I earn £100 grand a year. I have a detached house. 2 cars and my wife is a full time home maker. I can just about afford this. I probably couldn’t afford the house I own if I was buying for the first time today. My salary puts me in the top 5% of earners in the UK. Top 5% to have a similar standard of living to Homer Simpson. That is a disgrace. We have a flatter salary distribution than Soviet Russia and the highest taxes and borrowing costs we’ve seen in generations. Success is almost impossible because our tax system means hard work makes you a stressed out tax cow, not wealthy and certainly not free. We need something radical. Less state. More family. Less handouts. More reward for risk. Instead. Tomorrow, Labour will offer another batch of policies which will send one message to aspirational Brits: why bother.
I read a piece in the FT this week about the price of being middle class in Britain now and it said a couple earning £436,000 combined take home £216,000. That’s a crazy amount of tax, and it doesn't include VAT on purchases, council tax, stamp duty or other taxes (I think does include pension contributions). I can’t stop thinking about it.
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You are lucky you earn that much as a wifebeater mate
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You can call an Australian a Aussie. But you can’t call a Pakistani a….. It’s funny the way people decide to take offense
Who is she to tell Bob that he's wrong, i was brought up always believing it was short for Pakistani.... people in different areas of England had many different names for things but that doesn't mean any of them are wrong. The left turn many normal words into something offensive. If you've been brought up to believe a word means something, when you use it & somebody believes it means something different that doesnt mean you are wrong. Offense is taken not given
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Aussie doesn't have historical racial background does it 😂 people can't be this thick?
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Heavenly Father, help me to trust You with the things I cannot change. Give me courage to do what I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, and fill me with Your peace, which surpasses all understanding. Amen.
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Welcome to prison 😂😂😂
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Paki isn't a slur, its an abbreviation of Pakistani Why are Pakis allowed to say Paki but white people can't? Go on Young Bob
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Same thing with the N word, use your brain 😂😂
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Great to meet and chat with @cfdownes_ True patriot and huge inspiration🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🫡
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Yes it probably is very inspiring to not work at all 😂😂
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Nose ring, face full of make up, bright red hair… Great professional look for a police officer.
Omg 🙄🤡
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You've tried to make yourself look like Marilyn Monroe mate, I'd sit this one out, you're like a Marilyn Monroe who has been through 10 WISH factories
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Uber Eats drivers collecting orders in Melbourne. STOP using Uber Eats, go pick up your own food. We don’t need millions of Uber Eats drivers. We need Remigration.
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This isn't in Melbourne, stop being a clown
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These people really think Britain was only built in the last 80 years.
Who Built Great Britain? Foreigner Gets Wrecked by @MontgomeryToms
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Canda is/was a part the colonies old chap, i believe what he was saying is that it was not concieved by 3rd worlders. Come to africa, ill show you the genius creations and the wonders of the 3rd world while we all die from unclean water in 2026.
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Can't even spell Canada
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Even in his entire 4 years at Arsenal, he doesn’t have upto that so what are you saying blud?
54 G/A for Arsenal in 3 years.
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Posted after a CL goal but didn't add any CL stats, stinky
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Rookie numbers if you want to compare him to the best midfielders the league has ever seen
54 G/A for Arsenal in 3 years.
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Steven Gerrard averaged around 19 G/A a season for Liverpool. 331 in 17 years. Rice is currently on Gerrard pace and Gerrard played higher up the pitch. Give it a rest.
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Now exclude assists from set-pieces and corner kicks
54 G/A for Arsenal in 3 years.
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We can do that and Brunade Launcher won't have any assists
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Not even that impressive icl
I beg your pardon???
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Enzo scoring in the conference league as a comparison? Give it a rest 😂😂😂
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It won't be the Russians. Its going to be gigantic Hordes of young Islamists doing home invasions and destroying cities. Just like France
Burnham suggests stocking up on tinned food and bottled water bbc.in/4jVhbCH
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Don't worry cunt bag, you are on the deport list too.
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Where you deporting me to 😂😂
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Can't count blud, where's the 3 years here 😂
What are you saying blud?
Community note
Declan Rice has 22 goals and 32 assists (54 G+A) across all 4 seasons at Arsenal since 2023, consistent with the quoted claim of 54 G/A in 3 years. The image shows only the most recent 3 seasons. fbref.com/en/players/1c7… tribuna.com/en/persons/dec… x.com/iokmm/status/2
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For clarity: Scholes: 62 G/A in 3 years Gerrard: 99 G/A in 3 years Lampard: 117 G/A in 3 years
54 G/A for Arsenal in 3 years.
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Scholes was 236 in 19 years. If he started at Arsenal as a kid, he would be cracking Scholes and Gerrard's numbers, maybe not Lamps.
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🚨When you say you're going to the gym @LucyTCWife. do you mean you're going to Greggs?
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@LucyTCWife I heard that young bob has started getting into the gym, maybe you could show him a thing or two
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CANADA AND UK WERE TOGETHER. Yes, Canada was technically under British rule in 1936, but it functioned as a self-governing dominion with significant independence. By this time, Canada controlled its own internal affairs and most of its foreign policy.
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He was a Canadian immigrant that initially went to Germany to learn, before coming to the UK to help on the spitfire.
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Who Built Great Britain? Foreigner Gets Wrecked by @MontgomeryToms
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Where does the surname come from? Family emigrated.
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Canada, a Canadian citizen born in Toronto. Do you dislike facts?
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A Canadian citizen born in Toronto.
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Smoking in pubs. Sat at the bar with a paper, pint, pack of crisps and pack of cigs. Everyone in the local was White. No TV sport bar nonsense. Good music, sometimes live music. Lively debate over a few pints. Could afford to go every day if one wanted. Everything died in 1997.
🇬🇧 UK PUBS 1990'S I wish I was old enough to have experienced going to a pub in the 90's like this. Looks so much friendlier, punters paying cash.
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People dont want to go out as much because its £6-8 a fucking pint people cant afford it, and when they can people dont socialise in the pub, they talk to the 1 or 2 people they are with and thats it. Like i said unless you were there you dont understand what the post is about The government, laws, tech companies, rules etc have all killed the pub trade
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You don't think people stayed in groups in pubs 20 years ago? 😂 What planet are you on? There's also still plenty of establishments in busy areas that offer what you believe has been lost. I've been part of both eras, village pubs are rightfully dead now, others aren't.
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