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@x_brum Just been to the city centre and it is rammed. Traffic to get in, people on the streets.

Its alive and kicking

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@baber007 You need more advanced cameras that can face track the driver and passenger because a lot of the speeding is done using stolen vehicles and cloned plates

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And now its been announced that she has died from the injuries at the hands of a 21 year old male.

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Ask them about yet another stabbing of a female in Birmingham area and why the government havent made knifes a national crisis but instead allowed it to fester with weak sentencing, increased poverty, and an all ready decaying Britain.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I have been selected to ask Starmer a question next week at PMQs...

What do you think I should ask him?

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@Miss_Snuffy You would be perfect for Education Secretary.

Why do we not employee the best of the best for each position instead of gifting the roles to friends within the party?

[Halesowen Police @HalesowenWMP]

Halesowen NHT was proud and privileged to stand with our community this morning, remembering those who gave their lives for us. We will never forget. #RemembranceDay #WeWillRememberThem

[City of Birmingham Rockets @cobrockets]

📊 Our top performers from yesterday’s win in Bristol!

Catch the team in action next Saturday as we host Essex Rebels during family night - presented by the Royal Navy!

🎫 https://t.co/H8k4FrmHVw

Let’s go Birmingham. Let’s go Rockets!! 🚀

#WeAreRockets

[Friends of Bradford Street @Bradford_St_Bhm]

Our next litter pick is happening this Saturday at 11am, meeting outside @anchordigbeth as usual. Hope to see you there!

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Im a working person and respectfully encourage them to better handle the money they currently take from me and others before they feel the need to take more to give less.

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@KarlTurnerMP @Keir_Starmer He is a public traitor cutting the thread that this country is hanging from

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Tax. We’ve all become so used to it, we forget how much we’re actually paying. It is relentless, even beyond death. And for what? If we had a semblance of functioning public services, I could maybe stomach it. But we don’t, so what are we actually paying all of this money for?

We are subject to Scandinavian levels of tax for third-world levels of competence - what a toilet deal.

Earn a salary. Income tax, a fifth gone before we’ve even started. National insurance, more on top of that. What for? A ‘world-class’ health service? The NHS? Ha. Good luck.

Even getting to work costs - taxes on buying a car, running a car, insuring a car. Vast amount of road tax. Is that being well spent? Unless you want potholes you can paddle in, the answer is no. A road network built for half the amount of cars. How’s that going? It takes twice as long to get anywhere. Fuel duty and tax on insurance - whack that on top too. Congestion charges, tolls, fines and more. It goes on and on and on.

Forget getting the train, that’ll cost twice as much and never runs on time - a season ticket into London costs thousands. Unaffordable. Yet the trains so often run empty? Maybe that system isn’t working…

VAT on anything that moves - getting taxed to buy products/services, from already taxed money.

Tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax. Then more tax.

Did you go to university? Your ‘loan’ isn’t loan, it’s a tax. Interest is so sharp, you’re just paying that off each month. Hundreds gone, to pay for a sociology degree a decade ago. Ouch. Why are we saddling our youngsters with so much debt, with so much interest on top of that? Madness.

Manage to put a few quid away to save? That gets taxed too - ISAs will be under attack in the budget. Profit made on successful investments, what happens? You guessed it. Tax.

Somehow you’ve scrabbled a deposit together for a property. Well done.

Paying half a million quid for a semi-detached? Not cheap. Stamp duty means you get slapped for thousands. Obviously first time buyer exemptions mean less and less as house prices soar.

You’re in the house. Great news. Or so you thought. Council tax. Going up seemingly by 5% every year. Thousands of pounds a year. For what? To collect the bins? Really? Don’t forget the extra costs to have your garden waste removed. Brilliant.

More insurance taxes, and of course VAT on any improvements you want to make. Bills soaring, with tax slapped onto every corner of it - green levies and the rest.

How depressing. Time for a pint.

Alcohol duty. Because of course. Why wouldn’t they throw extra tax on it? I’m not a smoker, but the same applies. Even holidays. Air passenger duty to put a few extra quid onto the price of a trip away. Just for good measure.

You’re limping on through. Maybe you decide that starting your own business is the way to go?

You get it up and running, starting to make a reasonable profit. Take a small salary - to pay for such luxuries as food and heating. As we know, that gets taxed.

Alongside the costs. National Insurance. Business rates. Fees and licences. It is endless.

What’s left after all that? A profit? Surely good news?

Bang. Corporation tax. A big slice gone. After that, we can enjoy a handsome profit. Right?

Nope. Dividend tax. With its brutal thresholds. What slivers you do take get taxed all over again when you want to actually buy something. Obviously.

And the final kick in teeth.

Inheritance tax.

After everything, somehow, you’ve managed to put a reasonable amount of money away. After all that tax, you’ve succeeded in building a financial legacy to pass to your children - your business, and your own savings.

Money you were taxed on the day you earned it, taxed when you saved it, taxed when you invested it, taxed to build your business. It gets taxed one final time. On both your personal savings, and also the value of your company.

Even after death, it continues.

What are we paying all this money for?

Are our schools world-class? Borders secure? Police visible? NHS efficient? Economy thriving? Roads operational?

No. No. No. No. No. No. NOTHING WORKS.

Britain has the highest tax burden in most of our lifetimes, yet the worst services many of us have ever seen. If everything worked perfectly, there could maybe be an argument for such suffocating levels of tax. But it doesn’t, and hasn’t for decades, so there isn’t.

When the taxpayers fail to fund this state monster of inefficiency and unaccountability, what do they do?

QE. Print money. Creating inflation, devaluing our earnings and our savings. Yet one more tax.

The people creating all of this, implementing all of this? £100k plus on the public sector, living in London. Comfortable salary, great pension, no job risk. Clueless about the real world.

Maybe, just maybe, the current approach isn’t working.

We need to urgently cut tax. Shrink government. Reward hard work.

You just can’t tax a nation into prosperity. It never has worked, and it never will work.

LEAVE OUR MONEY ALONE.

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@Keir_Starmer No.

You're a liar and a traitor to the nation.

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@Mike_Fabricant It's unsurprising that an MP is spreading misinformation.

Decision not made or enforced by Aston Villa.

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How said that we are good enough for their HQ but not good enough for introducing.

Major disrespect to the second city.

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Car thieves outs on Arden Oak Road, Sheldon, right now.

All black. Two on a moped.

@WMPolice @Trafficwmp @WMPDogs @firearmsWMP @SheldonWMP @YardleyWMP @AcocksGreenWMP @StechfordWMP

[Birmingham City Council @BhamCityCouncil]

The Serendipity Arts Festival begins tomorrow!

A celebration of South Asian music, arts and culture, the free mini festival is hosted by Birmingham City University and held at the Birmingham Conservatoire and Symphony Hall

#SummerinBrum

[City of Birmingham Rockets @cobrockets]

🚀 Good luck to our Under 14 Girls ahead of this weekend’s visit to Manchester for Junior Final Fours weekend!

The girls will play Milton Keynes tomorrow at 4pm at the National Basketball Performance Centre in their playoff semifinal.

Let’s go Rockets!! 🚀

#WeAreRockets

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@LandlordInShow @BhamCityCouncil More regulations on rent, especially HMO exempt. You're destroying the city and local communities by putting money ahead of safety.

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@jordanbhx Corrupt system, propped up by corrupt people

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@shuranjeetsingh Is this on Facebook so we can share?