OOTLAR finally published, just a trifling five days after the budget
Still not published, two full days after the budget. Wtf is going on?
FOUR hours after the Chancellor finished delivering her #Budget speech, HM Treasury has still not published the full schedule of tax rates and thresholds for 2026/27.
What's going on???
Where is the OOTLAR!!??
What's going on???
Where is the OOTLAR!!??
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
OOTLAR finally published, just a trifling five days after the budget
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Right, this is the thing, "the Budget is not honest", okay, sure, I'm with you, "because they made things seem worse than they are" - are you on glue?
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Right, this is the thing, "the Budget is not honest", okay, sure, I'm with you, "because they made things seem worse than they are" - are you on glue?
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I know Criterion is running a hotels season this month and that's the reason for this specific artwork but this is such a funny thumbnail
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I know Criterion is running a hotels season this month and that's the reason for this specific artwork but this is such a funny thumbnail
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[sean connery in transformers the movie voice]
CONSHTRUCTICONSH
INFERIOR
SHOUNDWAVE
CONSHTRUCTICONSH
INFERIOR
SHOUNDWAVE
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
[sean connery in transformers the movie voice]
CONSHTRUCTICONSH
INFERIOR
SHOUNDWAVE
CONSHTRUCTICONSH
INFERIOR
SHOUNDWAVE
Still not published, two full days after the budget. Wtf is going on?
FOUR hours after the Chancellor finished delivering her #Budget speech, HM Treasury has still not published the full schedule of tax rates and thresholds for 2026/27.
What's going on???
Where is the OOTLAR!!??
What's going on???
Where is the OOTLAR!!??
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Still not published, two full days after the budget. Wtf is going on?
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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Deeply worrying sight in the corner of the office. Wondering if I can report it as an unattended item and get it blown up?
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Deeply worrying sight in the corner of the office. Wondering if I can report it as an unattended item and get it blown up?
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Handy graph illustrating why twitter’s white flight narrative is not wholly accurate
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Handy graph illustrating why twitter’s white flight narrative is not wholly accurate
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IMPERIAL STOUT LAUNCH 🖤 Brand new, our very first Barrel Aged beer is on pouring on both keg AND cask at the taproom for a limited time, and available in cans to go!
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
IMPERIAL STOUT LAUNCH 🖤 Brand new, our very first Barrel Aged beer is on pouring on both keg AND cask at the taproom for a limited time, and available in cans to go!
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Bad news for anyone thinking of responding to the consultation on the new electric vehicle duty.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Bad news for anyone thinking of responding to the consultation on the new electric vehicle duty.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
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It's fun how I think the student loan repayment threshold will soon be below minimum wage?
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's fun how I think the student loan repayment threshold will soon be below minimum wage?
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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BACURAU starring the late great Udo Kier now on MUBI.
Here’s a free month so you can watch it 👍🏻
mubi.com/t/ipad/globa...
Here’s a free month so you can watch it 👍🏻
mubi.com/t/ipad/globa...
I cannot recommend this movie enough if you're looking to honor the passing of Udo Kier. Trust me - you do not know where this movie is going until you get there. Such a great flick...
If you're looking for an Udo Kier film to watch, may I recommend BACURAU (2019), starts off like a worthy slice of sociopolitical realism and ends up as demented Brazilian neo-western exploitation. Don't read anything else, just see it. Contains one of my favourite film moments of the 21st century.
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BACURAU starring the late great Udo Kier now on MUBI.
Here’s a free month so you can watch it 👍🏻
mubi.com/t/ipad/globa...
Here’s a free month so you can watch it 👍🏻
mubi.com/t/ipad/globa...
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Cannot wait for GBNEWS and Nigel Farage to join the barricades about an arch Trump critic having his words censored by the BBC - they must be absolutely furious about this 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cannot wait for GBNEWS and Nigel Farage to join the barricades about an arch Trump critic having his words censored by the BBC - they must be absolutely furious about this 🤔
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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My favorite film of 2020, everyone should watch Bacurau. (And the director’s new film, The Secret Agent, is fantastic as well!)
If you're looking for an Udo Kier film to watch, may I recommend BACURAU (2019), starts off like a worthy slice of sociopolitical realism and ends up as demented Brazilian neo-western exploitation. Don't read anything else, just see it. Contains one of my favourite film moments of the 21st century.
Bacurau – Official U.S. Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My favorite film of 2020, everyone should watch Bacurau. (And the director’s new film, The Secret Agent, is fantastic as well!)
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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Despite widespread claims, there are not many mediaeval pubs still serving. The ones that survive are all inns. The best preserved is the New Inn at Gloucester. We know from tree-ring dating that construction began in 1432 and it was first mentioned in the records in 1455 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Despite widespread claims, there are not many mediaeval pubs still serving. The ones that survive are all inns. The best preserved is the New Inn at Gloucester. We know from tree-ring dating that construction began in 1432 and it was first mentioned in the records in 1455 🧵
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COLLABAGEDDON IN MAIDENHEAD! Thank you once again to @elusivebrewing.com for arranging the beery party of the year and to the incredible brewers who've produced the delicious dealings that Ben & Charlotte are now dutifully QAing. CHEERS! See you at the bar!! 🍺🥳
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
COLLABAGEDDON IN MAIDENHEAD! Thank you once again to @elusivebrewing.com for arranging the beery party of the year and to the incredible brewers who've produced the delicious dealings that Ben & Charlotte are now dutifully QAing. CHEERS! See you at the bar!! 🍺🥳
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Crypto fun: if you'd bought a load of ethereum, supposedly the future of crypto, in 2018 when it was still pretty new it has returned less than if you had bought S&P500. If you bought in 2021 during the last boom you'd be *down*, versus a 2x gain in the S&P 500 total return
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Crypto fun: if you'd bought a load of ethereum, supposedly the future of crypto, in 2018 when it was still pretty new it has returned less than if you had bought S&P500. If you bought in 2021 during the last boom you'd be *down*, versus a 2x gain in the S&P 500 total return
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A moment, please, to consider the absolute majesty of Daphne Oram's unbelievable score to this. A pitch shifted, time stretched, frequency agile glimpse of the future of music production; a liberty-taking all analogue remix of Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat realised in real time with the visuals.
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A moment, please, to consider the absolute majesty of Daphne Oram's unbelievable score to this. A pitch shifted, time stretched, frequency agile glimpse of the future of music production; a liberty-taking all analogue remix of Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat realised in real time with the visuals.