It depresses me how much fellow political journalists are down-playing this - a dranatic story not just about Russia corrupting a British politician - as they've done in Germany & France - but also about the character judgement & relationships of Reform leaders Farage & Tice.
Businessman Richard Allen exposed a Channel Islands export-import VAT scam used by major retailers, saving taxpayers billions. Despite his detailed evidence, HMRC suppressed it, letting the illegal tax evasion continue for six more years.
Later, they sought his help to stop a similar Chinese import scheme. Instead of rewarding him, HMRC nearly bankrupted him by pursuing £125,000 in legal costs from his campaign, including fees for barristers employed to block his freedom of information requests.
Full story online and in the latest issue: https://t.co/JMVB4DX8bN
For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine.
Public ownership of water isn’t just popular—it’s common sense.
MPs must take bold action on the sewage crisis. Ask yours to attend @labourlewis’ Clean Water drop-in on 18th March and show their support.
📩 Take action now: https://t.co/CiccpLnarq #ourwaterourway
Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy.
Please don’t RT
Vaccines, LFTs, Test & Trace, designer ventilators… so many lucrative deals.
And let’s not forget Gove’s part in all this, along with Hancock, Cummings and others who benefited from the PPE shortage created by Hunt..
Britain has fallen out of the top 10 Manufacturing Nations list for the first time since the Industrial Revolution
Today we are twelfth
The last 14 years has done more damage than any of us could have imagined
Just let that sink in
High taxes + high wages = good for services and good for people.
Low taxes + low wages = good for the wealthy to exploit the workers.
Labour should tax the rich and increase public spending.
RT if you agree
https://t.co/Ph874Ev0mx
The Tories knew they couldn't win the general election. So what did they do, they made sure they spent almost EVERY single penny they could, including the emergency funds, and covered it up.
They set Labour up, and now they're trying to pretend it's all Labour's fault.
CORRUPT
Dear @hmtreasury@darrenpjones
Please can you launch an investigation and possible prosecution of the Conservative Ministers who misappropriated hundreds of millions of our taxes to film videos for their social media channels.
Misappropriation of public funds is a financial crime, under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which defines financial crime as including any 'offence involving fraud or dishonesty.'
Gina Miller - a UK taxpayer
Repost if you agree!
@BestForBritain@BBCNewsnight@BBCr4today@Haggis_UK
I’ll say one thing. If pensioners who receive above a certain amount of income won’t get winter fuel allowance, maybe MPs shouldn’t get their energy expenses either. A bit like
if kids from low income families can’t get a free school meal, neither should we subsidise MPs food. Fairs fair right?
Matt Hancock gave AI firm Babylon £22m of NHS money; Babylon's owners then gave £250,000 to the Tories, including £10,000 to Hancock himself. No, the last government was not a prudent keeper of the public purse.
Dear 🇬🇧,
If the last govt left a £22 billion black hole in govt finances, then tax them to get it back. A 2% wealth tax on @RishiSunak and @Jeremy_Hunt (people with over £10 million in wealth) would raise £24 billion for govt. No more cuts. Say no to Austerity 2.0.
#Budget2024
UK has the best democracy that money can buy. And monied interests have bought it.
They shower cash upon parties/MPs to get their way.
That must end.
Labour's promised an "immediate ban" on second jobs for MPs. Govt mustn't weaken and must deliver.
https://t.co/OrzYEHgeM5