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Spindicator
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Spindicator
@spindicator
Cutting through political spin with reason, data, and sarcasm.
London, England Sumali Ocak 2021
218 Sinusundan21 Mga Tagasunod
@Essex_Patriot It doesn’t mean you work 4 months for nothing. 40% tax is applied over a threshold.
Taxes are far too high but don’t talk shit
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YOU KNOW WHAT'S INSANE?
If you're on a 40% tax rate, you're handing over 40p of every £1 you earn.
That means.
JANUARY. FEBRUARY. MARCH. APRIL.
You're working 4+ months a year just to pay the government.
But that's just income tax.
Now add:
VAT on almost everything you buy
Vehicle tax & licence fees
- Council tax & land tax
- Fuel duty & road tolls
- Stamp duty, insurance taxes, "luxury" levies.
When you add it all up, if you earn £100k, you're likely working 5-6+ months a year just to cover taxes.
That's half your year gone before you even see a pound for yourself.
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@justjdthanks @BladeoftheS 100%.. I’d say everyone needs a water proof phone? Who wants a water damaged phone?😂
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@spindicator @BladeoftheS 'Worth' vs cost, people do their own research and make their own decision🤷♂️ Anyway, I'll ask again, and you can ignore again...what % users need a waterproof phone. If they want to pay for stuff they don't need that's on them, no?
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The EU now requires all Mobile Phones to be sold with easily replaceable and standardised batteries, as they used to be.
From 2027 they all will be again, in Europe.
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Can’t argue with facts and statistics @ZackPolanski
Damien Slash@damienslash
Zack Polanski: "No evidence that people seeking asylum are sexually assaulting anyone" Reality: "Here are 100 examples as reported by UK mainstream media organisations over the last 18 months" 1. Iranian Abdulla Ahmadi (26), Egyptians Ibrahim Alshafe (25) & Karin Al-Danasurt (20) – small boat arrivals in asylum hotel – gang-raped woman on Brighton beach (Oct 2025; guilty verdicts Apr 23, 2026) - BBC/ITV/Guardian 2. Afghan asylum seeker Mirzai (migrant hotel) sexually assaulted two women on trains (2025-2026; sentenced Apr 2026) - BBC 3. Afghan asylum seeker Ahmad Mulakhil (23) raped 12yo girl, Nuneaton (Jul 2025; guilty Feb 2026, sentenced Mar 2026 to 15-16yrs, referred as unduly lenient) - BBC/Guardian/Reuters/ITV 4. Afghan asylum seeker Sohail Amiri (30, small boat) sexually assaulted three women in Southampton (2025; sentenced Mar 2026) - BBC 5. Syrian refugee Mohand Mageed raped 21yo student in Glasgow (Feb 2025; sentenced Mar 2026) - STV 6. Afghan asylum seeker Mehmet Ogur (27) raped 18yo woman in Tamworth park (Jan 2026; sentenced to 7yrs) - BBC 7. Pakistani-born asylum seeker Sheraz Malik (28) raped 18yo woman in Nottinghamshire park (Jun 2025; convicted Jan 2026) - BBC 8. Afghan asylum seekers Jan Jahanzeb (17) & Israr Niazal (17) abducted & raped 15yo girl, Leamington Spa (May 2025; sentenced Dec 2025) - Guardian/BBC/Reuters 9. Afghan Sultani Bakatash charged with raping two 14yo girls, Bolton (Dec 2025) - Manchester Evening News (mainstream coverage) 10. Syrian refugee convicted of raping minor, Birmingham (Dec 2025) - ITV 11. Afghan unaccompanied minor convicted of peer rape in care home (Nov 2025) - Independent 12. Afghan asylum seeker convicted of child rape in care system (Nov 2025) - Independent 13. Iranian failed asylum seeker charged with rape, Manchester (Nov 2025) - Guardian 14. Bangladeshi national convicted of rape (Nov 2025) - BBC 15. Pakistani migrant convicted of rape (Nov 2025) - BBC 16. Algerian overstayer charged with rape-related