Tom Cruise Knows He’s Annoying

We start with the Financial Times, which we rarely do because often it's boring, but fresh test for Healy estate pension poised to cross income tax threshold.

This is exactly the story that we predicted on this podcast.

I know.

Every so often you think this podcast is a bit of a silly look at the news with an idiot who plays the ukulele every so often.

Yes, and, not but, but and, we actually spotted this one.

Here's the theory again then.

Because there's going to be an increase to the basic amount of pension, it will go over the amount that you can earn before you start paying tax.

And a pension should never really be taxed.

Otherwise, what are we faffing around? You've got the state giving you money and then taking some back.

You can't just say no pensions are taxed.

Otherwise, that becomes a bit of a faff for people who are earning absolutely loads and get the state pension.

even though there must be something you could do about that.

But my theory is still this.

Whatever the basic pension is, that should be the amount before you start paying tax.

That should be the basic rate of tax.

So there's your fresh test for Healy, if he's not sitting around in a pub testing his knickknacks, getting his scampi fries out in the local boozer.

No, mate, listen to this podcast.

Yes, it's mainly an idiot with a ukulele, but every so often, we were ahead of the curve on this one.

The front page of The Eye.

Russian spies recruiting UK teenagers.

Yet again, another job I won't get because of my age.

British children are being offered money, guns and training to make explosives and poisons investigations discover in a troubling escalation of the Great War.

True, but we do need to consider this story the next time someone talks about the number of NEETs we have in the UK.

The young people today, they're not in employment, education or training.

Well...