Philfy

Neutral Political Commentator, advocate of proper debate and open scrutiny

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@Ed_Miliband Why not take ownership of all roofs , mount solar panels on them and therefore build the world's largest solar farm without taking a single inch of existing farmland?

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@bphillipsonMP How does this result in 10 million more pupils leaving schools at a standard employers are begging for?
How does it improve standards of parenting? They get enough to feed their children as their first priority but don't...why? Change THAT!

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

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@Keir_Starmer has taken a chance that the public would be appalled by @Nigel_Farage, having foreshadowed him first
But he may have misjudged it very badly
The police/politics - public gap grows..

[David Davis MP @DavidDavisMP]

The lax treatment of Angela Rayner by HMRC has brought into focus how arbitrary the tax authority can be in its treatment of ordinary citizens.

Too often, HMRC has pursued individuals and small businesses for vast sums of money in error. HMRC are masters of using process as punishment, making themselves increasingly difficult to contact while torturing people with demand letters and bankruptcy notices.

Victims of these errors are often forced to spend huge amounts of time and money to prove HMRC wrong. This sometimes runs to hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees, many times the actual amount in dispute. They also find their names and details published in a list of deliberate tax defaulters, in effect a "name and shame" list.

I have to question whether this meets citizens' privacy rights, since these do not appear to be court rulings but HMRC opinions.

HMRC's excesses must be brought under control. It is time ministers took a grip of this.

https://t.co/cJIQYyUE0e

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@Keir_Starmer You can't see this can you...?
You might not agree with their views...but they are entitled to hold them...That's democracy...that's freedom...we fought wars for that allegedly
The way to stop them is to be so good at conventional politics that extreme views gather no traction

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

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Please consider signing my petition for MPs to work 52 weeks pa as we do, with the amount of leave they legislate which is currently 4 weeks at https://t.co/PljuW27iQc

They are at work, not school, so should live in the world of work we do

#MPsshouldworkallyear

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@wesstreeting @mehdirhasan Well done!

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@SkyNews @BethRigby @skysarahjane @BBCPolitics

Can you clarify what the links are/were between @wesstreeting vis Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein and possibly Israeli Gov?

Are there any? Orr is it fake news?

Because that would make a difference to his suitability right?

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@BethRigby @SophyRidgeSky
Dear Beth and Sophy

If @Keir_Starmer made @AndyBurnhamGM a Lord he would be technically in @UKParliament and so could stand without a by-election (that takes ages & could be lost)
That would allow seamless transfer of power

So why wouldn't he do that?

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@paulmasonnews So these armaments.,they'll be aimed at political and military leaders, right?
Not innocent civilians or soldiers acting under order for fear of being shot? Or people's homes, hospitals, places of worship?

Maybe war is really about the sale of consumable products...

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

How on earth has Angela Rayner been "cleared" by HMRC?

She didn't pay the extra £40,000 stamp duty that was due. She didn't take the specialist tax advice on her flat purchase that she was advised to take.

She failed to pay the extra stamp duty that she, as Housing Secretary, had brought in for second home purchasers.

For HMRC not to issue a fine means they judged her decision as "reasonable care" having been taken, or it was possibly "careless", but not a "deliberate" underpayment.

She clearly did not take "reasonable care" to ensure her tax was correct. And if it was "careless", it was *deliberate* carelessness.

Do you seriously think that if YOU underpaid your taxes by £40,000 as the then Deputy Prime Minister did, that you would get away without a fine?

Sorry, but this stinks.

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@JuliaHB1 Exactly what I thought ... And I bet millions of others ..
If that was us would we be "cleared" ?

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@PeterTatchell Surely business is a good thing...if used properly to solve problems...

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@toryboypierce Lol can't argue with that...
Although many will claim B

[The Rest Is Politics @RestIsPolitics]

Need something to watch tonight?

Former Deputy Prime Minister @AngelaRayner joins @Victoria_Spratt and @campbellclaret for a conversation on the subjects shaping Gen Z today - from the appeal of figures like Gary Stevenson and Zack Polanski to the housing crisis and the growing disconnect between young people and politics.

Watch the full episode now.

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@TedUrchin Interesting definition of "spineless"
Was it easier to stand up to a leader nobody - not the public, not @UKLabour membership - want as PM because of his own admitted mistakes?
Or easier to act for keeping their OWN jobs, benefits and privileges despite the public...

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

@HazelMoore32 No

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

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Is this true..?

If so why isn't it on the news...?

And did @Keir_Starmer & Mandelson - under @theresa_may - go to US to seal the deal?

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Palantir has been granted “unlimited access” to NHS patient data.

This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide.

We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.

[Philfy @PoliticoPhilf]

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Surely @UKLabour wouldn't be stupid enough to appoint @wesstreeting given his links to Mandelson - & thereby to Epstein
It will put them right here again!

Right?

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Palantir has been granted “unlimited access” to NHS patient data.

This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide.

We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.