Matthew Bird

Occasional runner ~ Sports fan ~ Doting father

[England @England]

Because maybe... ❤️💭

[Clive Bailye @TWBFarms]

When this is how we treat our countryside, what chance does our country have ? ☹️

https://t.co/rwn1X8FG3n

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

Steve warned everyone.
Nobody listened.
Now here we are.

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Gordon Brown sold 395 tonnes of our gold reserves at the bottom of the market, and - stupidly - told the market in advance.

Gold has since risen 1500% and the gold he sold would be worth £40 billion more today.

Now Starmer brings him back as his Finance Envoy.

A sick joke

[Matt Le Tissier ✝️ @mattletiss7]

Taxes

OH …UNITED KINGDOM
This is very interesting.
If I give you £1 billion and you stand on a street corner handing out £1 per second, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you would still not have handed out £1 billion after 31 years!

Now read on. This is true and rather hard to really understand.

The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
4. A billion days ago, no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
5. A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our present government is spending it.
We are charged:
· Stamp Duty
· Tobacco Tax
· Corporate Income Tax
· Income Tax
· Council Tax
· Unemployment Tax
· Petrol/Diesel Tax
· Inheritance Tax (tax on top of tax)
· Alcohol Tax
· G.S.T.
· Property Tax
· Purchase Property Tax
· Tax on Title Searches
· Tax on Building Inspections
· Tax on supplements
· Taxes on various food items
· Taxes on Dining out
· Tax on all utilities – Phone, hydro, water, waste disposal
· Service charge taxes
· Social Security Tax
· Vehicle License / Registration Tax
· Vehicle Sales Tax
· Workers Compensation Tax
· And now Carbon Tax
AND I’m sure you can think of more...

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 60 years ago, and our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt.
We had the largest middle class in the world. A criminal’s life was uncomfortable. What on earth happened?

[GP 🇮🇪 @GPower1976]

@TheFootyFeed Every team has played an under strength Spurs side this season……that’s ok though ya…

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

Bergvall's first involvement off the bench is to win the ball high up the pitch, before playing in Xavi who curls into the far corner! 👏

⚪ 2-1 🟡

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

WHAT A GOAL XAVI!!!!!!

[Mike Gardner @mikegardner_wb]

BREAKING NEWS: “Starmer denies knowing he was Prime Minister”

Sir Kier Starmer has revealed that no one told him until last Tuesday he won the 2024 election and had become PM.

He told Beth Rigby “I was totally kept in the dark by my officials. I’m really angry about it.”

[Claude Littner @claudelittner]

Diabolical 😢 😠

[Matthew Bird @birdmatty]

@RachelReevesMP Lies Lies Lies Lies.

[Sam Bradford @sammybradford]

Surely to god Var can look at that and over rule the goal

[Rebecca Paul MP @Rebecca_SPaul]

Number of animals killed by non-stun slaughter last year—- 30,100,000

Number of reports of illegal fox hunting —- 397

I know which one I’d prioritise stopping.

[Matthew Bird @birdmatty]

@NoContextEPL Get the badge in. 🙃

[Matthew Bird @birdmatty]

@NoFarmsNoFoods Don’t overthink it. He lied to farmers to get the numbers for Labour in the GE. Then turned coat and brought in the new IHT plans with no warning for maximum impact.

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Rachel Reeves now claims the income tax threshold freeze is NOT a manifesto breach.

She said at the despatch box last year that it was. She has directly contradicted herself.

This is why the public does not trust politicians @RachelReevesMP

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Here’s Keir Starmer jumping on the bandwagon of the Formula 1 success of Lando Norris & McLaren. He tells McLaren staff: "I hope you've all got a smile on your faces.”

They don’t. The look on their faces reflects the mood of the nation against him.

[Matthew Bird @birdmatty]

@VictoriaAtkins @MCSavours @Keir_Starmer @Conservatives What a farce! You couldn’t write it. This is no way to govern!