offences (Nov 2025) - Guardian 17. Unnamed migrant charged with raping woman near train station using translation app (Oct 2025) - BBC 18. Unnamed Syrian asylum seeker charged with raping woman in Bournemouth toilet (Aug 2025) - mainstream reports 19. Small boat migrants charged in coastal gang rape (Sep 2025) - Independent 20. Unnamed Sudanese asylum seeker convicted of group sexual assault, Kent (Sep 2025) - Guardian 21. Unnamed group of migrants charged with raping woman in Oxford churchyard (Sep 2025) - Guardian 22. Libyan failed asylum seeker charged with family rape, Sheffield (Sep 2025) - Guardian 23. Moroccan migrant charged with rape, Leeds (Sep 2025) - Guardian 24. Eritrean failed claimant convicted of repeat rape, Bristol (Sep 2025) - BBC 25. Unnamed Eritrean boat arrival charged with rape, Bristol (Oct 2025) - BBC 26. Syrian national convicted of rape (Aug 2025) - BBC 27. Unnamed Afghan asylum seeker convicted of raping woman in London (Aug 2025) - Guardian 28. Sudanese boat arrival raped jogger, Kent (Aug 2025) - Guardian 29. Afghan asylum seeker Rapualla Ahmadze raped 17yo girl in Elgin park, Scotland (Aug 2025; sentenced Dec 2025) - BBC 30. Iranian dissident claimant raped flatmate, Glasgow (Jul 2025) - BBC 31. Ethiopian asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu sexually assaulted 14yo girl & woman, Epping hotel (Jul 2025; sentenced Sep 2025) - Guardian/BBC 32. Syrian asylum seeker Mohammed Wahid Mohammed raped 12yo girl in Birmingham supermarket (Jul 2025) - ITV 33. Unnamed illegal immigrant convicted of raping 20yo woman in Oxford churchyard (Jul 2025) - Guardian 34. Indian student charged with campus rape, London (Jul 2025) - BBC 35. Iraqi national convicted of rape (Jul 2025) - Guardian 36. Romanian lorry migrant convicted of assault rape, Dover (Jun 2025) - Guardian 37. Algerian small boat crosser charged with nightclub rape, Newcastle (Jun 2025) - Independent 38. Spanish national convicted of rape (Jun 2025) - BBC 39. Pakistani asylum seeker convicted of child rape, Leeds (Apr 2025) - BBC 40. Unnamed Somali asylum seeker convicted of sexual assault, Cardiff (Apr 2025) - Guardian 41. Unnamed Sub-Saharan African migrant convicted of sexual assault, Birmingham (Apr 2025) - Guardian 42. Unnamed North African migrant convicted of sexual offence, London (Jul 2025) - Guardian 43. Unnamed Middle Eastern migrant convicted of rape, Manchester (May 2025) - Guardian 44. Nigerian overstayer charged with raping elderly woman, Manchester (May 2025) - Guardian 45. Somali refugee convicted of honour-based rape, Cardiff (May 2025) - Guardian 46. Turkish asylum seeker raped tourist, Edinburgh (Apr 2025) - BBC 47. Indian migrant in trafficking group charged with rape (Apr 2025) - Guardian 48. Unnamed male asylum seeker raped 14yo girl in SW England hotel (Feb 2025) - Guardian 49. Unnamed male migrant raped Sierra Leonean female asylum seeker in hotel (Jan 2025) - Guardian 50. Somali Yaqub Ahmed convicted of gang rape of teenage girl, London (Jan 2025) - Guardian 51. Polish construction worker raped colleague, Birmingham (Jan 2025) - Guardian 52. Sudanese Mahmood Noor Ibrahim convicted of sexual assault of 16yo in Hull (Feb 2025) - Independent 53. Nigerien Musba Missa charged with sexual assault in Skegness migrant hotel (Mar 2025) - BBC 54. Syrian asylum seeker Qais Al-Aswad (26) sexually assaulted three women in Horley migrant hotel (May-Jun 2025) - BBC 55. Vietnamese trafficked migrant charged in brothel rape case (Feb 2025) - BBC 56. Jamaican overstayer convicted of domestic rape, Liverpool (Mar 2025) - Independent 57. Ghanaian migrant convicted in group rape (Oct 2025) - Guardian 58. Sudanese national convicted of attempting to rape woman in Wakefield nightclub (Oct 2025) - Independent 59. Belgian national convicted of rape (Oct 2025) - Guardian 60. Albanian migrant