Matthew Smith

@LeeHurstComic Watch overtime rates fall so the employee isn't any better off. The company makes a saving though.

So how would someone game the system with Reform’s new no tax on overtime policy? You have an employee on £36,000 per year. This is their wage which they are fully taxed on. Your employee asks for a pay rise of £2,000 a year. The pay rise would give them £1,600 net take home and they would pay an extra £400 in tax. Instead of a pay rise, your employer offers you £1,700 as ‘overtime’ spread out over the year. The employee is now £100 per year better off. The employer saves £300 per year plus pays slightly less National Insurance too.

17th again! Olé! Olé! Olé! #TOTEVE #COYS

@samhfinance The problem is there are other priorities that need to use that funding now.

@samhfinance The government could put £10k for every child now into a central pot and invest that, it doesn't need to go directly to an individual from birth. There's no point funding people who aren't going to make it to retirement so the investment wouldn't need to be as high.

@Jamielear1 @Phil7Leopard @sturgios Like they're going to reduce the cost for standing. They'll just double the cost for the seat.

@Phil7Leopard @sturgios Why not Phil? If 80 quid for a seat and 40 quid to stand? Is it choice you dislike?

Counter point - it IS outrageous to pay £80 for a train journey and not get a seat. If the train is so crowded you can’t sit down you should get a hefty refund.

@Calum92Stevens @warrensbuffet2 I think it's you that's missing the point here. This is not about changing how much is paid for gas, but rather how the pricing is set for renewables.

@warrensbuffet2 Why wouldn't gas stations charge a fortune when they are maintained year round and do nothing when it's windy and sunny. But we need them when it's not windy or sunny. Do you not realise how stupid you sound

Natural gas providing 4.7% of U.K. electricity right now… 100% of U.K. electricity priced as gas generation right now END MARGINAL PRICING FFS

@StephenMulhern @antanddec Who ordered from the children's menu?

If only this was the kind of thing I got to eat on Accidental Tourist! Somewhere with fish and chips next time @antanddec, yeah?

@Helmnation @OctopusEnergy What was the price cap when you took out your original fix compared to what it is now?

@OctopusEnergy So when I go to fix my prices your renewal is nearly a 50% increase per kWh. Not sure how that saves me any money.

So @ofgem ‘s useless price cap is down but @OctopusEnergy ‘s new fixed tariff is around 50% higher than my last one, it’s all just a sick joke now, oh, and the car needs filling up 🫣

@KITKAT Question: Does this take the biscuit?

Regarding recent press coverage

@2147mill How are you going to raise the initial £300k to invest?

Following on the rent vs buy debate: £300,000 house. → Mortgage interest: £12,000/year → Maintenance: £3,000/year → Insurance: £800/year → Stamp duty: £10,000 upfront → Total real cost: £25,000+ year one £300,000 in the Nasdaq instead. → Average 15% annual return = £45,000/year → No boiler breakdowns → No roof repairs → No estate agent fees when you sell Someone else fixes the boiler. Someone else pays the buildings insurance. Someone else handles the maintenance. Renting isn’t throwing money away IF your money is working hard elsewhere. Sometimes it’s the smartest trade in the room.

Only another 11 months and Melodifestivalen will be back! #melfest

RIP Tottenham.

@AliceTalksFooty Fandabi-Edozie!

OMFG ARSENAL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ESCunited I think it was only 99% danish.

🇩🇰 Third song of the night, and already another returning act, it is Søren Torpegaard Lund, who perform the only fully Danish song tonight, "Før Vi Går Hjem". Did #YOU feel Søren impressed enough to reach the superfinal? #DMGP #DMGP2026 #Denmark

Trumps foreign policy predicted in comedy

@Mishi_2210 81151

Tell me the number that is biggest then this Only 1 percent will succeed

@QueenAyosinmi Shame we can't see the sacked managers being taken away on a stretcher.

Premier League Top 4 race thus far 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣 🔴⚪️ Look who stayed locked in

@peterrhague Are you comparing like with like? That UK figure looks like post tax disposable income. Have you taken into account US health insurance costs?

Comparing UK to California Minimum wage £12.71 ($16.80) vs $16.50 Median household income £34k ($45k) vs $95k This is why you hear hard working Brits complain a lot.

@stuartjms @WheeledEscape That's only a 25 mile commute to work.

@WheeledEscape At 3 pence per mile you are driving 13,000 miles in a year?

So much for the 'environment' then. I've just taken delivery of my firsever EV. Annual car tax on it is £600 & I can now look forward to paying an additional £400 (minimum) from Apr 2028. These fuckers are taxing us all out of existence !! #Budget2026

Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