Mark
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@woodywudpeck.bsky.social Have a good weekend Woody
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@woodywudpeck.bsky.social Have a good weekend Woody
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Just a reminder that an individual's national insurance payments do not fund their State pension.
The average person's national insurance payments cover about half the cost of their state pension:
The average person's national insurance payments cover about half the cost of their state pension:
August 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Just a reminder that an individual's national insurance payments do not fund their State pension.
The average person's national insurance payments cover about half the cost of their state pension:
The average person's national insurance payments cover about half the cost of their state pension:
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The Online Safety Act is the first of many clashes with votes at 16 - it isn’t consistent to have citizens empowered to vote who simultaneously aren’t trusted with free access to information and content. Either they’re adults or they aren’t.
July 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Online Safety Act is the first of many clashes with votes at 16 - it isn’t consistent to have citizens empowered to vote who simultaneously aren’t trusted with free access to information and content. Either they’re adults or they aren’t.
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How on earth did one of the world's most cost-competitive chemicals plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons... edconway.substack.com/p/a-dying-in...
A dying industry dies a bit more
How did one of the world's most cost-competitive plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons
edconway.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
How on earth did one of the world's most cost-competitive chemicals plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons... edconway.substack.com/p/a-dying-in...
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40% of all corporation tax owed by small businesses isn't paid. How has this happened, without anyone noticing or caring?
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
June 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
40% of all corporation tax owed by small businesses isn't paid. How has this happened, without anyone noticing or caring?
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
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Here's a 👀 datapoint.
In January a whopping 67% of ALL UK exports to America were gold bars.
Ponder that for a moment.
67% of EVERY PHYSICAL THING the UK exported to the US (by value)
Totally unprecedented. Further evidence of the scale of gold outflows from Britain to America
In January a whopping 67% of ALL UK exports to America were gold bars.
Ponder that for a moment.
67% of EVERY PHYSICAL THING the UK exported to the US (by value)
Totally unprecedented. Further evidence of the scale of gold outflows from Britain to America
May 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Here's a 👀 datapoint.
In January a whopping 67% of ALL UK exports to America were gold bars.
Ponder that for a moment.
67% of EVERY PHYSICAL THING the UK exported to the US (by value)
Totally unprecedented. Further evidence of the scale of gold outflows from Britain to America
In January a whopping 67% of ALL UK exports to America were gold bars.
Ponder that for a moment.
67% of EVERY PHYSICAL THING the UK exported to the US (by value)
Totally unprecedented. Further evidence of the scale of gold outflows from Britain to America