The UK has crossed a line.
Welfare spending: £333 billion
Income tax revenue: £331 billion
We’re now paying out more than we bring in from workers.
This is unsustainable.
I think that in recent years we have become too BBC-friendly
They should concentrate more on making great programmes, and less on social engineering
Social engineering is not what they are paid for
@RachelReevesMP Youve also rose them around 12% since being in office. So it's no real accomplishment. Just another test to see if the electorate is dumb enough not to realise
@CommunityNotes perhaps add that there has been around a 12% increase in energy price cap since labour came into power on July 4th 2024. This is nothing to applaud. Inflated to make them look great when they 'drop' the price cap
🚨Just a reminder that British Parliament voted 364 to 111 AGAINST a national investigation of mass child rape AFTER learning that more than 250,000 young white girls were raped my Muslim men.
What are they trying to hide?
A few reflections on our first week of inquiry hearings.
Firstly, and I’ll be entirely honest, it’s harder than I thought it would be.
I cannot adequately describe the evil that these girls have gone through. Rape doesn’t do it justice.
It’s torture, it’s abduction, it’s war.
What strikes me is the consistency of the testimonies. It’s the same playbook, almost every time. We suspect there is FAR more coordination than is currently understood. Far more. The same names come up, with the same tactics, in the same towns. They are organised. More organised than we know. It’s almost like a well-drilled army. And it continues today, make no mistake about that.
What’s so difficult is that the men use both physical and psychological torture to beat these girls into submission. They accept it. They believe it’s the right thing for them. That’s what makes it so wicked for families. Some have been fortunate, escaping or being extracted. But how many haven’t? How many remain trapped, today? Some even overseas. How many girls have been abducted to Pakistan?
Where honestly, the thought of their life there is too much to even start to comprehend.
One woman we spoke to was raped by 600 - 700 men in England. What would be happening to them there?
The systemic failures across the police, NHS, social care, local politics, councils - specific and brutal examples of how these officials just did not care. Even worse, actively enabled the rape.
Of course the girls hold such deep hatred for their rapists, but actually for many the true anger is aimed at the state. I understand that. These were the people tasked to defend them, and they failed in the most brutal way.
As I have said, we are identifying targets for private prosecutions and other legal action - this will cover the rapists, accomplices and public officials who deliberately turned the other way, or worse.
One message is clear - the Muslim community needs to do far more to root these people out. I don’t believe the reaction is anywhere near strong enough. We had one testimony this week of the imam being fully aware of what was happening, but did nothing. This comes up again and again. Nobody wants to say it, but it’s true. I want to see these so-called ‘community leaders’ very vocally act.
The vast scale of the rape is impossible to comprehend.
It was everywhere. It is everywhere.
These are just my thoughts, but everything will be put into a comprehensive report by our legal team.
It’s been a challenging week for the team, and I want to say thank you to all involved - particularly our safeguarding team who are working all hours to ensure the survivors have the support they need. Everything we are releasing has the full permission of the individuals involved, and we are taking absolutely zero risks with any release. The safety and wellbeing of the participants is our only priority.
Thank you to all of our donors who made this possible, and those who continue to give. It is appreciated. It will be well spent, I promise you that.
And to the survivors who have put themselves forward to stop the same fate happening to others - you’re doing more good than you will ever know.
This is not about #Starmer doing the right thing. This is all about self preservation at this point. He knew full well how much of a risk #Mandelson was yet still used his outstanding judgment to hire him. Now the jig is up he wants you all to believe his disgust & outrage 🙄🥱
Police search Peter Mandelson's homes in north London and in Wiltshire as part of their investigation into claims he leaked sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/LVpRSTC7km