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Graduate: Why do I have to pay usurious interest rates on this loan?
Government: It isn't really a loan - think of it more like a tax.
Graduate: Why do I have to pay an extra 9% tax compared with older graduates?
Government: It isn't a tax - it is a loan!
Government: It isn't really a loan - think of it more like a tax.
Graduate: Why do I have to pay an extra 9% tax compared with older graduates?
Government: It isn't a tax - it is a loan!
This is such a facile argument. Sure, let's have a conversation about how universities should be funded. But let's also talk interest rates, debt that functions like an extra tax, repayment thresholds, and what that's actually doing to millions of young people who did everything they were told to do
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Graduate: Why do I have to pay usurious interest rates on this loan?
Government: It isn't really a loan - think of it more like a tax.
Graduate: Why do I have to pay an extra 9% tax compared with older graduates?
Government: It isn't a tax - it is a loan!
Government: It isn't really a loan - think of it more like a tax.
Graduate: Why do I have to pay an extra 9% tax compared with older graduates?
Government: It isn't a tax - it is a loan!
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
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My phone tells me this incredibly stupid day on Twitter was eight years ago today. Domestic appliance chat is one of the under appreciated cheat codes to virality.
July 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My phone tells me this incredibly stupid day on Twitter was eight years ago today. Domestic appliance chat is one of the under appreciated cheat codes to virality.
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1920s gangster: yeah boys we're gonna go murder some people tonight we're gonna be death incarnate hey turn on the radio let's get in da mood for blood
Radio: buzzy buzzy bee/ the bee goes buzz/ whoop whoop whoopee/ that's what the bee does
Radio: buzzy buzzy bee/ the bee goes buzz/ whoop whoop whoopee/ that's what the bee does
February 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
1920s gangster: yeah boys we're gonna go murder some people tonight we're gonna be death incarnate hey turn on the radio let's get in da mood for blood
Radio: buzzy buzzy bee/ the bee goes buzz/ whoop whoop whoopee/ that's what the bee does
Radio: buzzy buzzy bee/ the bee goes buzz/ whoop whoop whoopee/ that's what the bee does