Napoleon
@nw6penguin.bsky.social
@nw6penguin on twitter. Ex HY/LevFin strategy. Did a bit of EM
now in insurance. Member of Islington.cc and the LCC. Loves cycling and phototography.
now in insurance. Member of Islington.cc and the LCC. Loves cycling and phototography.
One thing about the mansion tax is that London residents will pay most of the surcharge but it goes to a Central pot. I don't think it's fair as it rewards all the brexit areas and there's no accountability over who gets the moneyv(yet). It's like rewarding stupidity.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One thing about the mansion tax is that London residents will pay most of the surcharge but it goes to a Central pot. I don't think it's fair as it rewards all the brexit areas and there's no accountability over who gets the moneyv(yet). It's like rewarding stupidity.
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We'd a gobshite take out our gate recently because he was playing with his phone.
It's a 8m x 2.5m gate, with lights.
Any cyclist relying on a driver seeing them and avoiding them has already made a terrible mistake.
It's a 8m x 2.5m gate, with lights.
Any cyclist relying on a driver seeing them and avoiding them has already made a terrible mistake.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We'd a gobshite take out our gate recently because he was playing with his phone.
It's a 8m x 2.5m gate, with lights.
Any cyclist relying on a driver seeing them and avoiding them has already made a terrible mistake.
It's a 8m x 2.5m gate, with lights.
Any cyclist relying on a driver seeing them and avoiding them has already made a terrible mistake.
Hope my MP pays mansion tax on the £2mn house she lives in rent free as its a gift from associates of Aunty. No corruption at all!
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hope my MP pays mansion tax on the £2mn house she lives in rent free as its a gift from associates of Aunty. No corruption at all!
Still labour kept cycle to work but limited salary sacrifice for pensions. So I'm incentivised to get a really sick bike or the best components yearly. Gravel grx with clutch, sram red and full sys.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Still labour kept cycle to work but limited salary sacrifice for pensions. So I'm incentivised to get a really sick bike or the best components yearly. Gravel grx with clutch, sram red and full sys.
Fuck me, labour is really shafting it's young voters
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Fuck me, labour is really shafting it's young voters
"if you ask the public what you think they will need, you will always be behind in this war" Patton and later repeated by Akio Morita
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"if you ask the public what you think they will need, you will always be behind in this war" Patton and later repeated by Akio Morita
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Slightly odd to include the Justice Secretary rather than say the Agriculture Secretary. I wonder why?
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Slightly odd to include the Justice Secretary rather than say the Agriculture Secretary. I wonder why?
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Quelle surprise.
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Quelle surprise.
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Not joking when I say I'm not sure both the leads could survive another promo tour
Plans are already underway for the future of the Wicked franchise, following the smash-hit debut of Wicked: For Good. https://bit.ly/4rrUWpg
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Not joking when I say I'm not sure both the leads could survive another promo tour
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Farmer Littledown isn't being hurtful, it's only bants.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Farmer Littledown isn't being hurtful, it's only bants.
Dumb q. 75% of my mums care Fees get paid by council. She had employee pension and her state one. frozen personal allowance means she will pay tax ? Her state pension triple locked and employee pension goes up with inflation. Do I renegotiate with council to factor in tax or accept savings leakage?
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Dumb q. 75% of my mums care Fees get paid by council. She had employee pension and her state one. frozen personal allowance means she will pay tax ? Her state pension triple locked and employee pension goes up with inflation. Do I renegotiate with council to factor in tax or accept savings leakage?
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Back our campaign to fix our trade with Europe:
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
Fix Britain's Trade
Liberal Democrats want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back.
www.libdems.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Back our campaign to fix our trade with Europe:
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
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This is botched Budget, from a government that is hiking taxes on ordinary families instead of going for growth by fixing our trade with Europe.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is botched Budget, from a government that is hiking taxes on ordinary families instead of going for growth by fixing our trade with Europe.
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
And David Lammy who is foreign secretary. What's it to do with him?
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And David Lammy who is foreign secretary. What's it to do with him?
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So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Evaluation of the Cycle to Work Scheme: quantitative and qualitative research
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
So will the royals, dukes and other aristocrats pay mansion tax on properties they live in. Even if held in trust? I don't think that's fair if they don't
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So will the royals, dukes and other aristocrats pay mansion tax on properties they live in. Even if held in trust? I don't think that's fair if they don't
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Fantastic column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social this:
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Fantastic column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social this:
A lot of people are truly naive on what communism can do to a country
It's sort of amazing how persistent the the East/West Germany gap is on countless metrics, given how the GDR only lasted for 41 years, which isn't a hugely long time in the grand scheme of things.
This hex-map breaks down the share of 15-24 year-olds in Germany and the regional contrast is hard to miss.
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A lot of people are truly naive on what communism can do to a country
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Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
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When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
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Britain's absolutely-impossible-extremely-difficult-no-good-options fiscal bind: latest
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Britain's absolutely-impossible-extremely-difficult-no-good-options fiscal bind: latest
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Peak Starmer would be to commission a report on nuclear energy, have it produce a set of visionary recommendations for reform, and then not do the reforms.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Peak Starmer would be to commission a report on nuclear energy, have it produce a set of visionary recommendations for reform, and then not do the reforms.
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Is "Rachel from Accounts" a bit sexist: yes. Is she brittle thin-skinned and dishonest in the interviews she has bizarrely decided to give? Also yes
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Is "Rachel from Accounts" a bit sexist: yes. Is she brittle thin-skinned and dishonest in the interviews she has bizarrely decided to give? Also yes
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Were she hugely successful, astride British politics like a colossus and presiding over supercharged growth and increased government income, she/you might have a little bit more of a point.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Were she hugely successful, astride British politics like a colossus and presiding over supercharged growth and increased government income, she/you might have a little bit more of a point.