Annabel Denham

Tax is the confiscation of our property by those who want to spend it on their priorities rather than ours. It strips us of the ability to make our own choices and is nothing to be “proud” of. Our problem is not that people are taxed too little, but that govt spends too much.

BBC Politics @BBCPolitics

"I would happily pay more tax" Journalist Coco Khan says "tax is cool" and that she's "really glad" to hear historian Dan Snow say he'd pay more tax #BBCLauraK https://t.co/PuRv6lPnWe https://t.co/c0LnSpCn83

Britain’s immigration system is so broken that we’ve paid £53m for people who never should have been here in the first place to return home. https://t.co/JqTMdxkVmI

We have been repeatedly warned that Prevent is failing to target Islamist extremists and displaying bias towards tackling Rightwing terrorism. It has become a classic govt bureaucracy, expanding without limit whilst lurching to the Left, and should be closed down. https://t.co/gxXFGUA7kp

It's staggering how quickly Starmer has put voters off Labour. In Wales & Scotland they're polling below 20%. Their drop in the polls has been the largest of any newly elected UK govt in 40 years. Turns out the constituency for useless technocratic managerialism is quite small.

Patrick Maguire @patrickkmaguire

Think Labour and Tory MPs probably deluding themselves a little bit if, as some posts on here suggest, they have taken tonight's news as a cue to stop worrying about Reform...

Why not just give parents the £500?

Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer

I grew up in a working family, so I know how difficult it can be to make ends meet. We are feeding half a million more children every day, and in doing so we are also putting £500 back in the pockets of working parents who need it most. This is my Plan for Change in action. https://t.co/sIiqt5hzLx

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Reeves ruled it out last time. She still managed to hike taxes by £40 billion including a £25 billion increase in National Insurance.

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves has ruled out raising income tax, National Insurance or VAT for “working people” in the autumn Budget

This beggars belief. A complete failure of the British and French authorities at every level. @ShipleyWrites https://t.co/plMHOrUyrz

The new normal. Not being able to control your temper is a disability. Nobody is responsible for their own actions. https://t.co/kzSeo82P3k

Unlike in Britain, French politicians are still capable of acting in the national interest. Yvette Cooper can “urge” all she likes but when we’ve paid £500m for French police to stand idly by as migrants board these dinghies, she shouldn’t expect it to make much difference. https://t.co/PrQAbqesCx

Now seems like a good time to remind ourselves that the Batley Grammar School teacher who showed a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils remains in hiding *four* years later. This is the society we are now living in.

The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion

🚨 BREAKING: Hamit Coskun has been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, namely, disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress, because he burnt a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish https://t.co/25g5mh0LTU

The UK is spending almost twice as much on debt interest as on defence. Our political class are living in a dream world. We need to slash the welfare bill and raise defence spending to 3% of GDP (and beyond) as soon as possible. Anything else is just window dressing. https://t.co/RaTSkNzg7w