Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @dsmitheconomics
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
172
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
Various tweets discuss the rising tax burden and its causes, including an aging population and declining productivity growth. There is concern about how to raise taxes and whether increased taxes will lead to improved services. Some tweets also discuss the current job market, with strong competition for workers and low unemployment seen as positive signs.
Topic Modeling
- Increasing tax burden and its impact on public services
- The aging population and its effect on the economy
- The relationship between inflation, interest rates, and monetary policy
- The challenges for the future government in managing taxes and public spending
- The state of the job market and labor force in the UK economy
Emotional Analysis
The tweets cover a range of emotions such as concern, interest, agreement, disagreement, and optimism around the topic of rising tax burden in the UK. Some express worry about the impact of higher taxes on public services and dissatisfaction with the government, while others highlight the need to balance expanding public services and defense spending. There is also some skepticism about the effectiveness of current monetary policies in addressing inflation, as well as disagreement over the best approach to raising taxes. Overall, the tweets reflect a complex and nuanced discussion on a significant economic issue.
Trend Analysis
- Rising tax burden in the UK
- Factors contributing to the tax burden (aging population, decline in productivity growth, expansion of public services)
- Impact of higher taxes on public services and dissatisfaction with the government
- Debate over best methods for taxation and increasing thresholds
- Labor market strength and its effects on the economy
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
32
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of Original tweets
20
Percentage of total tweets
11%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
172
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
114
Percentage of total tweets
66%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
15
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
13
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for iPhone | 62 |
| Twitter for Android | 51 |
| Twitter Web App | 33 |
| Twitter for iPad | 21 |
| TweetDeck | 5 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| jkaonline | John Ashcroft | Economics, Strategy, Financial Markets, NED, Advisor, Chair, Speaker, Broadcaster .. John Ashcroft PhD BSc.(Econ) FRSA CBIM | 75,775 |
| andrew_lilico | Andrew Lilico | Whig. | 41,147 |
| dsmitheconomics | David Smith | David Smith is economics editor of The Sunday Times. His website is https://t.co/9Gs503sy0H. His latest book is Something Will Turn Up. | 40,018 |
| Sime0nStylites | The Columnist | Former Sage. aka David Hayward. Not ascetic. Best years far behind him. Pillar Talk substack. Owner of Felix the Dog. Lives in Paris. Poetry Phd in progress. | 38,617 |
| Gilesyb | Giles Wilkes | After advising No10 and BIS,writing @FT, now specialist partner @flintglobal, senior fellow @instituteforgov looking for authentic ways to improve us | 30,032 |
| asentance | Andrew Sentance | Senior Adviser, Cambridge Econometrics @CambridgeEcon, professor at Warwick Business School & business economist. Former member of BoE MPC. Guitarist & organist | 23,184 |
| DenisMacShane | Denis MacShane | Ex Europe Minister, Speaker/Writer EU policy, politics. Latest book "Must Labour Always Lose?" Contact via Linked In | 21,316 |
| danielrembrandt | Daniel 🇺🇦🏳️🌈✌🏿✌🏽🌿 | https://t.co/K9TfY7rlnj Democracy & environment. Social justice & transparency should be the norm. #FBPA #FBR #FBPR #LGBT #BLM trans ally | 11,677 |
| reedglobal | Reed | Reed is the largest family-run recruitment business in the world. We've been matching companies to talented professionals to help them thrive since 1960. | 9,828 |
| talbotlabTSL | Nick Talbot | Interested in plant pathology, fungal development, cell biology. I study a disease called rice blast. Executive Director, The Sainsbury Laboratory- Views my own | 9,739 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| danielrembrandt | Daniel 🇺🇦🏳️🌈✌🏿✌🏽🌿 | https://t.co/K9TfY7rlnj Democracy & environment. Social justice & transparency should be the norm. #FBPA #FBR #FBPR #LGBT #BLM trans ally | 11,766 |
