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Patrick
@Millais
mainly tech, music & politics. usual disclaimers (i.e views own). tweets deleted weekly.
London, England Katılım Ocak 2009
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I love Tuchel and a lot of these are marginal choices for players coming off the bench, but Spence over Hall is just baffling. Hope he proves me wrong because that is madness.
England@England
It’s official. Your #ThreeLions players heading to the @FIFAWorldCup! 🏆
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These are international civilians, innocent of any crime, who have been illegally abducted in international waters by Israel. That’s what we’re looking at here.
Politics Global@PolitlcsGlobal
🚨🇮🇱 WATCH: The Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits detainees from the Gaza Aid Flotilla
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Labour are on course to miss their 1.5 million home target by close to 750,000 homes.
Until last week, Miatta Fahnbulleh was a housing minister. Here, she describes the planning rejection of 870 homes as a 'big win'.
Miatta Fahnbulleh@Miatsf
Big win for Peckham 🏘️ The Planning Inspectorate has rejected Berkeley Homes’ plans for the Aylesham Centre after campaigning by residents, traders, local organisations and the @ACAPeckham. This victory belongs to the whole community. We need new homes and investment - but development must work for local people, protect Peckham’s character, and deliver genuine long-term benefit, not just luxury flats. Now the conversation turns to what Peckham needs next.
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Nothing epitomises Europe's utter loss of state capacity like the inability to build infrastructure (with eg Nordic/Eastern exceptions). Britain invented railways. And is now reduced to this. In the same period China will have built dozens of airports, nuclear power plants etc
Joshua Garfield@JoshuaGarfield
How it’s started. How it’s going.
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Spain is currently rolling out even faster trains on its HS rail
From 300kph to 350kph
If the UK did this, you’d get from London to Edinburgh in 1hr 50m
It’s all just a choice
GB Politics@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to confirm that HS2 trains will run slower than initially planned, in a bid to cut costs
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@pacer142 @Brekkie_Bangers @sourpanda7 @createstreets Agreed. Looked at upgrading my timber single glazed windows to be compliant with conservation and article 4 rules - you're talking £25-30k all in. uPVC is a fraction of that.
The result is no upgrades, cold homes, and rotting housing stock across London. Wrong balance currently.
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@Brekkie_Bangers @sourpanda7 @createstreets Which means nobody does it, which means they look crap.
There has to be a sensible middle ground between cheap looking uPVC and rotting, unkempt single glazed wood covered in mould as is the norm in London where uPVC hasn't really caught on. Plastic coated timber?
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uPVC windows are not just an environmental but an aesthetic disaster. Some facts on why they are NOT ”green” ….
Liverpool: Then and Now@keithjones84
Queens Drive, Broad Green, 1970s (?) and 2026
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Labour were elected on a pledge to get Britain building again, but their councillors (Planning Chair btw) block 850+ homes on Brownfield land in the most expensive city in the country.
Labour are unlikely to outbuild the last Govt, let alone build 1.5m homes.
Richard Livingstone@Livingstone_RJ
I'm delighted that the planning inspectorate has backed @lb_southwark in turning down Berkeley Homes' Aylesham shopping centre application - which both reduced retail space & provided just 12% social housing. Well done to the local councillors & residents who made the case.
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The majority of people don’t actually understand how regressive this is and how much it damages the economy and any chances of growth.
Recent quarterly earning was £20k, I banked £9k after Tax, NI and student loans, not including any of the other taxes mentioned here.
It’s a broken system.
London HENRY 💷@londonHenryGB
Those asking for the maths: On a £150k salary in the UK (with a Plan 2 student loan): Income tax: £50,328 National Insurance: £5,011 Student loan: £11,043 (say what you want but an MP has said they use the interest for general government spending) Direct deductions: £66,382 Then add: Council tax: £3,600 Road tax: £500 Stamp duty: £10,000 Fuel duty (~£300/mo fuel): ~£1,600 Estimated VAT: ~£11,000 Total tax: ~£93,000 From £150k earned, roughly £57k actually ends up in your pocket. It then costs me £700/month (£8,400/year) just to travel to work — from post-tax income. After that, I'm left with about £48k of actual usable money. Effective tax rate: ~62% (≈68% including cost just to get to work).
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@PippaCrerar @jessicaelgot 'Ease the burden' by reverting to the terms that Plan 2 loan holders originally signed up to?
