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Lord of Irony

@LeftyBanker

Director at an investment bank, ex engineer. Pithy, sarcastic but never rude!

London, England Katılım Şubat 2017
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Lord of Irony
Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@faisalislam On a comparison site, it's possible to get a 75% mortgage for 4.2% for the first 5 years, which suggests that UK gilts have a worse credit rating with a yield of 4.49%. Might be worth putting that to the self confessed economist we have as chancellor.
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Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam@faisalislam·
Another UK Treasury gilt auction this morning - just under 4.5% for 5 year debt, which is much more relevant for eg mortgage pricing…. 3x “covered” healthy demand, albeit at half a percentage point higher than the OBR assumed for 5 year borrowing at the Budget…
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Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam@faisalislam·
🚨 Govt borrowed £2bn over 30 years in a gilt auction this morning, with yield - effective market borrowing cost - of 5.198% ….highest for 30y since Debt Management Office created in 1998, near highest on record… reflects market sentiment for UK debt & US moves in recent days.
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Mandar Gokhale
Mandar Gokhale@KrazyCynic1125·
@zapatas_mom We have that service in India too. Minus the bullet train ofcourse. It's through India's version of Uber Eats/Skip the dishes. You place an order on the Zomato app and the food delivery company tracks the progress of your train in real time. Gets delivered at the next stop.
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Katrina (大王)🇺🇸🇨🇳🇲🇽
If your traveling on a Chinese bullet train and you get hungry you can simply scan the QR code on the armrest and order food. But it’s not train food, it can be literally anything. KFC, Starbucks, Chinese food, even convenience store food. When the train makes the next stop it will be delivered to the train and then an attendant will bring it directly to your seat.
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Lutfur Rahman
Lutfur Rahman@LutfurRahmanTH·
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: we’re rolling out Winter Fuel Payments to pensioners in Tower Hamlets after we became the first council in the country to approve restoring this vital lifeline when it was cut. I urge other councils to follow and call on the Government to reverse these cuts.
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Lord of Irony
Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@carla_denyer Hollow words by Starmer's Labour... they will do everything they can to delay, deny and defend.
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Carla Denyer
Carla Denyer@carla_denyer·
The UK government has repeatedly said that it’s not for them but for judicial bodies to determine whether a genocide is taking place in Gaza. But this utterly fails to take account of the “obligation to prevent” duty in the genocide convention. If you have a duty to prevent, you can’t wait until a court has made a determination before you take preventative action. So in light of @amnesty's report out today that finds that Israel has perpetrated 3 acts against Palestinians in Gaza which are prohibited under the Genocide Convention, I asked the Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell MP if this is something the Government is prepared to make time for a debate about, given it goes to the heart of UK compliance with international law. Her answer: "I will ensure that there is time to consider some of the issues that she's raised." 👀
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Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@FisherAndrew79 Fair and democratic voting systems don't benefit incumbents or indeed the main parties, hence why we have the current system.
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Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@ivan_8848 The German economy is founded (largely) on the automotive industry, and sooner than later, the Chinese will match them in quality, design and aspiration. The arrogance of Western nations believing themselves to be technologically and morally superior will bite them in the butt.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil
❗️"Manipulation is unacceptable": Beijing did not appreciate the diplomatic efforts of the German Foreign Minister At a briefing following Annalena Baerbock's visit to Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian asked German media representatives to leave the room. He said there would be no joint final press conferences. The diplomat also added that the Chinese authorities consider all possible accusations from Germany against China and manipulations on the Ukrainian issue unacceptable.
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Lord of Irony
Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@ShaykhSulaiman I'm confused, where's all the pictures of soldiers posing in lingerie, graffiti on the walls and shitting all over the place - isn't that how the most moral army behaves?
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Sulaiman Ahmed
Sulaiman Ahmed@ShaykhSulaiman·
HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS LEAVE HANDWRITTEN NOTES FOR HOMEOWNERS WHOSE HOMES THEY USED The Notes they Left: 1: “To the family of this house, we ask for your forgiveness, we used your house to eat and sleep in. Signed - the Men of God.” 2: “Our dear people, please forgive us for entering your home and taking 4 cigarettes that were there, as well as some washing detergent. Also forgive us for staying inside your home for a while, but without touching or messing anything. We pray you will return safely to your home, once victory is achieved. Signed Islamic resistance mujahedeen - Hezbollah.” 3: “Forgive us we took some stuff from your home and slept in it. Signed Hezbollah.” 4: “Peace be upon you and victory from Allah and his blessings. Please forgive us for using your home, your water and kitchen utensils and needs. To clear our debt we have placed a small amount to seek your forgiveness, in the hope you will return to your home with your heads held high. Signed: The men of God.”
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Lord of Irony
Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@PhilipProudfoot Ms Phillips isn't just a buffoon, she's a racist. The fact that the BBC keeps inviting people like her says more about the BBC.
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Philip Proudfoot
Philip Proudfoot@PhilipProudfoot·
What does it mean to say “The UN is in bed with Hamas” — what is she even talking about? Aside from it being not true, the UN is also a vast body of specialised agencies, principal organs, commissions,departments, etc. BBC stop inviting these buffoons to give their “opinions”
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth

Ellie Chowns: "We only have to look at whats on out TV screens to see what is happening... there is virtually no humanitarian aid getting in" Melanie Phillips: "Thats rubbish, a million tons, is that nothing?" "The UN is very clear on this" "The UN is in bed with Hamas"

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Emir Han
Emir Han@RealEmirHan·
Name the best anti-hero in movies.
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Ashok Kumar | 🇵🇸
Ashok Kumar | 🇵🇸@broseph_stalin·
Connor from Durham has a very important message
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Emir Han
Emir Han@RealEmirHan·
One of the greatest Oscar speeches ever. “this person comes up and says, "Who's your hero?" I said, I thought about it. You know who it is? I said, it's me in 10 years.”
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Lord of Irony
Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
The Home Secretary's responsibilities include policing, here she's saying that arresting a suspect for crimes against humanity are not a matter for her. Would she say the same if Putin were to visit London?
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth

Interviewer: Will Netanyahu be arrested if he comes to the UK? Govt minister Yvette Cooper: "That's not a matter for me..." "The UK is a signatory of the ICC, don't we have to respect its ruling?" "... it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment"

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Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@HamzaMSyed @10DowningStreet The main reason Starmer and his cabinet haven't put their names to the ICC arrest warrant and nor will they comment on it, is because they've accepted the supremacy narrative by the perpetrators.
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Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
The ICC has finally issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Mohammed Deif. I wonder if @Keir_Starmer still knows the definition of a genocide?
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Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@Keir_Starmer But your solution to tackling global problems is to arm one side in all the wars around the world.
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Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer·
To deliver growth and security at home, we must tackle global problems head on – because they do not stop at our borders.
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Lord of Irony@LeftyBanker·
@elonmusk You should do the same with the states in US. I wonder how much more California adds to federal taxes compared to Mississippi, say?
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
Wow, Germany carries a lot of the cost of the EU!
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Aleksandra Huk
Aleksandra Huk@HukAleksandra·
@youngmichael3 And what about pensions? In the UK, contributions to pensions often come from income that has already been taxed 🤡🌍
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Aleksandra Huk
Aleksandra Huk@HukAleksandra·
Explain it to me like I’m 5. Why should kids have to pay taxes on money their parents already paid taxes on?
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