| jkaonline | John Ashcroft | Economics, Strategy, Financial Markets, NED, Advisor, Chair, Speaker, Broadcaster .. John Ashcroft PhD BSc.(Econ) FRSA CBIM | 11,376 |
| Shieldmaid8 | KS ⬜️ #WATON #FBPE 🇺🇦🇪🇺🐟 | #CorruptUK #SardinesUK #WATON #No2Fracking #Resistance #StandUpToHate #GermanInUK🇩🇪 🌻 | 8,901 |
| FreedomKBF | GS #KBF 💜 | Family, Freedom, Common Sense, Live Life to the Full, Courage, Optimism Truth & Justice Question Everything Golf Tennis Poet Mother Grandmother | 5,117 |
| timbo19710 | timbo | sgtwilson@mastodonapp.Uk .Lawyer, writer, annoying dad, millions of ideas, some of them quite good. | 5,025 |
| johnthejack | John Peters | Unbeliever (political & relig), Wales rugby, #c4news, porridge, #MEcfs | 5,001 |
| Dan1763 | Dan Smith | - | 5,000 |
| Kethical | Ketan Patel, CFA | Fund Manager at EdenTree Investment Management - award winning Responsible & Sustainable Investment Manager. All views expressed are my own. | 4,949 |
| Holger_Nehring | Holger Nehring | German Brit. Historian of contemporary Europe, social movements, the #ColdWar at @ustirhistpol. #Diplomacy. RT and Likes not endorsement. Views personal. | 4,211 |
| LandlordInShow | LandlordInvestShow | https://t.co/xaf6aWFr0t is the UKs leading Property Exhibition for Landlords, Investors and Property Professionals. | 4,064 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| billwells_1 | Born in Poplar. Relied much more on Chrisp Street Market than Poplar Borough Council. | 15 |
| PeterMatza | qualified former corporate treasurer. not disposed to FBPE/Remainers, nor trite rudeness. RTs not necessarily an endorsement, Views entirely my own | 12 |
| JohnRConstable | whoami | 12 |
| martin_finch | Interests include politics, Man United, Wigan Warriors and Miami Marlins. Personal account, opinions not necessarily shared by employer. | 9 |
| reedglobal | Reed is the largest family-run recruitment business in the world. We've been matching companies to talented professionals to help them thrive since 1960. | 7 |
| Sime0nStylites | Former Sage. aka David Hayward. Not ascetic. Best years far behind him. Pillar Talk substack. Owner of Felix the Dog. Lives in Paris. Poetry Phd in progress. | 6 |
| AndrewG34558041 | I am ”the man who spoke for Britain”, question time, Barnsley, December 14th 2017 | 5 |
| danielrembrandt | https://t.co/K9TfY7rlnj Democracy & environment. Social justice & transparency should be the norm. #FBPA #FBR #FBPR #LGBT #BLM trans ally | 5 |
| Guy_Stallard | Hoping for cross party support for Living Wage plus polite political debate All views are my own & nothing to do with my employer or any charities I support | 4 |
| BernardGray4 | Picky investor in tech & media innovation. Previous owner of New Scientist. Longtime media player, sometime defence official & journeyman writer. Drives a bit. | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639946358651072514 | In 2019-20, taxes were 33.1% of GDP. This fiscal year, the figure is 36.8%, on its way to a projected peak of 37.7% 2026 onwards. The average tax burden for the UK is 32.1%, in figures that go back to 1948. (£)https://t.co/wNb5ZlY2jM By @dsmitheconomics | 16 |
| 1639966114280009728 | Interesting article by @dsmitheconomics on the rising tax burden, which I’d put down to the collision of two longer term trends: - ageing population pushing up health, social care and state pension costs - sharp decline in productivity (and so tax revenue) growth since the GFC. https://t.co/2sYkhFnmFS | 5 |
| 1639870555938598914 | Thought provoking column by @dsmitheconomics in The Sunday @thetimes about Britain’s high tax economy - an inevitable worsening too without stronger growth in the years ahead. A big problem for any future government. https://t.co/v0abL1LL4w | 4 |
| 1640088221479579648 | Years 11 & 13. You are on the finishing straight. Keep going! Apply your knowledge courtesy of @dsmitheconomics. This week, it's fiscal policy, particularly re. taxation: https://t.co/XPHejficYo https://t.co/aIWqgZa2xY | 3 |
| 1641318552933212161 | Doesn’t U.K. already have trade agreements with all these nations bar 2? India not a member and wants visa free access to UK in exchange for lifting tarifs on eg Scotch. No new advantage to GB exporters @dsmitheconomics @faisalislam @BBCSimonJack https://t.co/UeZE98b6Rz | 2 |
| 1639911814036172801 | @dsmitheconomics @Guy_Stallard As you would expect given demographics and the war in Ukraine which has reversed the Peace Dividend. The issue is how best to raise that extra tax. Neither Sunak nor Starmer seem interested in opening that particular can of worms. | 2 |