It would not be legal for any private company to freeze thresholds like successive governments have done.
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Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over the policy - with sources telling @jessicaelgot that reversing the threshold freeze had not been ruled out
theguardian.com/money/2026/feb…
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@BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire 'Huge pressures as a government' doesn't mean you can unilaterally rewrite loan terms. If a private company did this, the FCA would be at their door.
Labour were elected on 'change'. The only thing that's actually changed is who's punishing Plan 2 loan holders.
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"So it's alright to change the terms of their loan unilaterally without consultation without pre-warning?"
@vicderbyshire challenges Schools Minister Georgia Gould over the government's approach to student loan repayments.
#Newsnight
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@Richie7664343 @OliDugmore It's actually a ~71% marginal tax rate.
60% effective income tax rate (with loss of personal allowance) + 2% NI + 9% student loan.
That's before the horrendous childcare cliff edges as well.
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@OliDugmore The person on 125k has an effective marginal tax rate of 60%.
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Who should pay an extra 9% of income tax?
1. Someone earning £125,000+
2. A young graduate on £25,000
The British government’s answer will shock you!
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@pursuitofprog It is 'sorted', so much nicer now it's open to walkers, runners and cyclists!
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At Hammersmith Bridge - absurd situation.
Time to sort it!
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@daveynufc @crozzoh @stephenpollard Yes agreed this is what it means, the second bullet point in the screenshot could be a little clearer!
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@crozzoh @Millais @stephenpollard I think the interest rate threshold basically means there’s a variable part of the interest rate which means the more you get paid, the more your interest rate is. I don’t think this means there actual interest rate itself will be fixed
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This seems to have been ignored - will have a big impact
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@AlanJi73069669 @Sam_Dumitriu This doesn't help thousands of flat owners like Chris who don't live on the top floor.
We have modern window solutions that look visually similar and perform magnitudes better. Apart from exceptional cases (i.e grade II+), owners should be able to replace windows w/out planning.
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@Millais @Sam_Dumitriu Increasing roof insulation is effective, quick, cheap and not externally visible.
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Westminster Council has declared a 'climate emergency'.
They have set a target of Net Zero Emissions in Westminster by 2040.
But if you want to get double-glazing (energy efficiency), you still need to apply for planning permission.
Sam Dumitriu@Sam_Dumitriu
This is nuts. It will cost Chris £15,000 to replace two rotting windows. The windows themselves only cost £5,000. So, why so expensive? Answer: Chris needs to get approval from Westminster Council and the Building Safety Regulator.
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@AlanJi73069669 @Sam_Dumitriu There are ~10,000 conservation areas in the UK which, quite dramatically, increases the likelihood of an expensive and lengthy process to keep your home warm and use less energy – in many areas where councils themselves have declared a climate crisis.
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@Sam_Dumitriu Planning Permission not usually required, except for
■ Conservation areas.
■ Listed Buildings.
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@juanbuis I'm surprised none of the tech blogs/media have picked this up yet. Tado must be breaking consumer rights laws here – they have missold recent customers. Total bait and switch.
CC @andrewellson @zoewoodguardian @jp2e @RamseyTali @Zombie_Wretch
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installed smart thermostats on my radiators a week ago
this morning i woke up in a FREEZING cold apartment
turns out that the *heating rooms feature* is suddenly locked behind a subscription 🤯
@internetofshit
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@DraperOr @AaronBastani I agree with the principal of universal tax relief for all income levels.
Today's policy incentivizes taxpayers contributing a disproportionate share of the UK's tax revenue to stop working and to put £ into pensions, most of which is invested in US stocks/bonds. It's absurd.
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@Millais @AaronBastani Nobody earning £100k should be in receipt of any benefit. It’s so obvious that it shouldn’t even need to be said. We should do what all sane countries do and provide tax reliefs for having children. I have 3 boys and should be paying much much less tax for that reason.
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Good this debate is meaningfully happening now.
But surely a sensible place to start is to stop punishing people earning more than a 100k when it comes to free nursery and child benefit?
With a deficit of £100B+, and debt interest of £100B+, reducing taxes will be unlikely.
Matt Goodwin@GoodwinMJ
A Reform government should do what Poland just did —major tax incentives for Brits who have 2 or more kids mattgoodwin.org
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