Andrew Short
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@ejk39 @tismemick @MartinSLewis PAC is the code you supply to you new network to port your phone number across
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@tismemick @MartinSLewis What's a PAC? I'm with them too and although I'll never get the money back I lost paying them for nothing, if I can get any kind of money back I'll try it!
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@MartinSLewis Just asked for my PAC from EE, within 10 mins a phone call from them and my bill drops from £31.50 to £14, could of gone lower but kept EU roaming on, also still had 3 months of contract left. Win win
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@RebeccaCait04 @MartinSLewis It depends. I have to because of family allowance.
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@MartinSLewis if you are a higher rate tax payers but are PAYE are you supposed to do a tax return?
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Doing your tax return? Are you a higher 40% (or top 45%) rate taxpayer who donates to charity via Gift Aid.
The charity claimed tax back at the basic 20% rate, you can usually claim the rest back (& maybe then donate it too!)
PS even if u don't do tax returns u can still claim
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@MartinSLewis @itvMLshow Can you help figure out electric tariffs for people with solar and batteries but not an EV.
A lot of cheap overnight tariffs are EV only and it's hard to tell which or get p/kwh figures for any tariff.
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Got questions on rebooting your finances for the new year? @itvMLshow is back 9pm tomorrow & I'll be taking you through big n easy savings (cards, energy, overdrafts, council tax, savings) but the rest is an ask me anything.
What do you want to know? Pls reply & team'll collate
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@TimesRadio @Jo_Coburn @TimesRadio will this be available on catchup? This is literally the debate I’ve wanted for years but I’m out tonight and really don’t want to miss it
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Do trans rights compete with women’s rights?
@Jo_Coburn presents the gender debate tonight with Helen Joyce and Dr Helen Webberley to get to the heart of one of the most divisive issues of our time.
thetimes.com/radio from 9pm 📻
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@godblesstoto @RachelReevesMP I only voted for the last lot because I thought these eejits would be worse. I wish I was wrong but Rach seriously hasn't got a clue.
If you tax the biggest taxpayers more they will either leave the country or just not take any profits this year.
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We had the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in the first half of the year, but there's more to do to build an economy that works for working people.
At the Budget I'll take the fair choices to cut waiting lists, cut national debt and cut the cost of living.
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@Bexbel @MartinSLewis First time I put a lens in I lost it round the back of my eyeball and retrieved it no problem. Optician was impressed. (gas permiable)
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@MartinSLewis Ex-optician here.
Men almost always have issues. Fainting, cack-handed & give up too easily.
Women have far fewer issues. More adept at dealing with eyes.
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Just had my third 'contact lenses lesson'. I finally managed to get a lens in each eye after much effort, though getting them out was hard. Still not good enough for them to let me buy the lenses.
Did anyone else out there find it this hard!
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We should start fining people for missing an NHS appointment without an evidenced reason, or cancelling in good time.
It's rude, reckless and clogs the system up.
If you agree an appointment, be there.
If not, expect a fine.
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@VotedReform @RupertLowe10 I can usually book via the NHS app and do get automated reminders via text.
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@RupertLowe10 It would be better to have an appointment system where users can book their own appointments online or by phone at a convenient time instead of them making appointments for us. There would be far fewer missed appointments that way.
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@sharrond62 I suppose taking testosterone might be a reason to ban someone, tends to be frowned on.
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No trans identifying person has ever been banned from sport. They are simply not able to compete in a category they don’t qualify for. Non of this is complicated in any way what so ever.
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@cjbryce @MartinSLewis Index finger pull eyelid down, middle finger put lens just below iris, self centres instantly.
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@MartinSLewis FWIW the optician tried to train me to pull my top eyelid up. I tried dozens of times with no success. I pulled my bottom eyelid down as a test - it worked first time and easy-peasy after that. YMMV
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I failed! Tried about thirty times in half an hour just couldn't stop my eye blinking. Will have to try again in a week or so :(
Martin Lewis@MartinSLewis
OK got my first 'contact lens' fitting and lesson later today. Never worn them before. I find the whole concept of putting something in my eye very scary. Gulp!
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@JezDons @dglcork @MartinSLewis And yet came up with policies guaranteed to shrink businesses, lose jobs, freeze pensioners and punish people for being disabled
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@dglcork @MartinSLewis She has a Masters degree in Economics from the LSE and worked at the Bank of England before becoming an MP.
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I wouldn't ever want to be Chancellor for all the money in the world. Incredibly tough job. Impossible ask. Especially over the last decade.
