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 @59034767 

I can't stand calling prose "copy" either. Appreciate it comes from the printing process but why overload an already very overloaded word when we already have a precise word. 
 Q. is the #Pirola variant of #Coronavirus likely to offer the #Tories another chance to mishandle... 
 @43d7c4ea

 It's going to be bad. The long term toll of Covid is going to start to become obvious to many as well. Like climate change another "don't look up" example. It's only so long the media can make the population denie their own observations. 
 @43d7c4ea @b6548392 @46798d8d I agree that a wealth tax would be slow to implement but the article doesn't even try to address the numerous ways the ultra wealthy avoid income tax. Without broader tax reform to plug the various loopholes an income based next no matter how well meaning taxes workers and many high paid workers are mobile, their skills are in demand internationally. The truly wealthy don't work and move their wealth outside of what is classed as income. 
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 @87705a52 @129bca96 

Absolutely he's not the mega genius he thinks he is but people who think he's stupid are wishful