@oldheinz.bsky.social
It's all nonsense. What is there to prevent any Chancellor tipping off his or her mates about what's in the Budget before it happens ?
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's all nonsense. What is there to prevent any Chancellor tipping off his or her mates about what's in the Budget before it happens ?
Could you add a column to the table for the growth of per capita GDP over the period ?
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Could you add a column to the table for the growth of per capita GDP over the period ?
Is maths teaching any better in the USA ?
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Is maths teaching any better in the USA ?
How much does Nick, 30, earn, and what does he do for a living ? Where does he live ?
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How much does Nick, 30, earn, and what does he do for a living ? Where does he live ?
Why "hard-working" Brits ? Why not just "Brits" ? There's nothing my self-assessment form that records how lazy or hard-working I am.
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Why "hard-working" Brits ? Why not just "Brits" ? There's nothing my self-assessment form that records how lazy or hard-working I am.
...and strange inconsistencies. If you want to encourage people to switch to electric cars, but decide to tax their use per mile, then surely the Budget would have been the time to unfreeze fuel duty ?
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
...and strange inconsistencies. If you want to encourage people to switch to electric cars, but decide to tax their use per mile, then surely the Budget would have been the time to unfreeze fuel duty ?
How much of the £16bn is due to lifting the two-child cap ? And what is the rest of the increase due to ?
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
How much of the £16bn is due to lifting the two-child cap ? And what is the rest of the increase due to ?
By what criteria is the UK the sixth richest country in the world ?
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By what criteria is the UK the sixth richest country in the world ?
I don't understand how this will work. If your only income is the state pension, and that is above the tax threshold, how will the tax due be collected ?
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I don't understand how this will work. If your only income is the state pension, and that is above the tax threshold, how will the tax due be collected ?
Would it be feasible to make all the government data the OBR uses to make its forecasts publicly available, so that other organisations could produce their own forecasts ?
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Would it be feasible to make all the government data the OBR uses to make its forecasts publicly available, so that other organisations could produce their own forecasts ?
You're assuming there's no Emergency Budget before the Spring Statement.......
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You're assuming there's no Emergency Budget before the Spring Statement.......
I'm not convinced that many Labour voters were consciously voting for 'economic rebalancing from consumption to investment'............
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm not convinced that many Labour voters were consciously voting for 'economic rebalancing from consumption to investment'............
Would the EU entertain the UK being in the single market just for goods ? Wouldn't it be regarded as "cherry-picking" ?
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Would the EU entertain the UK being in the single market just for goods ? Wouldn't it be regarded as "cherry-picking" ?
I have yet to read a convincing explanation, with empirical evidence, of how and why the Swedish approach resulted in lower deaths than the UK's .
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I have yet to read a convincing explanation, with empirical evidence, of how and why the Swedish approach resulted in lower deaths than the UK's .
Is there convincing evidence of a relationship between the level of retail investment in a country, and the country's growth rate ?
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Is there convincing evidence of a relationship between the level of retail investment in a country, and the country's growth rate ?
What is the economic rationale for ISAs existing at all ?
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
What is the economic rationale for ISAs existing at all ?
How are we (the public) supposed to distinguish between real briefings from unnamed sources, and stuff which is just made up ?
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How are we (the public) supposed to distinguish between real briefings from unnamed sources, and stuff which is just made up ?
I particularly miss the football hooliganism, people smoking on the top deck of buses, and the opportunity to breath in copious amounts of diesel fumes when travelling by train.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I particularly miss the football hooliganism, people smoking on the top deck of buses, and the opportunity to breath in copious amounts of diesel fumes when travelling by train.
I've just asked the question of Grok on X, and get pretty much the same answer as you've got from Grok 3
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I've just asked the question of Grok on X, and get pretty much the same answer as you've got from Grok 3
The BBC should offer to broadcast the whole of Trump's speech on BBC1 at peak viewing time.....
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The BBC should offer to broadcast the whole of Trump's speech on BBC1 at peak viewing time.....
There also seems to be very little BBC coverage of events in the West Bank and Lebanon.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
There also seems to be very little BBC coverage of events in the West Bank and Lebanon.
Why can't we have a nice smooth curve ? Or at least some rationalisation of why the thresholds and rates are set at the current levels ?
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Why can't we have a nice smooth curve ? Or at least some rationalisation of why the thresholds and rates are set at the current levels ?
E.g. Palestine / Israel ?
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
E.g. Palestine / Israel ?
Yes, e.g. all the speculation about "Will he try to run in 2028 ?
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yes, e.g. all the speculation about "Will he try to run in 2028 ?
Isn't that true of most European leagues?
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Isn't that true of most European leagues?