Are you being facetious? Such levels of wealth distort democracy with access to power. Such concentrations of wealth are bad for the consumer - it eliminates competition by swallowing up competition via M&As, market dominance etc. and don’t get me started on the term “self-made”

Exactly well said you would expect a financial planner would realise that

‘Triple Lock’ is a loaded term chosen for propaganda purposes at the time. It ought to be called triple layered safety net because that’s its actual purpose.

£12500 a year is generous. Really?

Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.

Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.

Lots of competing views on the SpaceX IPO. Personally, I just think it's awesome to live during a time where the IPOs sound like science fiction. How cool is that?!?

Ruth Curtice , Chief Executive of the ‘Resolution Foundation’ , who is calling today for the Triple Lock on the state pension to be scrapped, worked for 15 years at HM Treasury where she was Director of Fiscal policy. So we can be sure she has a very good, probably gold plated, civil servant’s pension herself. It’s always the same with people calling for the triple lock to be scrapped. The first question that these people, who want to reduce OUR state pension provision, should be asked when they are interviewed is ‘what pension provision do you have?’. The second is: ‘who funds your think tank?’ But of course these questions are never asked . resolutionfoundation.org/abo…

Is there an alternative path to the poorly designed and less effective than hoped triple lock? In Chart of the Week, we consider alternative uprating mechanisms and what they would have meant for pension values. That and more in Top of the Charts here➡️ buff.ly/YdqarcE

Is she running? Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell complains 'three men' are vying for No10 and suggests a woman will have to 'clean up the mess' trib.al/sX2EjTv

Andy Burnham would do well to ignore this fearmongering. We need a stable economy with a long term plan to boost public services & tackle economic inequality. Britain will thrive if we invest in people and places, rather than worry about shrill voices from the City of London.

Whenever certain campaigning around social media bans or Martyn's Law is brought up, I'm reminded of this Mitchell and Webb radio sketch from 2005. Here's a transcript: -- Those are the headlines at 5.09 and for an immediate reaction to today's event I think we can speak to Tom Hilton hello Tom? uh hello Chris Pal here from Radio 4, thanks for speaking to us. Can I ask what your response is to today's announcement that Rail North East will not be funding the laser assisted train early warning system? uh well yeah I personally think it's a shame So it's shame on the management, shame on the government? well I suppose but look - can I just say I'm really not the best person to talk to about this, I mean it's weird you even happen to to call me. You see by a spooky coincidence I actually lost my wife in a train crash. Yes, we know. one that exactly this kind of system could have prevented. That's why we were in touch with you Tom. oh! oh right. blimey that does seem a bit... almost... ghoulish. Well, no it's it's because you've got personal experience of a rail tragedy that your views are so important. really? I would have thought that it was because I've got personal experience of a rail tragedy that my views should be dismissed out of hand. No, no, look... Would you say that, to you, safety is by far the most important issue facing the rail network? well of course I would my wife just died in a train crash. Thank you. but you really should talk to someone else it's impossible for me to have any objectivity at all. Right, but, but if spending the three billion on the system could bring back your wife, that would be worth it? well, obviously, although I must stress I lack - any - objectivity. Nevertheless, what would you say to the minister? What would your message be to him? my message would be: minister, good luck in judging how to allocate your finite resources given the many competing demands you face.