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Minimum wage at 60% of the wage at which you would be a higher rate taxpayer.

I know weak cases serve an important purpose by testing the limits of the law but this does seem to be a very weak case. If it’s untrue, that’s what libel laws are there for.

Sometimes feels like impartiality rules are rather selectively applied.

I bet they were.

“Pressured”? How, exactly? I mean I suppose I could imagine it being done for payment. Not sure that counts as “pressure”.

GDPR seems like a weird hilll to die on. Is it because it’s EU and they would be fine if we still had the Data Protection Act? My sense is that people like having restrictions on how their personal information can be used.

I’d forgotten about this.

Are contract killings more of an urban myth than reality? I’m reminded of that episode of Phoenix Nights when a woman tries to get the bouncers to bump off her ex. Goes along the lines of “so do you do other stuff?”.

I’m not saying they never happen, especially in the underworld. Just that people who weren’t in that circle would go to such great lengths and at a risk to themselves. Where would you even start? Never mind how you would then broach the subject.

Why is Man United doing badly still so satisfying even though there are boys whose voices have broken who weren’t even born last time they won the league?

I remember Les Ferdinand once saying that losing 2-0 at Old Trafford felt like a result because at least they hadn’t been completely humiliated.

About to find out if friends of mine earn over 200k 😔

As you do.

“But Kemi’s doing rather well”

Midway through a Parliament with a quite a tough economic backdrop and the government having no money for public services, an opposition would normally be ten points ahead.

@codendahl.bsky.social I’m going to Berlin for the umpteenth time and wondering if Spandau has a worth a visit?

Erm, pubs do already sell half pints. But rather liking the idea of Heineken doing a SWOT analysis and listing GLP-1 as a threat.