star hotel treatment by the doorman.
But the doorman is tooled up for a riot.
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Gary B retuiteado
Top tip. Save money on domestic cleaners. Simply pretend to your wife or girlfriend that a female friend or relative of hers is coming round in 90 minutes.
Deal, England 🇬🇧 English
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Starmer claimed he’d restore trust in politics
Now he is presiding over the biggest national security scandal since Profumo
If this were about any party other than Labour it would have already brought down the government and it’d be in court
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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Gary B retuiteado
Sun reports that Liz Kendall and Peter Kyle are for the cabinet chop - which would mean three respective Science and Business Secretaries in less than two years
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Gary B retuiteado
>be Claude
>Microsoft invests billions into your company
>ships microsoft 365 connectors on every plan
>outlook,onedrive,sharepoint plugged in
>emails,docs in one chat
>becomes the default workspace
>wipes out co-pilot.
Claude just killed Microsoft Copilot.
Claude@claudeai
Microsoft 365 connectors are now available on every Claude plan. Connect Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint to bring your email, docs, and files into the conversation. Get started here: claude.ai/customize/conn…
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Gary B retuiteado
The Boris Wave pension bill: up to £5.6bn/year in Pension Credit alone. The current total budget is £6.4bn. One visa route could double it.
read more: gbtt-3year-pension.pages.dev
MaxC@ColeFusionHQ
No upper age limit on the care worker visa. Arrive at 60, work 5 years, get ILR, retire on £11,809/yr. You paid NI for 35 years and get £11,973. #greatbritishpensiongiveaway
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Gary B retuiteado
The full Pension Credit package, including associated passported benefits - which requires ZERO (0) contribution to be eligible for - is equivalent to a privately purchased annuity of ~£390k. Ludicrous largesse. This is the reward for having saved nothing for your retirement.
max tempers@maxtempers
The entire Boriswave will be entitled to Pension Credit IF they obtain ILR. Care workers who arrived in their 40s/50s and have never earned a salary >£30k will all be eligible, along with their spouses. This should be a first order concern if you're worried about pension spend.
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On everything from asylum to defence spending to North Sea drilling I have never witnessed a government so slow on the uptake as this one. It’s as if they have to be dragged kicking and screaming before arriving at blatant common sense
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Gary B retuiteado
The entire Boriswave will be entitled to Pension Credit IF they obtain ILR. Care workers who arrived in their 40s/50s and have never earned a salary >£30k will all be eligible, along with their spouses. This should be a first order concern if you're worried about pension spend.
max tempers@maxtempers
The 'contributory principle' is dead. This is what you're 'entitled' to if you didn't contribute enough years of NI for a full state pension: - Income top up (Up to £11,000 a year) - Housing benefit (Up to £12,000 a year) - Full Council Tax reduction - Free TV licence - Free dental care - Free NHS prescriptions - Free opticians + glasses vouchers - Social tariffs for bills - Warm Home Discount - Cold Weather Payments - Winter Fuel Allowance - Free bus pass - Free home insulation - Boiler grants - Help with moving costs - Hardship funds - Free wigs and fabric supports - Senior Railcard discount - Blue Badge parking scheme (normally disability-linked but Pension Credit can help bypass certain criteria locally) - Court fee remissions - Funeral Expenses Payment - Support for Mortgage Interest - Help with ground rent/service charges - Local food & fuel vouchers Plus a thousand other obscure Martin Lewis benefits
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Gary B retuiteado
POV: your vibecoding-addicted friend demoing what he built using $200 Claude Code Max plan
Naval@naval
Vibe coding is more addictive than any video game ever made (if you know what you want to build).
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Gary B retuiteado
MPs keep forcing our hand on these
We have also been working on this for AGES and wanted to wait...
But Mr Jenrick forced us to go early
gbtt.info/pension-promis…
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Gary B retuiteado
Labour’s Fake Downgraded ‘Mission Boards’ Still Have No Official Function order-order.com/2026/04/02/lab…
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Gary B retuiteado
The triple lock is an unfunded, inflation-linked perpetual bond with no cap and no maturity date.
Every major party just committed to keeping it.
None of them can explain how a shrinking tax base, 9 million inactive working-age adults, and a gilt market already at breaking point absorbs a ratchet that compounds at 4%+ and never gives back.
Lucky for you, GBTT have modelled it over 10, 20, and 30 year horizons.
The numbers are absolutely brutal:
gbtt.info/triple-lock.ht…
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Gary B retuiteado
So, lots of new followers seem to have joined us. Hello!
Since you’re new, here are the basics. 🧵
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