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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
Dracula clears vampires of sucking blood
Breaking:
Reform UK has published its internal investigation into two of Farage's closest allies secretly plotted for a foreign donor to fund off the books polling
It has cleared both the party and Dan Jukes and James Orr of wrongdoing. A police investigation is ongoing
At the heart of its defence is the claim repeated by Nigel Farage that Jukes was a 'contractor', rather than someone at the heart of the party who was critical to Farage's operation
'Reform UK did not commission any of the three opinion polls. It did not contract for them, was not quoted for them, was not invoiced for them and made no payment for them. It holds no record of any of those things.
'The polls were commissioned by Mr Jukes, a contractor with several clients other than Reform and an independent commercial relationship with the polling company, on his own account and at his own risk.
'The findings of each poll, and the underlying tables, entered the public domain on publication. Nothing was supplied to the party before publication or beyond what was published'
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
It is time for the @BBC to change its stance on promoting Reform and Richard Tice at the expense of @LibDems. Reform won virtually 0 seats, whilst Lib Dems won more seats than the Conservatives. Time we saw less of Reform on the news and Question Time etc. #LocalElection2024
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
RIP BBC Scotland.
Completely shortsighted decision.
Don’t see why having a linear channel made mostly of repeats with the bit of live sport, “radio with pictures” and Scotcast wouldn’t be possible.
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
The referee let himself be provoked by a thumbs-up gesture. What a diva😂
𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐃🚨⚽️
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Evan Dunne had to make a quick adjustment after leaving two City players on their backsides 😂
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
I've repeatedly explained to this guy that the State Pension is a contributory welfare benefit and NI is tax, not payments into a pension scheme. So have others. He refuses to listen and continues to spread misinformation.
It is incredibly hard to get people to understand the State Pension when they think "welfare" means getting something for nothing.
This cannot be stressed enough. The State Pension is not ‘welfare’. It is, as Mark says, based on a contract and people paying in accordingly. And far from being ‘unaffordable’ the National Insurance Fund had a surplus of nearly £80bn last year. Something that the ‘axe the Triple Lock’ brigade never mention.
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
Hi there, we've verified all official Premier Sports UK feeds are working correctly. Unofficial devices accessing Premier Sports illegally often stream feeds from our other regions which have different schedules. Could you confirm what platform you are accessing Premier Sports through (Sky, Virgin, Amazon, Premier Sports Player) and could you provide a screenshot of the schedule on the platform you’re seeing?
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
Like my boss, I'm getting frustrated at misinformation about triple-lock reforms.
Pensions will still keep pace with inflation-year-to-year and long-term growth in earnings.
They just won't rachet up when inflation & earnings are volatile.
This makes things fitter for future.
"The new triple lock is not going to put pensioners into poverty. Pensions will still rise in line with average earnings."
🎙️ @HelenMiller_IFS explains how the new triple lock will work in our latest podcast: has the triple lock been fixed?
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
I think misspelling the name of your own country in a document about super intelligence is the funniest thing he’s ever done
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
I'm getting grumpy at claims that the old triple lock is a good way to increase the generosity of pensions relative to earnings
If a higher pension is desired -> just state the level &when you want to reach it; don't just hope that at some unknowable future date it happens
NEW PODCAST: Has the triple lock been fixed?
🎙️ @HelenMiller_IFS explains why the triple lock is an unpredictable way to increase the state pension, in our new podcast about the Government's announcement, out now:
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
The Liberal Democrats have been leading the national discussion on the failure of Brexit for a long time. Our economy will only thrive if we unlock the potential of British business by forming a customs union and joining the EU single market.
Labour is finally catching up... 🏃♂️
"Brexit has caused more harm than good."
PM Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is among 'different options' he will look at to reshape the UK's long-term relationship with Europe.
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
Doctors say radical plan to merge Scotland's health boards should be scrapped bbc.in/4dhSyf7
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
Premier League rivals want multi-season sanction and extended period outside top division for Manchester City, with
relegation to the Championship widely regarded as an insufficient punishment | The Guardian
theguardian.com/football/202…
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
All the Conservative MPs I speak to don't actually think this
Andy Burnham wants to scrap the triple lock.
Sign the petition to help us stop him 👇
ProtectPensioners.com
Community note
Labour are not cutting pensions, they are reforming the triple lock. Pensions will still rise every year, either at 2.5% or in line with inflation. Whichever is higher. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
No that’s not correct. The double lock did that (higher of inflation or 2.5%).
State pensions are paid out of current taxation - that’s a growing problem as baby boomers live longer.
And UK pensioners have high % from work pensions. That was always the plan.
Remember all the triple lock really does is keep an old age pension (which many have spent between 40-50 years paying into in with NI contributions) up with inflation so pensioners can afford to pay their heating & food bills. We also have one of the poorest pensions in Europe.
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Bruce Nelson #FBPE #FBPPR 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🔶 retweeted
Free personal care (sic) was introduced by the Labour-Lib Dem coalition, not the SNP.
(It’s sometimes good and sometimes close to useless but that’s a different discussion.)
Ah, so that’s why the SNP was front of Burnham’s mind. His big social care offer is something that the SNP has led the way on and delivered in Scotland. You wouldn’t know that from his speech, however.
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