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Choosy who I follow. No profile/no posts/no follow! No ads/boosts Anti-Tory/not pro-Labour/pro🇪🇺EU. FCA - very politically aware Half Celt: Belfast born/Lancashire raised: in East Sussex from 1986. Live 1 mile from the English Channel. EFC definitely.
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Labour’s looping mantras www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... 👇

A self-satisfied glow at completing my 2024/25 tax return online was extinguished by a message overnight saying that I no longer need to complete returns for future years. The irritation is that HMRC constantly assume State Pension increases yoy for 52 weeks: in my case there is 1 week at old rate.

And our pensions & the Government’s forecasts/Budget decisions are based on ONS accuracy! 😳🤷‍♂️ news.sky.com/story/money-...

What planet are they on, Mars? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I clearly ‘did my bit’ of playing a part with every other UK taxpayer in 2023/24 as shown by this summary from HMRC. 5.2% on Defence. Oh, and 11.4% on Pensions.

Is this Starmer’s way of saying the vulnerable will be further screwed, leaving the über-wealthy clear of add’l taxes? Not unlike Osborne’s ‘we’re all in it together’, except that we weren’t. Starmer calls on ‘every part of society’ to play role in defence www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Taking winter fuel payment from 9.3million pensioners will save £1.5bn a year. Guess where this year’s savings are going? bit.ly/3Hj7OLI

@liamthorp.bsky.social Brilliant piece - typifies the resilience of Liverpool & surrounds, sadly needed too frequently over the years & this week especially. Wife an Aintree girl, Dad born 3 streets from Goodison it’s heart-breaking observing 270 miles away. 😢 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Labour’s botched winter fuel U-turn raises questions over its purpose in power

True. Little traction but an accurate assessment of the perils of Starmerism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...