Ben Long

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

⬇️ How it’s going…

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Effing knee.

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

⬆️ How it started…

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Here in Birmingham, it’s been a bad day for the Blues.

[Gowling WLG UK @GowlingWLG_UK]

Are you ready for pensions in 2024? 📊

As we bid farewell to 2023, pensions policy became a political hot topic. We examine the key developments that will dominate trustee, employer and pensions industry agendas in 2024.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/QhYH8Jrk44
#PensionsLaw

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Glad I don’t have a @guardian subscription, as I would have cancelled it after reading this nonsense.
HS2 is the white elephant in the room. If the Tories won’t scrap it, Labour must | Larry Elliott https://t.co/Sh4Eyq9D4A

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

@jamesrbuk There’s no moral case against wealth taxes - but inheritance tax is a really rubbish wealth tax. The best thing about it is that abolishing it should have been the opportunity to introduce a sensible wealth tax - but I fear that window is rapidly closing…

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Thought and prayers with @TomLong78 on this auspicious day https://t.co/w2dAVrieJq via @YouTube

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Currently getting flashbacks to a GCSE studies lesson, circa 1996…

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Full disclosure with ⁦@mrjamesob⁩ - hometown heroes edition. https://t.co/6icWwv3pyo

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Suddenly the return of Boris Johnson seems less bad.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Breaking:

Suella Braverman backs Rishi Sunak

She says Boris Johnson was 'right leader at right time' but it is no time for 'sentimentality'

'We are in dire straits. We need unity, stability and efficiency. Rishi is the only candidate that fits bill & I am proud to support him'

[lauracooper @lacooper01]

Plea to @TfL last Sunday my 9 year old daughter lost her black bag with the words ‘Emme’s kit’ stitched in pink, somewhere on or between Euston tube station & oval tube station on the northern line. Inside was her favourite teddy she has had since she was born.

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Time to get the other half a donkey jacket…

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

🚨The NEU has notified both the Government and employers that we will be opening a formal ballot of members working in the sixth form colleges sector in England. 🚨

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Where I live, whatever wears a blue rosette gets elected. But really…

[Saqib Bhatti MP @bhatti_saqib]

Investment zones are a great idea and I will be working with the Mayor of the West Midlands and leader of Solihull Council to secure one for my constituency in Meriden. We want more jobs, more investment and more growth benefitting all of my constituents.

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Today’s “it’s what she would have wanted” count so far: 4…

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Priti Patel resigns - yay! Oh, but Suella Braverman is lined up to replace her?

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Well, the Boris Johnson applause line went well then.

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

Illuminating and entertaining on tax avoidance. No, really. Dan very much seems to be living his best life…

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

What is tax avoidance? I've written a short FAQ.

https://t.co/pYyD4SGWPM

Quick thread:

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

@longy1111 Yep, though I’m not sure it tastes quite the same out of the glass bottle!

[Ben Long @bpwlong]

It’s, nearly, 10:30 somewhere…