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Shane Swindells retweeted
🚨 EXPOSED: LABOUR'S NEW BANK TAX RAID WILL ADD HUNDREDS OF POUNDS TO YOUR MORTGAGE BILL!
Former NatWest chairman Sir Howard Davies has delivered a chilling warning to British homeowners.
Official UK Finance data proves that Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner's new tax raid will force banks to pass the bill straight to YOU, adding roughly 300 pounds a year to typical mortgages for every 0.25 percent rate hike!
While UK public debt surges past a terrifying 3 trillion pounds for the first time in history, union bosses are demanding an insane 60 billion pound levy to fund Labour's benefit sprees.
UK banks are already the most highly taxed in Europe at 46.6 percent.
Instead of cutting state waste, Labour is squeezing homeowners, crashing deposit rates, and driving lenders out of Great Britain.
They treat the British taxpayer like an absolute cash machine while managing our total national decline.
RT and SHARE this everywhere to alert every homeowner in Great Britain before the October Budget!
Shane Swindells retweeted
In the 24 months since Labour came to power, we've seen;
• Employer National Insurance increased from 13.8% to 15%.
• The employer NI threshold cut from £9,100 to £5,000.
• Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds frozen until 2031.
• Capital Gains Tax increased from 10% and 20% to 18% and 24%.
• Business Asset Disposal Relief increased from 10% to 14%, then 18%.
• Investors’ Relief increased and its lifetime allowance cut from £10 million to £1 million.
• Carried interest taxation increased and moved towards the Income Tax regime.
• Dividend tax rates increased by two percentage points.
• Savings-income tax rates increased by two percentage points.
• Property-income tax rates increased by two percentage points.
• Most unused pension funds brought into the Inheritance Tax net.
• Agricultural Property Relief restricted.
• Business Property Relief restricted.
• Inheritance Tax thresholds frozen for longer.
• The non-dom regime replaced with a more extensive residence-based system.
• VAT imposed on private school fees.
• Business-rates relief removed from private schools.
• Stamp Duty increased on second homes and buy-to-let properties.
• The Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime abolished.
• Pension salary-sacrifice benefits capped at £2,000 before National Insurance applies.
• The Cash ISA allowance cut to £12,000 for most under-65s.
• A 22% charge introduced on interest from cash held inside non-cash ISAs.
• Restrictions introduced on transfers and cash-like holdings within ISAs.
• The Energy Profits Levy increased and extended.
• Investment allowances for oil and gas producers reduced.
• A new Vaping Products Duty introduced.
• Tobacco duties increased above inflation.
• Vehicle Excise Duty increased for many new cars.
• Electric vehicles brought into the Vehicle Excise Duty system.
• A new mileage tax announced for electric and plug-in hybrid cars.
• Air Passenger Duty increased.
• Climate Change Levy rates increased.
• Plastic Packaging Tax increased.
• A new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism introduced.
• Making Tax Digital extended to more landlords and self-employed people.
Together they represent one of the biggest transfers of wealth from households and businesses to the Treasury in decades - with no noticeable improvement in public services.
Whether you're a business owner employing staff, a parent paying school fees, a farmer planning succession, an entrepreneur building wealth or simply someone trying to save for retirement...
You keep less of what you earn.
You keep less of what you invest.
You leave less to your family.
Death by a thousand cuts is becoming tax policy.
Does that include the one behind Him?
Keir Starmer has openly declared war on British patriotism itself.
The Prime Minister has now threatened that anyone involved in putting up Union Jacks or St George’s flags will “feel the full force of the law” and be dealt with within a week. This isn’t some off-the-cuff remark – it’s an official position from the man supposedly leading our country.
While grooming gangs destroy young British lives, knife crime spirals out of control, and military-age migrants pour across the Channel unchecked, Starmer’s top priority is cracking down on ordinary people who dare to fly the flags of their own nation. Native Brits showing pride in England or the Union are now treated as the real threat, while foreign flags, certain communities and imported sensitivities get a free pass under two-tier everything.
