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Added to this, there is a plethora of of working people in the UK and beyond who have greater sympathy for billioanires than they have for kids in poverty. It is perverse.
Billionaires avoid tax, donate to the Tories/Reform, call themselves philanthropists and then leave the UK when tax loopholes get closed.
They’re not patriotic, they are sociopathic.
Good riddance!
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UK billionaires fleeing to Monaco get the ultimate free pass, @andyburnham.
US billionaires (US republicans are to the left of the UK) must pay a massive "Exit Tax" or face lifelong IRS bills when they move. But the UK lets its elite walk away free. They keep their British passports, pay zero exit penalties, and entirely stop funding the public that helped build their fortunes.
🚨 NEW: The UK's second richest billionaire David Reuben has quit the UK for Monaco
He is worth around £28bn
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Mike Graham is ok with mocking Andy Burnham's late father's Alzheimer's.
For Mike, mocking dementia is a no, but Alzheimer's is good for a laugh.
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Even by @Iromg's standards this is heartless and appaling.
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opinion.scot retweeted
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
#BBCQT
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Tax billionaires and ban second jobs for MPs that are not with the NHS. Instead Tories propose stamping on people's faces for infinity.
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch has pledged to ban young people from claiming Universal Credit straight after school
She says the Tories will also make young people "the responsibility of their parents" rather than taxpayers
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Planks of the Week
🚨"The embassy was therefore providing them with diplomatic immunity, if true that would explain why they've been released."
Isabel Oakeshott, Talk's International Editor tells Kevin a theory on why the five Fairford suspects were released.
@TVKev | @IsabelOakeshott
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The replies to this are golden. TalkTV, Kev and Isabel pretty much owned themselves.
🚨"The embassy was therefore providing them with diplomatic immunity, if true that would explain why they've been released."
Isabel Oakeshott, Talk's International Editor tells Kevin a theory on why the five Fairford suspects were released.
@TVKev | @IsabelOakeshott
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opinion.scot retweeted
Scottish Independence Voting Intention:
Yes: 49% (=)
No: 45% (=)
via @NorstatGroup, 15-18 Sep
(Changes with 29 May)
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An autobiography?
I’ve written all about Tory cowardice, deceit and betrayal in my new book, Patriot: Empire, Betrayal and Hope.
And why I will never trust anything the Conservative Party says ever again.
Available on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/0j6adcXm
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“Christian” in the bio, “Cry more 💦” in the post. Matthew 5:44 must have been the optional extra.
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opinion.scot retweeted
Right, let's knock this on the head now. If you're calling for the security services to release details about the identities of the suspects of an ongoing terror investigation less than 24 hours after the alleged attack, you're a moron. And you have no business even pretending to be a candidate for high public office.
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He must be shitting himself with the fall in the polls to resort this kind of dog whistle, unserious pish.
I have been warning both in and out of Parliament for many months about Iranian agents coming into the UK via small boats across the Channel.
We deserve to be told the truth about the Fairford bomb plotters’ identities.
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This is so much performative bullshit from both sides. NOT A SINGLE THING WILL CHANGE. I guarantee it. Easy distraction pish.
🚨 NEW: The UK Government says it will defend the Falklands "by force" if necessary
"The Argentinians lack the ability to take the Falkland Islands. We have the ability to defend the Falkland Islands"
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