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General UK politics VII -Return of the Starmer

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So, Farage is "promising" to cut taxes for everybody while simultaneously increasing spending on pretty much everything.

Looks like he's found that magic money tree...Or a bunch of dwarves mining mithril somewhere in upper Weardale...As he couldn't possibly be telling a bunch of porkies, as he is such an honest man.
 
Carrot Flower King said:
So, Farage is "promising" to cut taxes for everybody while simultaneously increasing spending on pretty much everything.

Looks like he's found that magic money tree...Or a bunch of dwarves mining mithril somewhere in upper Weardale...As he couldn't possibly be telling a bunch of porkies, as he is such an honest man.
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It's Liz Truss 'small society' revisited. By cutting taxes, those with the means to pay their way can, whilst the rest of the population can rot. When Reform and Conservatives bleat on about how Labour are going to raise your taxes, it's the rich they are worried about. Low earners hardly pay any tax so a rise in income tax is not going to effect them, except perhaps by a couple of bob.
 
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Same difference, he used inside knowledge to gain an advantage over the counterparty in the contract.

He traded (in the form of a bet) on knowledge he knew and that he know the bookies didn't.
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So what? Does that mean that smart people should be prohibited from betting as their greater intelligence gives them an "unfair" advantage?
 
Farage, standing in Clacton, wants the people of Clacton to actually pay to hear him spout his buullshit? What's the evening called? Shameless Grifter?
 
Reform UK candidate defends praise of Hitler's 'brilliant' tactics

Jack Aaron, who is standing against Grant Shapps in Welwyn Hatfield also described the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad as 'gentle' and said President Putin's use of force in Ukraine was "legitimate"


Only the best
 
Susanna Reid on GMB asked Farage "How can you defend 41 candidates for your party found to be social media friends of a Fascist leader?"

Farage says there will be a story coming out at lunchtime today where people will hear how Reform UK paid a large sum of money to a reputable vetting company that didn't do the work.

But Susanna points out it doesn't take a vetting company to check who's whose friend on Facebook.
 
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Susanna Reid on GMB asked Farage "How can you defend 41 candidates for your party found to be social media friends of a Fascist leader?"

Farage says there will be a story coming out at lunchtime today where people will hear how Reform UK paid a large sum of money to a reputable vetting company that didn't do the work.

But Susanna points out it doesn't take a vetting company to check who's whose friend on Facebook.
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"We can't even hire reliable people to do basic background checking. Please let us run the country"

Mind you after the last 14 years perhaps they thought ineptitude was in the job description.
 
Rishi Sunk just tweeted the following:

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Rishi Sunak
@RishiSunak
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38m
We shouldn’t be reliant on foreign food. Buy British." https://x.com/RishiSunak/status/1803018993118101771


So says someone who registered his company abroad, let his wife be non-dom until people complained, hung on to his US green card until people complained, bunked off half the D-Day commemorations. So incredibly patriotic!




_NOT!
 
Vixen said:
Rishi Sunk just tweeted the following:

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Rishi Sunak
@RishiSunak
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38m
We shouldn’t be reliant on foreign food. Buy British." https://x.com/RishiSunak/status/1803018993118101771


So says someone who registered his company abroad, let his wife be non-dom until people complained, hung on to his US green card until people complained, bunked off half the D-Day commemorations. So incredibly patriotic!




_NOT!
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I thought Brexit was supposed to bring us lots of trade deals for cheap food imports?
 
Farage statement on all the Nazi sympathisers he has for candidates.

"Reform paid a vetting company £144k to carry out candidate checks. Not a single piece of work was delivered.

Colin Bloom has links to the Tory party & has very serious questions to answer.

Lawyers have been instructed. We do not rule out police action."

Nazis want to stand for Reform and he paid someone to stop them but they tricked him.

If he has links to tories why did you choose his company and pay him up front?
 
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Funniest thing you will rea today.

Reform UK has consulted lawyers about suing the company to which it paid £144,000 to vet over 400 of its candidates in April but which failed to return a single piece of research.

Vetting.com is co-owned by Colin Bloom, a former Conservative adviser who once worked as a faith engagement adviser under Boris Johnson, who rewarded him with a CBE.

Reform UK is now exploring legal action as well as potentially involving the police.

Richard Tice, the chairman of Reform UK, said: "They promised a deep dive, particularly on social media, and adverse press checks, received our candidate data but then delivered absolutely nothing.

"Suddenly, a round of stories appear in The Times and elsewhere after nominations close, including some stories that are 15 years old. Something feels very wrong, and I have instructed lawyers to pursue this matter vigorously."

Mr Farage said: "This is an establishment stitch-up. The owner of the vetting company has deep links to the Tory party, and they have some serious questions to answer."
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