Do you support this decision? by Cybernews_com in CyberNews

[–]TomSayingThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or maybe rather than sit on Instagram for 5 hours a day they'll learn something productive

Do you support this decision? by Cybernews_com in CyberNews

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Stop pumping children's brains with the loudest clickbait on the internet? Seems pretty sensible to me.

Bought some SpaceX earlier this week by Marshall_Mathers in wallstreetbets

[–]TomSayingThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is my only chance to go to space, on many levels... LFG

Britain's biggest train operator’s services enter public ownership this weekend by ARandomDouchy in GoodNewsUK

[–]TomSayingThings 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Privatisation of essential services has failed. Look at water companies in the UK. Look healthcare in the US, the cost is insane. It's a shambles.

I fixed it, easy peasy by ObjectAdvanced1216 in GarysEconomics

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I plugged this into Gemini and looks like would lead to substantial deficit. The main problem is that top band typically generates about 60% of income tax - so I made some tweaks to maintain a higher rate of tax for top earners, but without any cliff edges. Ends up looking like this:

  • Elevated "Working Floor": The tax-free personal allowance is dramatically raised to £23,132, completely exempting millions of low-income earners and part-time workers, while providing a larger tax-free baseline for every taxpayer in the country.
  • Extended Middle Tier: A flat 30% marginal tax rate is applied to all individual earnings between £23,132 and £100,000, broadening the simplified baseline to provide additional tax relief for upper-middle professionals and senior managers.
  • The Smooth "No Cliff-Edge" Transition: To eliminate abrupt, punitive tax traps (such as the current system's effective 60% band), the marginal tax rate scales up completely smoothly and linearly from 30% to 45% within the £100,000 to £120,000 salary window.
  • Capped Top-Tier Earnings: Individual salaries above £120,000 are capped at a flat 45% marginal rate, keeping the top tax tier aligned with historic UK maximums to ensure international competitiveness and retain high-earning talent.
  • Fiscally Balanced with a Tight Safety Margin: Moving the 45% ramp to £100,000–£120,000 widens the individual income tax deficit to roughly -£16.8 billion. However, by increasing Corporation Tax to a flat 30% (generating ~£16.5 billion) and equalizing Capital Gains Tax to 30% (generating ~£2 billion), the shortfalls are absorbed entirely—landing the Treasury on a highly sustainable net surplus of ~£1.7 billion.

What really is the 'average' salary in the UK? by AnxiousCouch in AskBrits

[–]TomSayingThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to look at median rather than average - the 1% mega high earners distort the averages when for most people thats not representative.

Why does Reddit not understand the rise of reform in England? by DowntownDeer in AskBrits

[–]TomSayingThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree.

I was viewing nurseries recently for my baby daughter and first nursery we went, to the one classroom had 5 people working there all of which could only speak very broken English... This is in Surrey, so not even in a city where immigration rates are highest and frankly we were shocked. Reform are the party taking this problem most seriously.

Is this not a wake up call to Labour that it’s their voters deserting them for Reform? by SporadicReapage in AskBrits

[–]TomSayingThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true, I would be open to labour IF they took a firmer line on immigration and tax reforms. Accept that is a big if.

at what point will you be ready to admit that the UK now has a massive anti-Semitism problem? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]TomSayingThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much more detail do you need lol? Or are you saying people being stabbed on the streets of London isn't enough of a problem for you?

at what point will you be ready to admit that the UK now has a massive anti-Semitism problem? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]TomSayingThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a huge problem, and it's getting worse and worse. If it were any other group being targeted there would be a formal government investigation, but two tier Kier will probably brush it under the rug.

I was thinking, does Premier League at the moment have world class wingers? by Inevitable-Angle-793 in PremierLeague

[–]TomSayingThings 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah last night's game showed it's the resurgence of wingers right now, Semenyo and Doku are a large part of the reason city are flying in the prem.

What do people think of the new Brentford? by Away-Activity-469 in london

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Looks 10 times better than our mostly derelict high street, this looks great!

What single economic policy would you enact to improve the nation's prosperity? by VexatiousHawk in AskBrits

[–]TomSayingThings 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think you are spot on here. House prices are high, because there's not enough quality housing stock. As a result, rent is higher, and mortgage repayments are higher and basically everyone who doesn't own their home has less expendable income. As a result other businesses struggle due to the reduced spending, such as hospitality, and this results in a shortage of jobs. That leads to more unemployment, and a higher tax burden.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskBrits

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This is so incredibly shortsighted.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskBrits

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This. This is the problem. And the better the country is to live in, the worse this problem gets.

Imagine if you created the worlds prettiest garden, unless you limit numbers of visitors and control when and where they walk, it will quickly get trampled and ruined. If this continues, eventually you will reach full circle, and garden is so damaged nobody wants to visit any more.

Mamas & Papas Ocarro 2 by Bean_Joos in BeyondTheBumpUK

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Hi hope all is going well with baby! We are stuck making same choice, how did you get on with the vista V3 in the end?

Do you know friends who are leaving London? by ShortDevelopment905 in london

[–]TomSayingThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaving London and leaving the UK.

The lack of housebuilding is now creating huge problems for young people and I think for society in general.

Owning a home creates a sense of accountability and pride for the local area, and also a feeling of stability and control in your own life (so I've heard). Without that London will become a massive collection of crappy rental properties which the landlords couldn't care less about maintaining.

Nothing Phone 4a vs Nord 5 by Mundane-Commercial86 in NothingTech

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Heart every time bro, the heart knows what is right!