The message from Number 10 couldn’t be clearer: loving your country, celebrating your identity and displaying the symbols that represent everything Britain stands for makes you a criminal in Starmer’s Britain. He hates British people. He hates our history, our culture, our flags and our fundamental right to be proud of who we are.
This level of contempt for the native population is breathtaking and unforgivable. The British people did not vote for a government that treats patriotism as extremism and national pride as a hate crime. The mask has slipped completely – this is anti-British authoritarianism dressed up as governance.
Enough is enough. The British public is waking up fast. Time to reject this regime before they criminalise the very idea of being British.
Shane Swindells retweeted
HE EXPOSED A £2 BILLION BRIBE
Lt Col Ian Foxley (@ianfoxley) was six months into his job as Programme Director for GPT Special Project Management (@Airbus), running a £2 billion UK-Saudi defence communications contract, when he stumbled on something he wasn't supposed to see.
Millions of pounds were being funnelled through offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands to senior Saudi officials and members of the royal family. Millions more went on luxury cars and a prepaid villa for a Saudi National Guard general. No legitimate services. Just cash, quietly flowing, as it apparently had been since 1982.
Foxley took it to the Ministry of Defence. The MoD took it straight back to GPT without telling him. GPT's Managing Director and HR Director, a senior Saudi Princess, then threatened to have him thrown in a Riyadh jail. A colleague drove him to the airport that night. He fled the country with the evidence and never worked in defence again.
Back in London, his contract was terminated. The Serious Fraud Office (@UKSFO) eventually launched an investigation after he filed formal complaints in 2012. GPT pleaded guilty to corruption in 2021 and paid £28 million in fines. The judge confirmed the UK government had known about these kinds of payments since 1982, and described the corruption as going on for more than 45 years.
Two GPT employees put on trial for paying the bribes were acquitted in March 2024 after their lawyers argued the payments had been authorised by the British and Saudi governments. The judge had already aborted the first trial after the MoD drip-fed disclosure to the SFO, revealing it had been concealing its own role for years.
Foxley filed a civil claim against the MoD, the Department for Business and Trade, and Airbus in March 2024. In March 2026 the case went to the High Court, where the government and Airbus argued his claim should be thrown out for being brought too late. Their position: the man they allegedly helped expose, silence, and bankrupt for 14 years simply didn't move fast enough.
His lawyers at Leigh Day (@LeighDay_Law) called this astonishing.
Meanwhile, Airbus is bidding for SKYNET 6, a new multi-billion-pound UK military satellite contract. The government is apparently unconcerned.
Ian Foxley prevented an estimated £170 million in further bribes, saved the British taxpayer millions, and helped trigger a prosecution that ended in a £28 million fine. His reward was unemployment, financial ruin, and a legal battle that is now in its 15th year.
The system not just fail him. It turned on him, and it did so deliberately.
Supported by @EndCorruptionUK | @LeighDay_Law | @WhistleUK
Sources: @guardian | @thetimes
Shane Swindells retweeted
🚨BREAKING: OLLY ROBBIN’S DIDN’T JOIN THE FOREIGN OFFICE UNTIL 8th January 2025 - 2 WEEKS AFTER PETER MADELSON WAS APPOINTED US AMBASSADOR 🇬🇧
So WHY has Starmer FIRED Robbins❓
ROBBIN’S IS STARMER’S SCAPEGOAT SO HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN, DO NOT LET HIM - HE IS LYING❗️
Just a pity we won’t be able to afford to use these new fantastic roads due to the cost of fuel!
Today we have announced a huge £27 billion investment in our roads - one of the biggest ever investments in England’s road network. From fixing potholes to building major new schemes, this funding will be transformational for the drivers and businesses that rely on our roads every day.
gov.uk/government/news/major…
Shane Swindells retweeted
So, as a doctor I can’t accept a plastic pen from a pharmaceutical company because it might influence my prescribing decisions, but MPs can accept thousands in cash from those who want to privatise the NHS and it won’t affect their decision-making??? CTFO
thenational.scot/news/259677…
Shane Swindells retweeted
Another.
This is now happening every day in every town/city across the UK.
This was a family run business, local produce, local jobs.
@Keir_Starmer how can you sit by and allow your Chancellor to do this?
