Had privilege of representing residents in West Berkshire, ex-cabinet member for Finance and Transformation- and then I moved out of area! Think I did OK 🤓
Reading, England
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The other thing I learned this weekend… Bagpuss was only one series of 13 episodes….. I mean… wtf….
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Oxford has closed all but one road to its main shopping centre. And this is the main pedestrian entrance to the same. The city needs a completely different approach to visitors if it wants to thrive again.
.@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 @NickFerrariLBC
I thought this was a joke, but after doing my own research, it looks like this is a sham and another example of the failure of government. There are over 140,000 companies listed and after a random sampling of 25 I have 17 flagged!!
Hey babe, the Home Office just dropped the latest list of companies who can bring 'skilled workers' into the UK!
From what I can see, not one of them could possibly meet the criteria laid out by the Home Office 🤷♂️
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I want to do a simple survey...
Do you think Brexit has been a success?
I'll publish the result on Friday.
31%Yes
69%No
30,285 votes • Final results Anthony retweeted
90 years ago today, Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts attempted to march through and intimidate a predominantly Jewish area of the East End.
Men, women and children, alongside local residents, trade unionists and anti-fascist protesters, came together to defend the community in what became known as the Battle of Cable Street.
They taught us an important lesson: communities can resist fascism by joining together.
Hate and antisemitism had no place in London then, and it has no place here now.
The quickest way Burnham can create tax revenue is to raise the 40% rate to £125k minimum. Many ppl are caught in a wealth trap and can afford to “live” on less than £100k to avoid the next tax level. I bet pretty much anyone in this scenario will take the extra £25k at 40%
Congratulations to my wife who banked £14k of her £30k bonus.
John Healy has kept the other £16k to fund critical services for undocumented love-makers, foreign prisoners, the idle of Pakistan with 8 kids, State Sector pay rises and Motability.
The tax trap got her in the end.
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My dear friend "Sarah" speaking so bravely here to @susannareid100
The fact that more women are coming forward only confirms to me that we still don't know the full extent of Worboys' offending, and why it is so important that he remains behind bars
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More women have come forward with allegations against convicted 'black cab rapist' John Worboys following the ITV drama Believe Me.
The series details the account of an anonymous survivor, 'Sarah.'
Drugged and assaulted by Worboys in 2003, she tells @susannareid100 how the police initially disbelieved her story, allowing his attacks to continue.
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IMPORTANT: PMQs Wed 4 Feb
Starmer asked 'did the security vetting he received mention Mandelson's relationship with Epstein'
Starmer answers: 'yes it did'
So Starmer had seen the DV vetting
So how can he have been unaware that Mandelson had failed that DV?
#receipts
god I really miss @GaryLineker on #motd said no-one. Why did it take @BBCSport so long to realise that the sport is more important than the presenters?
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@ Grok - show me a typically arrogant tweet by someone who thinks their career gives them a better understanding of a subject than someone who has been forensically investigating it as a random Dad.
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Almost everything this PM says now requires a community note.
The electricity price cap is not coming down because the government has managed to produce electricity more cheaply. It’s still the most expensive in the world — and forecast to become even more expensive.
The cap is reduced because the government has taken £117-worth of largely green subsidies from fuel your bills and put them on to general taxation. You’re still paying for them — just in a different way.
And as your taxes go up to meet these green levies the cap is still £73 higher than when Labour came to power. So your energy bills are not coming down — though Labour promised they would — and the overall tax burden is at a record high.
There PM. Sorted it for you.
Today the energy price cap has dropped by £117.
We said we’d bring energy bills down - we meant it.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The price cap falls £117 to £1,641 from April, but the government says the cut mainly reflects removing about £150 of charges from bills shifted to taxpayers, and the cap is still £73 above mid‑2024. gov.uk/government/new…
How bad is politics now - think I would make a better go of it… hit me up if you want me as your MP - think I’m Henley 😎
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Righteous anger from Thomson: "Who here would tell a constituent who cannot afford to put food in their mouth that their solution is to put male members in their mouth? No one."
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In this video, it appears the victim's gun was already seized prior to the first shot being fired.
The border patrol agent in the grey jacket and baseball cap removes the firearm and walks away from the scene.
This is why I struggle with @reformparty_uk and all their minions - as a grandson of a Jewish Russian immigrant (white btw - which helps) - All we want is the best person for the right job.
Today, the Deputy Speaker presiding over the Budget Statement in the UK House of Commons is Nus Ghani.
Nus Ghani was born in Kashmir, Pakistan.
There should not be a single person born in Pakistan in the UK House of Commons.
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Reading plans to keep Tilehurst if West Berkshire joins Oxfordshire ift.tt/qQFNeSU