Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much says Nigel Farage – politicalbetting.com
Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much says Nigel Farage – politicalbetting.com
EXC: Nigel Farage defends Reform-run Kent County Council increasing council tax by 3.99% despite election leaflets last year pledging to “reduce waste and cut your taxes”.Mr Farage told me: “Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much, I suppose.”@itvmeridian pic.twitter.com/YybyUQnbfW
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What more could you want.
I guess Farage's strongest argument is that it's a below-inflation increase, so a cut in real terms, which he advances in the interview linked to... except he's wrong there too. 3.99% is above inflation.
Sub par May results and he will be off to the States
My late father in law played bowls with Isbel MacDonald, Ramsay's daughter
But then again I’m cynical
Freedom is slavery.
Tax rises are tax cuts.
But with Farage, black is never white.
She has only lost twice, that is in mud. Today she became a racing legend. ❤️
https://x.com/i/status/2031392984327987642
I am not into racing but what connection if any does it have with Lossiemouth ?
Anyway, Labour v Tory for next election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tQnH77XxBE
Maybe unfair, but the conservatives certainly did and labour look like they may be having the same problem
Separately the way the right wing press, which is most of our press, cover Starmer is absurd and it is inevitable that those consuming it think he is far more clueless than he is (and, yes, he is a bit clueless in some areas).
https://x.com/EP_President/status/2031340755294249434
God speed and safe return
Solidly back in the blue column. Couldn't stand Jenrick.
There is a real chance that Farage called it very wrong in taking in any old Tory waifs and strays. I think he knows it. The fire has gone from his belly.
https://x.com/datarepublican/status/2031208053945618828
TL:DR of course you haven’t. Because it’s not for you, it’s for the Senators and it’s how the corporate sponsors of the Senate do their work.
Otherwise another win and 2 places at E/W a good day.
Theyve blown it and Nigel knows it
Labour minority, Tory opposition i think
But it is a mistake to think of Iran as another Afghanistan.
..Wałęsa regarded a victory by Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election as a "misfortune" both for the United States and the world, without providing further explanation.[69] In March 2025, he and other former Polish political prisoners wrote a letter to Trump expressing their "horror and distaste" with his conduct during a contentious meeting between him and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which took place in the backdrop of American aid during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[70] Wałęsa has actively backed Ukraine's defence, calling upon NATO to continually provide support and suggesting a Ukrainian victory is imperative to protecting democracy.[71] He calls for reducing Russia's population to “less than 50 million inhabitants” by organizing an “uprising of the peoples” who have been “annexed” so that Russia no longer poses a threat to neighboring countries...
Tice and little Reform stooge Guido besmirching YouGov.
Reform have previously attacked Focaldata and Ashcroft for not producing figures to wank into a flag to.
Writing in The American Conservative, Dalrymple contemplates the paradox of Keir Starmer’s premiership: a leader of no discernible talent whose most compelling argument for remaining in office is that his likely replacements would be worse still. He reflects on the crisis of political legitimacy in Britain, the collapse of the two-party system, and the dangerous illusion that change from a bad situation can only be for the better.
"In politics, the usual choice is between the bad and the worse, not between the bad and the good—and history shows that those who elect a politician because he is good, and not because he is merely better than the alternative, usually end up disappointed, disillusioned, and even embittered. Politics, at least in the modern age, is not a metier for good people."
Read the full essay here."
https://www.skepticaldoctor.com/
No.
Maybe he's lost his touch.
It's much more likeable than my weird, sinister, dark-noomy Trilobite
So, a good day
I voted for him as leader, and think he would have done better than Kemi.
I realise that the SB were not technically Russian, but that is a distinction without a difference.
"We’re reaching out to let you know about a change to the National Rail Conditions of Travel. From Weds 1 April 2026, any refund requests will need to be submitted by 23:59 on the day before you are due to travel. This is an industry-wide change designed to help tackle fares fraud."
Does anyone understand this. How can you request a refund before your travel when you don't know whether the train's going to be late or not?
And, more generally, his success is predicated on keeping the rage boiling for 5 years.
People get bored with being apoplectic
Strong signs of the same from Reform at any poll they don’t like.
The reality is they’re going backwards.
So, you buy a ticket from Paddington to Bath, on the Tuesday, intending to travel the coming Saturday. Up until Friday midnight you can ask for your money back, and not travel, and they will do that happily. They refund you instantly (I've done this myself several times, and they are brisk and efficient)
I presume people are gaming the system and actually travelling and THEN claiming a refund, as if they never travelled. This stops that. You will still be able to claim for delays, on actual trains you use. That is a different system
You're welcome
If they can take the moment and do something on cost of living they’re right back in the game IMHO.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2031402408912314833
Witkoff says that he and Jared Kusher yesterday had a call with Putin adviser Yuri Ushakov "independently" of Trump
Witkoff: "The Russians said they have not been sharing. That's what they said. We can take them at their word."..
No words.
https://x.com/DanNeidle/status/1547167726963236864?s=20&t=YmVWIg3880cGDi4t4jfREQ
Watch Wajda's great films Man of Marble, and Man of Iron.
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https://x.com/JavierBlas/status/2031418502842638813
I've never worked in Iran but I've shot a raunchy underwear ad in Beirut that wouldn't have passed the ITCA in the UK. The other thing I always notice is how cultured the people are. They know films from different countries. They're old civilisations and even the most junior people often surprise you with their lateral thinking. My Turkish producer is gay and she's taken me to places in Istanbul I didn't know existed anywhere! They've also got more varieties of dope than Costa have varieties of coffee!