@AdamofUpminster@Jo_Marney@ZiaYusufUK@ZackPolanski No one, and I do mean no one in this country here legally is homeless unless they choose to be. But some people choose to drink alcohol instead of paying their rent, they choose to not work and take drugs all day instead, they choose to commit crimes instead of being productive.
Dear Lucy Powell MP,
You think Pakistani rape gangs are a “dog whistle”?
Well, I was sexually abused from 5 years old.
And it’s politicians like you that are the reason little girls like me are still being raped, exploited and murdered across the country.
In my hometown, those in power dismissed victims as troublemakers, paki shaggers and white slags.
They shamed and intimidated little girls like me into silence. They accused us of lying, or putting ourselves in risky situations, or even wanting to be raped.
They stood by and did nothing while young girls were being brutally abused.
And, as many other girls systematically groomed in Telford have testified, I was made to feel as though I was to blame. The system criminalised the victims, rather than going after the perpetrators.
I remember being asked by a detective whether I “consented” at any point to sexual activity, and told by a social worker that “my actions had led me to where I was today”.
All the while the Labour-led council tried to block an independent inquiry into CSE for years and their Council Leader (now the MP for Telford), along with 10 other powerful local men, even wrote a letter to the Home Secretary saying they felt an inquiry would unnecessary.
In Rotherham, Rochdale and elsewhere, victims were continually swept aside by those in positions of power, as if they chose this lifestyle. The attitudes that social workers, local services, authorities had towards children was so skewed, and so deeply unprofessional.
It broke me.
And I spent years in silence because I thought I would somehow be judged or penalised for the abuse I had suffered. Because I had been conditioned to feel like I was somehow responsible for my own victimisation.
The Telford scandal made headlines when it broke in 2015, then again when the Crowther Report was released in 2022. Yet, The news cycle moved on far too quickly.
This isn’t a 60-second-and-then-done issue. For change to occur, there needs to be constant attention brought to this issue because, otherwise, silence and ignorance only serves to support the predators and the paedophiles.
This is a crime that thrives on misinformation, on fears of “racism” and a lack of awareness, and on being swept under the rug.
They rely on girls not being taken seriously, the media not caring and the police not taking any action to investigate.
These are not crimes of the past. Kids are still being exploited, groomed, raped and even murdered in council estates like mine. It isn’t enough to have empty words and hollow promises.
CSE is not a “dog whistle”.
It is a national epidemic.
But those in power like Lucy Powell refuse to address that fact for fear of being forced to confront their decades-long failure to protect young girls from abuse.
It’s easier to ignore victims, especially when they come from communities, social classes or demographics that are already disenfranchised in Britain. And for those who do speak out, it feels like you are screaming at a brick wall that would rather label you as the problem than take you seriously.
Our trauma isn’t a “dog-whistle” or a “trumpet” to blow against the Labour Party.
It is the harrowing reality of the institutional blindness and contempt that allowed little girls to be sacrificed at the altar of political correctness, while politicians sneered and branded us troublemakers and attention-seekers for daring to want justice.
Shame on Lucy Powell.
Shame on Labour.
Shame on all of them.
Chants of "Keir Starmer's a wanker" ring out around Southampton as patriots hit the city in their thousands against aggressive islamists and far left scum trying to intimidate women and children.
🚨BREAKING: MASSIVE crowds of British patriots Conquer Southampton in a stand against the ongoing invasion.
From miles they can be heard chanting “Save the nation, DEPORTATION”.
The British have had ENOUGH.
Nigel Farage will likely be the next Prime Minister of the UK.
"There will be no more asylum hotels. People who come here illegally will not be allowed to stay."
"If we win the next election we will scrap Net Zero."
"We will scrap the DEI agenda."
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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.