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Eight-year-olds are told in one classroom video prepared by HMRC:
“You can think of tax as one shared bank account that everyone in the country pays into. The government is then in charge of looking after this bank account and sharing all the money to help everyone in the country. This money is also used to pay for the things that your town or city needs. When you’re older and you get a job, or maybe even start your own business, the taxes you’ll pay will all be added into this shared bank account."
Back in ConHome again, this time discussing the madness of the ever increasing minimum wage
From @EdwardJGrainger Minimum wage? Freeze it, don't raise it conservativehome.com/2026/11…
ALT silver and gold coins on white table
The tariff suspension measures announced in the budget, whilst welcome, are pathetic.
Me in @CapX today
Reminder that the Government's own impact assessment somehow calculated the NPSV at PLUS £2.8bn. Despite the Regulatory Policy Committee deeming it not fit for purpose, the Government pushed ahead with the bill without a new IA until after royal ascent.
BREAKING
The OBR suggests that successive increases in the national living wage and the employment rights act will hit jobs
It says the employment right act will have a ‘negative economic impact’ and hit businesses through ‘increased uncertainty, lost flexibility and higher Labour related costs’
It says that these will ‘more than offset’ any potential increase in productivity
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If you want to know what the implications of the Budget mean for you, follow along live as the IEA take you through it all
🔴 #Budget2026
With taxes at historic highs, borrowing mounting and economic growth struggling, the stakes are high for the Chancellor.
IEA economists will be commenting on today's announcements as they happen.
Follow our live thread from 12:30 for reaction, analysis and what the Chancellor could have done differently. 🧵
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New: Sources from three countries confirm that the Trump Administration has advocated Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General.
The US has encouraged Orbán to enter the race, even bringing him the initial idea of a joint U.S.-Russia-China candidacy.
WSJ:
wsj.com/opinion/viktor-orban…
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Obviously the logical thing to do here is to admit it hasn’t worked and scrap the thing. Equally obvious is the fact they won’t do this and instead demand for stricter regulations
Honestly getting a bit fed up off list elected representatives leaving parties. It was the same as when those defected from Reform in the Senedd. You have no personal mandate to be in that chamber so get out
Delighted to have written again for @iealondon on my regrets of having supported Net Zero
economicaffairs.co.uk/p/fall…
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Fantastic news. @KathrynPorter26 is a true expert on energy policy and will only add to the great work being done at GWPF
The GWPF is delighted to announce that Kathryn Porter (@KathrynPorter26) has been appointed to our Board of Trustees.
Kathryn brings a wealth of technical expertise on energy and is dedicated to educating policymakers from across the political spectrum about this crucial subject.
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I think Palestine Action have exposed a weakness in the current proscription structure. It's perfectly reasonable to limit the actual group and its activities given what they have done, but expressing support for them cannot be considered the same as expressing support for ISIS
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Love the idea of escaping the USSR and then being concerned about the regulation of money
Mila Kunis called Uber "the worst idea ever." Ashton Kutcher and his partner invested $500,000 in the company. By 2016, that stake was worth roughly $50 million, according to Forbes.
In the video below, Kunis tells Stephen Colbert why she tried to talk her future husband out of investments like these.
Her family left Soviet Ukraine in 1991, when she was seven. In Los Angeles, her father, a trained engineer, worked as a cab driver.
Kutcher described Uber as a cab company where anyone could drive. He offered to order her a ride so she could try it. "You're going to put me in a car with a stranger? What is wrong with you?"
Then he told her about Bitcoin. She asked, "Is it FDIC insured?". Kutcher replied: "No. That's the point. It's not."
"I think this is a horrible idea," she recalled telling him. His response: "Cool, we're investing it."
At the beginning of 2013, Bitcoin traded below $100. During the week of her interview in April 2021, it traded above $50,000.
Kunis says she now books accommodation through Airbnb and takes Uber everywhere. "I've never been happier to be wrong."
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Pleased to write my second piece of the Profiling Freedom series for the Voices for Freedom Substack, this time on John Lilburne
open.substack.com/pub/fighti…
For some of us it never left
The tie is back, but can anyone actually tie one now?
Retailer TM Lewin has reported a rise in sales of ties by 200 per cent over the summer, the assumption being that Gen Z are discovering ties afresh after years of sportswear.
Find the styles for every occasion and how to wear them ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl…
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Great to co-host my first podcast alongside @SteveBakerFRSA. Couldn’t have asked for a better first guest either @cmackinlay
Watch his full appearance alongside @EdwardJGrainger and @SteveBakerFRSA:
youtu.be/7S0BJ88jOzw?si=BJSP…
Why are the by elections never in places like Sunderland or Newcastle? Why is it always the ones that don’t declare until the early hours of the morning?
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The biggest lie train lines tell you is that a train that is delayed ten minutes will catch back up to the original time across the journey. It never does. It’s more likely to get slower
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That’s just a silly response. Constituents still deserve to be represented by the people they elected, regardless of their stupid views
🚨 NEW: Reform MP Sarah Pochin has called for all Green MPs to be banned from Parliament over the "Zionism is racism" vote
"They’ve come out as a set of racists"
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