21 of the worst things people will admit to spending their money on
In an effort to push the Tory policy of cutting National Insurance, which would be funded by cutting in-work benefits, Rishi Sunak posted this comment.
It didn’t get the groundswell of support the embattled PM probably hoped it would.
i dunno i beg to differ https://t.co/WgCXwe3zJg pic.twitter.com/lArzp8hGVQ
— harry (@_hxrrybxtt) June 11, 2024
Aye true https://t.co/30IZjpnvVp pic.twitter.com/9CpqjQ5bJb
— Halloweeno (@VimtoTime) June 12, 2024
This is why, when I want a new hospital, I always buy it myself. https://t.co/b24h3r0pzr
— Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) June 12, 2024
But it got the real boss of 10 Downing Street – Larry the Cat – thinking about spending.
Reply with the worst thing you've spent your money on. pic.twitter.com/6kN0r3pqTz
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) June 12, 2024
Anyone who says they’ve never bought something they really wish they hadn’t is fooling themself, if nobody else. There were more replies than we could include, but these were our favourites.
1.
Buying a cat tree when I didn’t realise I already owned a better one pic.twitter.com/6nzXa5bInQ
— (((The Taiji Reporter))) (@TheTaijiNews) June 12, 2024
2.
My blue tick here.
— Planet (@Planet__Claire) June 12, 2024
3.
A clothes horse. pic.twitter.com/HVpnvivRQF
— Tony Williams ツ ️ (@J500ANT) June 12, 2024
4.
I bought $200 software from a guru called Michael Green, so I could make $20,000 in 20 days. ♂️♂️ https://t.co/XpTXObWJ3j
— Stephen Moore (@Stephen28780796) June 12, 2024
5.
As a taxpayer, funding the Tory government for 14 years.
— SpeakOutSister (@speakoutsister) June 12, 2024
6.
These glass birds for drinkies with a hole for a straw where the tail feather should be. pic.twitter.com/KnbSr37NGo
— Jayne Howard (@pevenseyjayne) June 12, 2024
7.
I bought a second-hand Mini Metro back in the day if you know, you know
— kathryn f (@verdiKat) June 12, 2024
8.
A cinema ticket to see Titanic. Walked out half way through. Such dross.
— Fran (@FranS199) June 12, 2024
9.
Smart black trainers for the office – March 2020, not been in the office since.
— RedManc*SB*86 (@Redmanc8) June 12, 2024
10.
The petrol that took me to the polling booth in 2010 when I voted Conservative
— Rachel Love-Howseman (@rachlove31) June 12, 2024
11.
I'm so bad at maths that once at Uni I got charged for 60 kiwi fruits instead of 6 and I thought whoah kiwis are expensive & went off home.
— Dr Finn Mackay 72nd Gender (@Finn_Mackay) June 12, 2024