“The Social Dilemma — this is how the world ends”

Oct 1, 2020 | Digital

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

Just watched ‘The Social Dilemma’, a new documentary which posits that Twitter, Facebook et al hook us in like drug dealers then use the huge amounts of data they collect to both control our lives and make their own fortunes. People have said that having watched it, they’ve immediately deleted everything and flushed their iPhones away. I don’t buy it. If these IT gurus were that clever, surely they could make a Covid tracing app that works? And arrange for Alexa to administer punishment if you break the rules? Having said all that, I was only half-watching, as I was checking my ‘phone…

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“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough to sort out the NHS; and the potholes; and…and the list goes on. My guess is  that they asked the Treasury for a list of anything not involving income tax that they could get away with lightly, although they should already have learned from the winter fuel stuff that all publicity is not good publicity.