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@yawn_really @_Unknown_D_ This is it. Powerful lobby, govt of the day did as requested.

@_Unknown_D_ Consultancy firms told the Tories to can IR35 - not because that was required to close down the dodgy offshore tax schemes (they were closed anyway) but because the consultancies wanted to capture profits.

IR35 destroyed the social mobility of a generation, there are many people who would have reached financial independence by now if not for IR35. The worst part about IR35 is you take on all the risks of self employment whilst receiving none of the benefits of full time employment. It's extremely unfair and should be repealed.

@PeterMcCormack And now we have interest rates reverting back to the long term average so no cheap borrowing. It really is very hard to be an sme owner. Big business with cheaper capital, economies and scale and offshoring taxes makes sure it's not a level playing field for the sme

@PeterMcCormack Rents to landlords are just too high for most businesses to survive. Over inflated property asset prices driving that. Business rates too.. and energy of course

A minimum wage of £15 would end my coffee shop, it would have to close, as would many other businesses. I’ll explain for the economically illiterate. Staff costs are currently half our costs, a £15 minimum wage is actually more than £15 an hour for the company, because you have to add: - 12.07% holiday - Sick pay - Maternity pay if and when required - National insurance - Pension contributions These costs would mean the shop loses money because remember, energy costs are up, rates are up, regulations are up. Now you can pass these costs onto the consumer - that would mean charging a lot more for coffee, people won’t pay it. The likes of Starbucks and Costa can, because they have economies of scale. The independent doesn’t. Now the little socialist will say well this is your fault, if you can’t run a business that can afford to pay its staff properly, but the little socialist has never run a business and does not understand the dynamics. Now I could pay some staff off and fill those hours myself or reduce us to one staff member during certain periods - but this proves the point that a minimum wage costs jobs. There was a time when these jobs were done by kids, perhaps on the weekend, paid a lower wage, no holiday and no silly employment rights. Perhaps they were even paid cash. The dynamic worked and small businesses like this could operate. It was also a great first job. Sadly now it isn’t worth employing entitlement youngsters at this level of pay. So alas, I don’t need the stress, the business would close, a number of jobs would be lost. Economics is about understanding these dynamics, no vibes. The cost of living is not solved through passing on inflation to the business, it is solved by ending high inflation and creating prosperity. This is what socialists don’t understand, they can’t create prosperity, they can only destroy it.

@talkSPORT No, over a full season the league doesn't lie. At the moment, Newcastle are terrible, as are Chelsea and Tottenham but Tottenham have been consistently more terrible and are in the relegation position.

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@birdabo Yeah he's a good coder but a truly horrible human being.

🚨people forget that Zuckerberg is insane at coding. > bro started coding at 11 and built a messaging system for his dad’s dental office before AOL even did it. > his private tutor couldn’t keep up with him. > in high school he built an AI music recommendation engine so good that both Microsoft and AOL tried to buy it. - he turned both down as a teenager btw. then went to Harvard, built Facebook in a few weeks, and dropped out as a sophomore to run it. bro is now personally steering Meta’s AI strategy while most tech CEOs haven’t written a line of code in decades. say what yall want about Zucc but the man is a beast.

@ProTottenham Appreciate your post, but there is no way that team is going to win promotion. Lower third of the championship at best

This is how I think we kick start next season if we go down Not sure who we loan out but wed have bench options from: Gunter Austin Kulusevski Takai Odobert Davies Byfield Devine James Wilson Abbot Min Hyeok Lankshear Rowsell Donley Williams Barnett Scarlett Tynan Thompson New right back will be signed in my opinion We will sell: Solanke Romero Van De Ven Vicario Dragusin Spence Bissouma Porro Sarr Bentancur Udogie I think we loan out for a year the following in hope we return to the PL the following season: Xavi Gallagher Kudus Kulusevski will stay because he wont be fit still to play football matches

@Kristinartz I went to school in the UK in the 80s. If you left anything in a cloakroom, it was certain to be stolen. So you had to carry your possessions all day long and the cloakrooms were left empty.

