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But growth is important as without it we all end up fighting over the same pie which is really divisive for society.

Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think the point I would make is that the beneficiaries aren’t really the 1% (or whatever it is) but a different part of the population, in my own wider family that would be for example teachers on the first rung if the ladder etc who are not the 1%. Still the luck of the draw I accept!

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Are you seriously saying uk debt is falling? That is how I would read your message? Just a quick Google says debt went up considerably in the last quarter.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Can I ask a really stupid question? Lots of this analysis shows the people benefitting being those who have the assets on death but actually those who benefit are the recipients of inheritance. Does the analysis look at recipients at all?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just to confess I went 9 days a fortnight and took a pay cut to stay under shortly before retiring and I heard doctors doing it too

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was wondering if the proposed change would help the economy not just the individuals

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It would be interesting to know how many people are just below the £100k salary level trying to avoid breaching it, eg doctors? Would removing the cliff edge lead to a jump in hours worked and productivity?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes agree, I should have made that comment

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is a good policy the whole cliff edge thing is a nonsense and a massive deterrent to working

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What has he started!!

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It works pretty well in rugby

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well at least someone is

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Stephen bush posted what seemed a well reasoned article on immigration and many of the comments were what you’d expect on x, very sad

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So please keep it up!

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The collective responses here show why Bluesky is struggling

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Can you please give tips for reading habits eg where do you get recommendations from, how you manage to read a book every 3 days or so etc?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A short story: the little prince A classic: great expectations (Dickens) A page turner: Conclave (Robert Harris)

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I agree, it’s infantilising the debate, as if there’s no AI cause, no tax change cause, no wonder politicians lose respect when they just point score rather than put forward evidence based propositions

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And I should add that most of the people who play golf are quite old ie 60plus, it’s great for them mentally, socially, physically so why deprive them of a sport that is one of the few that old people can play

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I agree about that, my point was about golf courses

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Quite a biased article, my golf club is full of v ordinary people charges £20 a round and anyone can play, we also protect rare wild orchids on the course. It would be v sad if those ordinary courses collapsed after just recovering from covid probs

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I presume it was a bridge to explain the start of the film. Tbh I thought ‘the Return’ was more compelling which starts with Odysseus arriving back in Ithaca.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Isn’t the Trojan perspective effectively covered in the Iliad?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I never understood why Teresa May didn’t change her plan to taking say the first £100k of savings not everything but the last £100k, would have been much more palatable

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

No 1 in SF masterworks series that came out 30 years ago at a guess

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Please keep recommending books, I’ve tried a few you refer to in your FT newsletter lots are a breath of fresh air

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

AI Overview +10 "Defence of the realm" is a formal political and legal term referring to the protection, security, and preservation of a sovereign state and its territories. For info by the way

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I agree about the threats you refer to but you can have more than one threat eg the Americans you refer to are close to Putin and other authoritarians, we’ve got huge cyber threats, under sea cables being cut etc etc. Those Americans despise us so we have to be self reliant. NATO still matters

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So I get a lol do I, because I have a different view. Not worth responding to as you obviously just want an argument not a discussion

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I remember making your point to an old work colleague (from social housing) and he said to me people are really angry about immigration and it can’t be ignored. I had to accept the evidence for this, and compromise is needed in my view. I doubt Bluesky people would agree, but it is a valid view.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I think that’s where there is a lot of disagreement with the labour left having different priorities than others, so be it! First priority of government is to protect the realm in many peoples view, ignoring this would lose my vote. I know others will disagree (esp on Bluesky!)

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I said anti. My point was not about really obvious choices but about ones where some would agree and others may not ie more marginal preferences. I don’t like Ed Milliband he is a failed leader forever associated with that failure for many people, but I would compromise.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The discussion was about picking people who are all in the Labour Party (not members of a far right party) and therefore in most people’s eyes in roughly the same political territory to most people, so arguing to me seems an exercise in political purity (people’s front of Judeah and all that)

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I think you’ve missed my point

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Anti Should Saka have come on as sub v Argentina?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Everyone would pick a slightly different England football team it doesn’t mean everyone else is wrong and only you are right, we should have a bit of humility to accept the views and choices of others

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Accepting that someone you personally may not like may work out well and do a good job.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Starmer not good enough now Burnham not good enough either? Can any of you out there do a bit of compromise?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Maybe just maybe he thinks they will be effective? My centrist friends/family have been scathing about burnham, now the left wing are scathing about him too. Sums up how little compromise in thinking there is.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

England could easily beat the first half Brazil and second half Japan

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I really struggle with this type of comment it basically is an easy thing to say and implies the nhs is incompetent ( providing fuel for those who want to privatise it)

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Totally agree and that approach would also be financially responsible

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

You mean the Wes Streeting who is actually getting waiting lists down? Oh no we don’t want someone who could actually deliver his brief! It would be good if labour pulled together instead of this divisive stuff

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

That’s fine if you aren’t starting from a position of huge borrowing in the first place. Gov need to avoid a debt trap. Just saying there’s money to invest doesn’t mean there is.

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Could it be all those media outlets including the guardian are onto something?

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

You mean anyone but person advocating financial responsibility

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Tim J @tj63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

All these responses which basically say f the markets are in la la land, finances of the country are really stretched and it’s pretty reasonable to want signs of fiscal responsibility

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