charged with group rape, Brighton (Nov 2025) - Independent 61. Unnamed Pakistani national convicted of sexual offence, Leeds (Jun 2025) - Independent 62. Unnamed Indian overstayer charged with rape in care home (Aug 2025) - BBC 63. Egyptian asylum seeker Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela raped woman in Hyde Park, London (Nov 2024; sentenced Sep 2025) - BBC 64. Unnamed Afghan asylum seeker convicted of raping woman in mixed-sex hotel (Mar 2025) - Guardian 65. Unnamed male migrant raped Sierra Leonean female asylum seeker in hotel (Jan 2025) - Guardian 66. Syrian refugee convicted of raping minor, Birmingham (Dec 2025) - ITV 67. Iranian failed asylum seeker charged with rape, Manchester (Nov 2025) - Guardian 68. Moroccan migrant charged with rape, Leeds (Sep 2025) - Guardian 69. Sudanese boat arrival raped jogger, Kent (Aug 2025) - Guardian 70. Eritrean failed claimant convicted of repeat rape, Bristol (Sep 2025) - BBC 71. Afghan unaccompanied minor convicted of peer rape in care home (Nov 2025) - Independent 72. Turkish asylum seeker raped tourist, Edinburgh (Apr 2025) - BBC 73. Somali refugee convicted of honour-based rape, Cardiff (May 2025) - Guardian 74. Algerian small boat crosser charged with nightclub rape, Newcastle (Jun 2025) - Independent 75. Iranian dissident claimant raped flatmate, Glasgow (Jul 2025) - BBC 76. Libyan failed asylum seeker charged with family rape, Sheffield (Sep 2025) - Guardian 77. Iraqi national convicted of rape (Jul 2025) - Guardian 78. Syrian national convicted of rape (Aug 2025) - BBC 79. Albanian migrant charged with group rape, Brighton (Nov 2025) - Independent 80. Pakistani asylum seeker convicted of child rape, Leeds (Apr 2025) - BBC 81. Nigerian overstayer charged with raping elderly woman, Manchester (May 2025) - Guardian 82. Romanian lorry migrant convicted of assault rape, Dover (Jun 2025) - Guardian 83. Indian student charged with campus rape, London (Jul 2025) - BBC 84. Sudanese national convicted of attempting to rape woman in Wakefield nightclub (Oct 2025) - Independent 85. Unnamed migrant charged with raping woman near train station using translation app (Oct 2025) - BBC 86. Unnamed North African migrant convicted of sexual offence, London (Jul 2025) - Guardian 87. Unnamed Middle Eastern migrant convicted of rape, Manchester (May 2025) - Guardian 88. Unnamed Sub-Saharan African migrant convicted of sexual assault, Birmingham (Apr 2025) - Guardian 89. Unnamed Sudanese asylum seeker convicted of group sexual assault, Kent (Sep 2025) - Guardian 90. Unnamed Eritrean boat arrival charged with rape, Bristol (Oct 2025) - BBC 91. Afghan asylum seeker convicted of child rape in care system (Nov 2025) - Independent 92. Unnamed Somali asylum seeker convicted of sexual assault, Cardiff (Apr 2025) - Guardian 93. Unnamed Pakistani national convicted of sexual offence, Leeds (Jun 2025) - Independent 94. Unnamed Indian overstayer charged with rape in care home (Aug 2025) - BBC 95. Ethiopian asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu sexually assaulted 14yo girl & woman, Epping hotel (Jul 2025; sentenced Sep 2025) - Guardian/BBC 96. Syrian asylum seeker Mohammed Wahid Mohammed raped 12yo girl in Birmingham supermarket (Jul 2025) - ITV 97. Unnamed illegal immigrant convicted of raping 20yo woman in Oxford churchyard (Jul 2025) - Guardian 98. Somali Yaqub Ahmed convicted of gang rape of teenage girl, London (Jan 2025) - Guardian 99. Syrian asylum seeker Qais Al-Aswad (26) sexually assaulted three women in Horley migrant hotel (May-Jun 2025) - BBC 100. Unnamed male asylum seeker raped 14yo girl in SW England hotel (Feb 2025) - Guardian
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There's two buttons
Red - We get rid of billionaires forever, you get Universal Healthcare, affordable houses, good wages, good pensions...