Serious question for the 60s generation — did your school have a cloakroom where you hung your coat next to everyone else's, no locks, nothing stolen?

@WhiteHartLiz Great player and great attitude. Miles ahead of all our midfielders today in both regards.

Would you take him now in his prime?

@KennyEdw @nw_nicholas Well done. You just explained why everything feels a bit shit in one tweet. Shame no one in our media or most in modern politics from any party want to take on this argument.

@nw_nicholas 100% Nicholas. People should demand opportunities for their own children. Migrants are not to blame for the 50 year Neo liberal economic experiment that has resoundingly failed. Reform are the same people that caused Britains economic failure.

@BanTarleton36 @archi_tradition No they don't. The British called it Queenstown (not kingstown) when queen victoria visited. On independence it was renamed Cobh. The clue is the second sentence.

@BanTarleton36 @archi_tradition No they really don't .

The Jewel Of Cobh, St. Colman's Cathedral, Ireland 🇮🇪

@MikeyHotspurs I would add Kevin danso to that list of should be playing instead of dragusin

IT’S TIME 🕰️ •Time to separate the men from the boys •Time to move aside those that don’t have the fight within them and play those that do •Time to put passion on the pitch ahead of anything else • Richarlison saved Everton from relegation, he will do the same for us. But he must be starting from now until end of season • Solanke’s body language suggests he’s either not match fit or couldn’t care less what happens to us. Is he a boyhood Arsenal fan? • Souza is a teenager, yet I would trust him more to have my back over the likes of Dragusin. Time for him to start on the left, he’s got what it takes • Tel always gives 100% when in a Spurs shirt. I get that he’s raw but even still I would prefer him on the wings instead of anyone else • The likes of Bissouma shouldn’t be playing for us again, last week was hopefully his last outing as a Spurs player. Awful attitude and won’t be missed IGOR TUDOR you have had more than enough time to read the room and judge who wants it and who don’t THE TIME to deliver is now

@EssexPR @piperquiney Screenshot that for future reference. You so clearly want the Epping forest mp reform slot.

@piperquiney I have no interest if I’m honest

@pjcboro @maureen62985364 @parkrunUK Perhaps perhaps perhaps

@Nocaster515151 @maureen62985364 @parkrunUK Perhaps she volunteers at the event. Perhaps she didn’t finish other times. Perhaps she has exaggerated to make a point. You’ve got to desperate lengths here to defend a man with mental health / sexual fantasy issues.

A man who enters in the women’s category, and is in my age group knocked me down a place today. Katie ( the trans woman ie a man ) always chats to me after and agrees it’s not fair, yet continues to stay registered in the F cat. ⁦@parkrunUK⁩ you allow this unfairness

@chefsevenn Ultra processed food nightmare ?

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you see this?

@JamesCo44988278 @ToyotaUK I have owned one of those for three winters. It's the same every year. Never works when you want to use it. No resilience built into their systems to save a few quid. Maybe they should change their marketing to say it never works on cold days ?

@ToyotaUK Imagine my delight when I discovered the remote start on my new C-HR no more cold mornings. So I thought a week of below zero in Scotland and not once has the toyota app worked

@iriches2 @ToyotaUK It's frustrating isn't it. You call your dealer and the telephonists ask you to book it in. You book it in and take it to your dealer and they haven't got a clue, but whilst you are there they will check to see if they can sell you a four wheel tracing alignment and tyres

@ToyotaUK Was just hoping dor an answer rather than having a wasted drive to my nearest dealer. Obviously I don’t mind going if it’s something that could be done

@ToyotaUK I’ve just bought a 2017 /18 CHR. Can you tell me if there’s an update available to allow Apple CarPlay on the media console

@gamesyouloved Crazy taxi

What retro game would you like to see ‘remade’ and enhanced in 2025?