Shane Swindells retweeted
⚠️ UK supermarkets are using MISLEADING food labels to confuse shoppers and HIDE imported products behind British branding. The investigation EXPOSED Sainsbury's, Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, and others for vague or missing country-of-origin labels - and the government allows it‼️
Shane Swindells retweeted
In 70 seconds time Christmas will be truly magical for one and all, thanks to this Yuletide medley by Dermot Mulligan and Dermot O’Hare.
Legend has it that Dermot Mulligan developed his impressive man boobs after a brief addiction to hormone replacement tablets. He often wears a turtleneck to accentuate them.
Good day.
Shane Swindells retweeted
I am the CEO of a $6.7 billion fintech company.
Last year I replaced 700 customer service workers with AI.
I called it "the future of work."
The future arrived.
It's worse.
In 2023, we stopped hiring entirely.
I announced it on stage.
People applauded.
Applause is how you know you've made a mistake.
We partnered with OpenAI.
I said "AI can already do all of the jobs that we, as humans, do."
I said this publicly.
Into a microphone.
With my whole chest.
We saved $10 million.
I put that in the press release.
Press releases are how you celebrate before the consequences arrive.
Our employee count went from 5,500 to 3,400.
I called it "efficiency."
Efficiency is when you fire people and the stock goes up.
For a while.
The AI handled customer complaints.
Customers complained about the AI.
It couldn't do nuance.
It couldn't do empathy.
It couldn't do angry customers yelling about missed payments at 2 AM.
Turns out those are the only customers who call.
I started getting emails.
From customers.
About the AI.
The AI was hallucinating payment plans that don't exist.
It told one customer their refund was "processing in the astral realm."
I don't know what that means.
Neither did the customer.
They posted it on Twitter.
It went viral.
Not the good kind of viral.
The kind where Congress starts asking questions.
My VP of Customer Experience scheduled a meeting.
She asked if we could "reintroduce human elements."
Human elements means people.
People I fired.
I said we'd "explore hybrid solutions."
Hybrid solutions means admitting we were wrong.
Without using the word "wrong."
I did an interview with Bloomberg.
I said "there will always be a human if you want."
A human if you want.
Like it's a topping.
Like empathy is extra cheese.
I announced a new hiring initiative.
We're bringing back customer service workers.
But not as employees.
As gig workers.
From home.
No benefits.
No stability.
Like Uber.
But for apologizing.
I called it "flexible human infrastructure."
That's not a real thing.
But it sounds like one.
The workers we fired are now contractors.
Doing the same job.
For less money.
With no healthcare.
I called it "the evolution of the customer experience."
Evolution means we broke something and fixed it worse.
But the word sounds forward-thinking.
We spent $10 million to save $10 million.
And ended up with angry customers, viral tweets, and a gig economy call center.
I'm doing a keynote at Davos next month.
The topic is "AI Transformation: Lessons in Leadership."
I haven't learned any lessons.
But I have learned to call them lessons.
That's the same thing.
In business.
Shane Swindells retweeted
When I was still a student at the conservatory, my professors used to call me ‘Beethoven Girl’. Not just because I was the best Beethoven player they had, you see I had an unhealthy obsession with trying to get these notes to resonate at Beethoven’s truest intent.
I read what he read. I ate what he ate. I engulfed myself in Voltaire and Kant to breathe the same air of Enlightenment he breathed. To experience the frequencies he could not hear but were realer to him than his own reality. I learned from his students directly — Wilhelm Kempff and John O’Conor.
When I realized every piece of sheet music was altered by production for copyright purposes, I flew to Europe to get my hands on the First Edition of Beethoven Sonatas from Budapest. I hand painted this specific third movement on the walls of my dorm.
I graduated the conservatory with this as my final performance and went on to use it for my audition piece to get accepted as a fine arts major in university. The piece in its entirety is 1 hour long.
Here is Beethoven’s Sonata No 17 in D minor, the third movement—Tempest—performed to the enlightenment with which he originally intended.
Yours truly,
Beethoven Girl
Shane Swindells retweeted
It's time to step up folks, we soon will be entering the restructuring phase!
Are you ready?
@CaptKylePatriot