How do you try to piece together the mis-shapen, independent jigsaw pieces of consumer issues, business, the economy, bond markets, stock markets, job markets, world economies, tariffs, and more.
People often lambast Chancellors as 'unqualified' but no one is qualified to do such a broad job. Ultimately it is a political role for someone with hopefully some understanding of wider economic, financial and consumer issues.
We have to give some respect to those who try, even if we disagree with their decisions. As no one will ever get it all right.
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@Dahlia_Divaa @ajwmcs26 @EHRC Some people needed to be reminded what the definition of woman was. Ie. Not a bloke.
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We have added a clarification to our interim update on the practical implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment, in relation to the requirements of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
See: orlo.uk/FwMNl
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@NotFarLeftAtAll A lot of people, including me, rack up lots of miles volunteering. If you want me to cut my mileage I will, but I sure as hell won't be doing any volunteering any more.
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Rachel Reeves urged to introduce pay-per-mile car taxes for millions of British drivers
The Greed from this Government never stops .. would you be happy paying per mile ?
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@tiheroine @redsteeze Riley is 5'9" I think! Which, same basically, but being tall doesn't change your sex
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Simone cried to the media about being bullied for "looking manly"
...but she'll throw the exact same insult at another woman in order to defend, get this: biological men
Sooooo much respect lost, and a huge step backwards for female athletes
Simone Biles@Simone_Biles
bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male @Riley_Gaines_
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@SportSEENuk @sharrond62 @BritGymnastics I would have thought that gymnastics is one area of sport where trans people would steer well clear of. A man can clearly run faster than a woman, but he couldn’t come close to achieving what a female gymnast could.
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50 days since the Supreme Court ruling and @BritGymnastics still allow males into female competitions and changing rooms
“BG believes that trans gymnasts should not be restricted from taking part in competitions in their affirmed gender unless it is strictly necessary” 1/
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@sharrond62 Impossible to enforce, people will just use a VPN and pretend to be somewhere else.
If they did manage to stop the legal sites people would probably start using illegal ones and see a lot worse content than they can on Pornhub.
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@jumpjettwit @MartinDochert12 Kuenssberg is a woke leftie, its just I don't think even she can believe how bad this bunch of idiots running the country are, they make the Tories look semi-competent.
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@MartinDochert12 Strange. When the Conservatives were in power, Kuenssberg was a woke Leftie. Make up your mind.
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Angela Rayner 45, grew up in extreme poverty & left school at 16. She rose to become Dep PM of the UK. Ms.Kuenssberg 48 grew up in an influential family, private school, university, & studied in Washington DC. She sank to being a Tory shill for the BBC. I know who I admire. ✊
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@ThatArrowsmith @_ConnieShaw @BBCWomansHour @BBCNuala On a recent visit, all the male toilets I saw were male only, but the girls were inclusive. That was only one building though.
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How brilliant it would be to tell @BBCWomansHour @BBCNuala the sorts of things we heard from certain male students, considering the University of Leeds is transparently pandering to their feelings, rather than upholding the rights of female students. There are no single sex facilities at the University.
Maeve Halligan@MaeveHalligan
Not all young women are as captured by gender ideology as many people may think. Those of us who aren't want our voices heard @BBCWomansHour On Leeds University campus yesterday, @_ConnieShaw and I faced anger from people who were fully against our support of the recent UKSC ruling, and thus the sex-based rights of women, gay and lesbian people. Although plenty of those we spoke with were appreciative, respectful and engaged, many students and staff members were outraged at our presence and our desire to open the discussion, with frequent shouting of abuse and even demands we leave. After 6 hours of facing this, our signs and flag were eventually stolen. What's more, Leeds University still does not uphold students' right to single-sex spaces. All this reflects the dire state of free speech in universities up and down the UK. As young women and recent graduates, we are concerned and want to be part of the conversation @BBCWomansHour
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@RevJonnyT @FredSargeant And thrown complete homophobia into the mix. Gay men must be OK with dating girls and Lesbians must be into girl dick. Don't think they understand the premise of being gay.
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@FredSargeant Holy shit. They've almost completely unveiled the entire misogynistic men movement.
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Unfucking believable. Who would have ever thought that LGB views would be labeled as harmful at the march that LGB people solely created. And by the people who hold views detrimental to the well being of children, women, and LGB people. The takeover of Pride is complete. Dump it!
Robert Jessel@robjessel16
"Keep Stroud Pride safe from LGB views" Yes, they actually said that
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