| 1639946140077400064 | @martin_finch @Guy_Stallard @oldtrotter @dsmitheconomics Simple solution: tax wealth | 2 |
| 1640000201115967489 | Great piece again by @dsmitheconomics. Higher tax burden to spend more but receive less from our public services. Higher public debt servicing and less than effective public services is not going to reduce taxes….but will@only increase dissatisfaction with the government. https://t.co/MTiO5gBp1a | 2 |
| 1639935118394503170 | Don’t be fooled, we’re on the road to higher tax says @dsmitheconomics - and with an increase in the debt burden this doesn’t mean improvements in services. https://t.co/s3ZAUsJmk6 | 2 |
| 1640066986305617920 | @BernardGray4 @dsmitheconomics @Guy_Stallard Hence the point about taxes needing to rise. We haven’t begun to internalise the consequences for public spending of the breakdown of peace in Europe. | 1 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639911814036172801 | @dsmitheconomics @Guy_Stallard As you would expect given demographics and the war in Ukraine which has reversed the Peace Dividend. The issue is how best to raise that extra tax. Neither Sunak nor Starmer seem interested in opening that particular can of worms. | 18 |
| 1639946358651072514 | In 2019-20, taxes were 33.1% of GDP. This fiscal year, the figure is 36.8%, on its way to a projected peak of 37.7% 2026 onwards. The average tax burden for the UK is 32.1%, in figures that go back to 1948. (£)https://t.co/wNb5ZlY2jM By @dsmitheconomics | 17 |
| 1639966114280009728 | Interesting article by @dsmitheconomics on the rising tax burden, which I’d put down to the collision of two longer term trends: - ageing population pushing up health, social care and state pension costs - sharp decline in productivity (and so tax revenue) growth since the GFC. https://t.co/2sYkhFnmFS | 15 |
| 1639870555938598914 | Thought provoking column by @dsmitheconomics in The Sunday @thetimes about Britain’s high tax economy - an inevitable worsening too without stronger growth in the years ahead. A big problem for any future government. https://t.co/v0abL1LL4w | 11 |
| 1638493759791935488 | @dsmitheconomics I normally agree with you David - but not today. Inflation is up to 10.4 percent and interest rates just 4 percent. There is still a big mismatch between inflation and the monetary policy response. | 6 |
| 1639943766655074304 | @oldtrotter @dsmitheconomics @Guy_Stallard The expansion of Health and public sector spending 2000 onwards were helped from revenue in Tax from the City till it blew up and we found out lots of the profits were never real. Then a peace Dividend post 1991. We now need to expand public realm and Defence at the same time. | 4 |
| 1640000201115967489 | Great piece again by @dsmitheconomics. Higher tax burden to spend more but receive less from our public services. Higher public debt servicing and less than effective public services is not going to reduce taxes….but will@only increase dissatisfaction with the government. https://t.co/MTiO5gBp1a | 4 |
| 1639334434452172800 | @Guy_Stallard @Gilesyb @billwells_1 @julianHjessop @ONS @dsmitheconomics @jagjit_chadha Or to Giles xxx | 3 |
| 1640004049968693248 | Excellent analysis today from @dsmitheconomics “it would be hard to argue that higher taxes are matched by better service” - indeed. https://t.co/0lYKG6AdIg | 3 |
| 1640088221479579648 | Years 11 & 13. You are on the finishing straight. Keep going! Apply your knowledge courtesy of @dsmitheconomics. This week, it's fiscal policy, particularly re. taxation: https://t.co/XPHejficYo https://t.co/aIWqgZa2xY | 3 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #economy | 7 |
| #finance | 5 |
| #ukeconomy | 4 |
| #budgetbriefing | 4 |
| #employment | 3 |
| #talkproperty | 2 |
| #uk | 2 |
| #springbudget | 2 |
| #budget2023 | 2 |
| #economics | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @dsmitheconomics | 172 |
| @guy_stallard | 32 |
| @oldtrotter | 27 |
| @thetimes | 26 |
| @jcharleslondon | 21 |
| @julianhjessop | 16 |
| @gilesyb | 15 |
| @jagjit_chadha | 15 |
| @ons | 14 |
| @danielrembrandt | 13 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
5
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🎙 | 2 | studio_microphone |
| 🤔 | 1 | thinking_face |
| 🤣 | 1 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 1 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 😢 | 1 | crying_face |
| 🙃 | 1 | upside-down_face |
| 🤷🏻♂️ | 1 | man_shrugging_light_skin_tone |
| 🆙 | 1 | UP!_button |
| 📰 | 1 | newspaper |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 5 |
| Objects | 3 |
| People & Body | 1 |
| Symbols | 1 |