Aaron Rankin
@Aaron_R_Rankin
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Anglo-Aussie, former @Conservatives parliamentary candidate & Northern Ireland Conservatives Exec. Fintech aficionado. Views are my own. [email protected]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined June 2011
“As we leave the European Union we now have more control over our destiny than we’ve ever had. As the UK re-engages with the rest of the world, we share in the new opportunities that brings” @News_Letter
https://t.co/i5LIZeLV7w
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In his letter of August 26, Thomas Stewart posed the question: “Is there a case for the Union?”
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The Budget is getting universally panned by the @bbcquestiontime audience Quite the feat! #bbcqt
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"Fueled by post-Brexit trade agreements, the UK leads its peers with 39 trade deals" Only regained independence 5 years ago, but already the UK is out in front "leading its peers" Thanks Brexit!
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I was going to replay all the Zelda games this month but I guess I’m now pivoting to spending all my free time playing UK Politics Simulator
There's now a POLITICS version of Football Manager?! 😂
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The final result! Worked out ok, quite rich, not bad for a first go
Right it’s starting to get cold so I’m making oxtail soup for dinner
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Right it’s starting to get cold so I’m making oxtail soup for dinner
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Pension savings (or lack thereof) are a huge issue in the UK, however Rachel Reeves is going to make this issue a whole lot worse by taxing them! It’s making one problem worse in a futile attempt to tackle another
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves will use the Budget to impose a £2k-a-year limit on how much salary can go into a pension before paying National Insurance The move will raise £2bn and hit salary sacrifice schemes [@thetimes]
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In a normal country “the Prime Minister has his own special law protecting his pension, but intends to make yours more expensive” would be a scandal or a right wing conspiracy theory.
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves will use the Budget to impose a £2k-a-year limit on how much salary can go into a pension before paying National Insurance The move will raise £2bn and hit salary sacrifice schemes [@thetimes]
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This is the fundamental problem with the EU over the past decade, they’ve been trying to find more ways to fund the project with other peoples money but never looking at the purpose of the project If they do start issuing collectivised debt, what will the money be used for to
New Dutch Central Bank chief warns against eurobonds: "The risk is that it will only lead to higher debt"
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It won’t surprise anyone that the Greens are all that great at maths
Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns. Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth. Time to tax the super-rich properly.
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With the tidal wave of incompetence today from Lammy’s performance to TWO prisoners getting released by accident I think this Labour Government might very well collapse before The Budget in a few weeks
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As if that makes the situation any better!
UPDATE: The wrongly released prisoner is *not* an asylum seeker, I'm told. "This shows it's wise to check all your facts," a source says of Cartlidge's questions. More info expected on his immigration status later.
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It’s unbelievable that this is the second manhunt launched for a foreign criminal released from prison by accident How does such a thing happen twice?!!
UK police launch manhunt after Algerian man released in error from Wandsworth prison Follow live:
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Sitrep on the markets following Rachel Reeves latest utterance
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Surprised at the bottom 2, that said when I go to Cyprus everyone there assumes I’m either Russian or Israeli
I am actually quite surprised that AI was able to tell I am British. Impressive.
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I suppose the question today is will Sinn Fein go full “Paddystanian” as it were & collapse the Northern Ireland Assembly over Palestine rather than doing something worthwhile within their actual remit?
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Meanwhile in Scotland
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I think I can call my first attempt at Scotch Broth a broad success, it looks like the stuff you get in a tin at any rate
With the cold weather moving in I’m having a go at Scotch Broth tonight Naturally I’m using the pressure cooker as I’m to impatient to simmer it for 2 hours
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With the cold weather moving in I’m having a go at Scotch Broth tonight Naturally I’m using the pressure cooker as I’m to impatient to simmer it for 2 hours
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