Blue - Nothing changes, you're still not going to be a billionaire and everything is going to get worse and worse until everybody dies
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@TrisOsborneMP You can’t fault Sunak on competence when it comes to finances
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We are getting a grip of the finances after the Truss market crash and Sunak recession.
Much more to do.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Government borrowing falls by £20bn in year to March bbc.in/4e44K4y
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Polanski's Green Party plans to give migrants Universal Basic Income of up to £1,600 a month in a scheme critics brand 'madness'. Which would cost taxpayers £19 billion a year.
Illegal migrants would be given a regular cash payment by British taxpayers without needing to become citizens, under plans drawn up by the Green Party. Documents reveal that the left-wing outfit, currently polling at 18%, would hand a monthly payment of up to £1,600, called Universal Basic Income (UBI), to anyone in the country without settled status, or who have a non-visitor visa.
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Excellent news.
Ultimately means more money for public services, and a better ability to withstand global economic shocks.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Government borrowing falls by £20bn in year to March bbc.in/4e44K4y
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@ZackPolanski Software is being used to drive efficiencies. Stop spreading crap
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Remove Palantir from our NHS.
Get Palantir out of our country.
Sign my petition:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop…
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@rawespresso Most pensioners will own a house and also have private pension?
The pension bill already makes up most of the welfare budget? What do we do?
Pensions are paid by taxpayers. Government already spends more than what it receives
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@ZackPolanski you’re so full of it 😂 haven’t you been calling Keir a liar this week
Louis Mosley@louismosley
@ZackPolanski - this is magnificent. Three things I can’t deny: 1. It is a video. 2. You are wearing a jacket. 3. Then you aren’t. 4. Then you are again. Unfortunately that’s where the accuracy ends. A few corrections for you: Peter Thiel is not our CEO. Alex Karp is — and has been for 20+ years. (A lifelong Democrat, for anyone keeping score.) We are not a “spyware company.” Spyware is malware. Malware is illegal. Calling a software company spyware is, technically, defamatory (don’t worry, we are not suing). We don’t build surveillance technology. We build software that helps organisations make sense of data they already hold. Not the same thing. There was no “private tour” of our HQ. There was a public photocall to which the media came. Hence, why there are so many pictures of the event. Our MOD contract is not “the biggest defence contract in UK history.” Ajax armoured vehicles = £5.5bn. Dreadnought submarines = £31bn. We’re grateful for the work, but let’s keep a sense of scale. We have no more access to NHS data than Microsoft has to the contents of your Word documents. I think you know this by now. We don’t have access to patient medical records. Same story. I agree that “nothing matters more than our health.” Which makes it worth reminding you of what Palantir’s software is actually doing in the NHS right now: ->110,000 additional operations ->15% fewer delayed hospital discharges ->7% more patients finding out within 28 days whether they have cancer Respect again for what you did with that jacket.
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@BotFinderUK They’re all bad
Think you’re exaggerating ALOT on Boris
I think what Starmer has done is just as bad
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Boris held drunken orgies in lockdown, hired a nonce and lied about both 18 times.
Truss wrecked our economy.
Starmer may have made a slight procedure error.
The right is desperate 😂
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@daniellismore £0 but you’ll be lucky to get any of the services on the left
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@RachelReevesMP Cool so what’s the plan? When are we going to see substantial change to our bills
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This is not our war, but it is now pushing up bills for families and businesses.
That’s why keeping costs down is my number one priority – and our economic plan has put us in a stronger position to face this crisis.
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Isn’t this the second time in a couple of months?
Employers are forced to fire loyal employees because the law favours criminals
Chris Rose@ArchRose90
This is Sean Egan. He joined Morrisons at the age of 17. After 29 years of dedication at supermarket chain, he was dismissed for confronting a shoplifter, which led to a scuffle with thief who spat at him. A shameful decision by @Morrisons. He should be thanked, not sacked.
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