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Caroline Mortimer retweeted
A newly created Polymarket account invested over $30,000 yesterday in Maduro's exit. The US then took Maduro into custody overnight, and the trader profited $400,000 in less than 24 hours. Insider trading is not only allowed on prediction markets; it's encouraged.
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Could we run out of water? “People would be shocked if they knew just how close we’ve come", a former Environment Agency officer told me. To many on this damp little island, the idea’s preposterous. But it’s a very real threat. Here's what I know...
watershedinvestigations.com/…
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
This FT graph showing the student loans threshold and the minimum wage converging is quite the thing.
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
I can only speak to us who have plan 2 student loans, but my marginal tax will be 51% on any earnings above £50k. Makes it really difficult to justify picking up any additional shifts, or not reducing my existing hours. Such a backwards system that disincentivises working hard.
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.@DanNeidle is right and I would add: it's the young grads on ~£50-80k who are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the freeze.
A 30 year old earning 50% above median wages would have paid ~£10-11k in taxes and loan repayments in 2020. A 30 year old in 2030 will pay almost double that, a huge rise relative to wage growth.
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
So triple-locked pensions and benefits rise with inflation -- but not tax thresholds or student loan repayment levels? That seems weird to me, totally unequal fiscal drag on working people vs recipients of state spending.
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
Treasury confirms threshold increases will see basic state pensions now subject to income tax
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
There are now 25 fire engines and 150 firefighters responding to the fire in #Southall.
This will be a protracted incident with crews carrying out firefighting operations throughout the day.
More info london-fire.gov.uk/incidents…
ALT A firefighter using a ground monitor to project water onto a burning structure.
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
Read my full exposé for @_TheLondoner here:
the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-00…
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
The more you think about it, the more extraordinary - and disturbing - it is...
A group of hackers have singlehandedly caused a fall in UK GDP. Weeks ahead of the Budget.
Can anyone think of a parallel in recent economic history? I can't.
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
guy who’s listened to 10 taylor swift songs: you have to listen to fearless
guy who’s listened to 100 taylor swift songs: you have to listen to coney island from the underground album evermore
guy who’s listened to 1000 taylor swift songs: you have to listen to fearless
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
The trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and former Daily Apple editor Jimmy Lai is expected to conclude tomorrow morning.
@vicderbyshire spoke to his son, Sebastien Lai, earlier this month.
#Newsnight
“Even if he gets five years, that's a death sentence.”
Sebastien Lai, the son of British Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, says he fears his father will die if he is not released soon.
#Newsnight
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
Homelessness among disabled households has risen 72% in just 4 years. This is what happens when governments gut the welfare system, let housing costs soar and fail to build accessible homes. No fault evictions are making this even worse - their ban cannot come soon enough!
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Newsnight can reveal there has been another Afghan data breach. The Ministry of Defence sent emails to those affected on Friday afternoon 🧵
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
"They were our friends... we must ensure that they receive more than the minimum protection."
Labour MP Calvin Bailey, who worked alongside Afghan 'Triples' as an RAF commander, on Newsnight's interview with an Afghan whose family is at risk of Taliban retribution.
#Newsnight
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
"Please help my family and avoid their murder by the Taliban."
The son of an Afghan who fought the Taliban alongside the British army calls for urgent help from the government. His father was seized by Pakistani authorities and expects to be deported to Afghanistan.
#Newsnight
Caroline Mortimer retweeted
I’ve been told by several people I’ve met that they’ve been offered or have heard of opportunities by council housing staff/officers to be pushed up to the top of council waiting lists in exchange thousands of £’s (on the hush)
If you have seen advertisements of this or know of people that have been offered this please reach out.
RT 🙏🏽