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[claire hambleton @claws1975]

Faith is taking the first step, when you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King Jr

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Charlie Ireland was supposed to meet with representatives of the Labour Party including 'The Labour Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' to discuss farming & agriculture. They’ve cancelled on him, for the third time.

[Esther McVey @EstherMcVey1]

Angela Rayner’s new policy on ‘Empty Dwelling Management Orders’ is one of the most outrageous, authoritarian overreaches by a British government ever.

It gives the state the power to confiscate private property if left unoccupied for six months.

It is literally legalised theft and yet the left-wing media luvvies lapped up her party conference speech and let it slip by without so much as a whimper of protest. When people realise how pernicious Rayner’s ‘Empty Dwelling Management Orders’ are, the inevitable outcry will be too late.

First and foremost, it will be the state that decides if your house is ripe for confiscation. The local council will deploy ‘Empty Homes Officers’, for which there is about to be a recruitment drive, who will spy on your property. These state snoops will visit your property, check your mail, take photos of your house and obtain your water and energy usage.  Armed with this information, like some second-rate private investigator, build a case on whether you’ve been living there.

Then when the state seizes your property and rents it out, who gets the payments? You guessed it, it goes directly to the local council. And they get to decide if they want to use the rent for repairs, building works and any health-and-safety upgrades to make the house habitable. They will then take out any money needed to cover the council's letting agent fees and property management costs. Only then, if there is anything left, will the actual owner get something.

The state will be able to confiscate your property for seven years. 

Of course, the property owner will still be responsible for paying the mortgage if there is one - even if they are getting no income. The council, despite taking the rent, won’t cover the mortgage payments.  But should this lead to a default, the bank can repossess the property, so the owner will potentially lose everything.

That isn’t the end of the scandal, because should the tenant, which the council found, stop paying rent, the council can’t evict them as they have full legal tenancy rights. Leaving the property owner with even fewer rights than the non-rent paying tenant. 

People have complicated lives which means they may end up with an empty property - for example if an elderly parent dies, a messy divorce or a house you hoped you could one day do up.

Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner, too has a complicated housing arrangement. She divides her time across three accommodations - her Westminster one, her constituency home in Ashton-under-Lyne, and her new controversial Hove apartment (the one she didn’t pay full stamp duty on over which she had to resign).

No doubt the state won’t be looking to seize her private property.  In this Socialist nightmare we are living through, some are always more equal than others.

[Maymies @Tringers__]

Man with Parkinson’s disease tries marijuana for the first time.

[The Jackal… @ToonDazza]

Our @UKLabour government:

We have a Human rights lawyer PM @Keir_Starmer reported to the UN for human rights violations

An anti corruption minister sentenced to jail for corruption @TulipSiddiq

A housing minister who sold her house and didn’t pay the tax @AngelaRayner

New housing minister who doesn’t know how many new homes have been built @SteveReedMP

A Secretary for defence that doesn’t know how many war ships the Navy has @JohnHealey_MP

A chancellor who lies about her qualifications as an economist and worked in accounts after also fiddling expenses @RachelReevesMP

No wonder the country is in a dire state.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

🚨KEIR STARMER GOES FULL DICTATOR

Starmer's plans to get rid of jury trials were criticised by Karl Turner - A LABOUR MP

He said Juries were fundamental to fair trials and were a HISTORIC RIGHT of the British Public

Keir Starmer has just SUSPENDED HIM for speaking out

Evil

[Benonwine @benonwine]

Downing Street reportedly asked broadcasters to stop showing Starmer’s stumble last year.

So thats even more reason to make it go VIRAL again isn’t it. 🤣😂🤭✊

[Benjamin Ramm @BenjaminRamm]

My Iranian mother collapsed on the morning of Christmas Day. The volunteers of Hatzola were with us within five minutes: their service is literally a life-saver. The thugs who firebombed their ambulances celebrate the culture of death.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'British workers should not have to pay record high taxes, for this Government to give their money away to illegal immigrants. It is disgraceful.'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp challenges the Government's immigration policies announced last week.

[Norman Brennan @NormanBrennan]

I think the photo speaks for itself without any further help from me👇🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[Margaret Thatcher @realmrsthatcher]

Wogan: "They don't seem to make any concession to the fact that you're a woman."

Thatcher: "No. Why should they? I don't make any concession to the fact that they're men."😂

[Les. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 @MartinTwigs68]

Just remember labour couldn't afford the £200 winter fuel allowance for pensioners, but it can afford £40,000 for illegal migrants.

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

New gameshow just dropped.

[A View From Yorkshire @models_by_Russ]

Dear Prime Minister & Home Secretary,

I hope this letter finds you well, fully caffeinated, and in possession of a calculator.

I’m writing with what I believe is a modest, fiscally responsible proposal. I understand the Government is offering up to £40,000 to certain individuals to voluntarily leave the United Kingdom. First of all — bold strategy. Nothing says “strong borders” quite like a cashback scheme.

Now, I regret to inform you that I am, in fact, a fully tax-paying, law-abiding British citizen. I know — awkward. I appreciate this may disqualify me from the premium exit package, but I’m willing to negotiate.

I would like to formally apply for £35,000 to leave.

You see, unlike some applicants, I haven’t broken any laws to get here. I didn’t arrive by dinghy. I didn’t require processing, housing, or legal appeals. I’ve actually been funding the whole operation through PAYE for years — which I believe makes me a loyal shareholder in this enterprise.

Given that you’re prepared to offer £40,000 for someone to depart voluntarily after entering illegally, I feel £35,000 for someone who’s been here legally all along represents excellent value for money. Think of it as a “Buy British, Get One Gone” discount.

For £35,000 I will:
   •   Leave quietly.
   •   Not require a press conference.
   •   Not demand a diversity officer to wave me off.
   •   Even carry my own suitcase to the airport.

I may also tweet a polite thank-you note on departure, praising the efficiency of the scheme.

Frankly, it feels like I’ve misunderstood how incentives work in modern Britain. All these years I thought obeying the law, paying taxes, and contributing to society were the winning strategy. Turns out the real pro-move is to arrive unlawfully and wait for a loyalty bonus.

Who knew?

While British families are juggling rent, energy bills, and the weekly food shop like contestants on a dystopian game show, it’s reassuring to know the Treasury has located a spare £40,000 per head for voluntary goodbyes.

May I ask — is there a points card? Ten years of National Insurance contributions and I get a free exit bonus? If so, I believe I’m overdue.

In the spirit of fairness and fiscal responsibility, I am not even asking for the full £40,000. I’m trimming £5,000 off to help balance the books. That’s the kind of responsible budgeting I was raised on.

If successful, I promise to:
   •   Leave via a scheduled flight (economy is fine).
   •   Not stage a protest on the runway.
   •   And refrain from re-entering on a small boat to see if I qualify twice.

All I ask is equal treatment. If departure is now a funded career pathway, I would very much like to submit my CV.

Yours in hopeful relocation,
A slightly confused taxpayer

[James Goddard @JamesPGoddard90]

BOYCOTT THE HOLIDAY INN FOR TURNING AWAY 2 HOMELESS MEN IN MINUS 6 WEATHER

The Holiday Inn Express Oxford Road in Manchester are an absolute disgrace! A charity worker paid for the rooms and they turned them away

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[💕Elle J 💕#JustSaying 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 @ejames500]

Please sign & repost

Petition: Remove power to cancel local government elections
https://t.co/nmO7viBgkX

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Yet more evidence, as if we needed it, that the Chancellor must be sacked. For months Reeves has lied to the public to justify record tax hikes to pay for more welfare.

Her Budget wasn’t about stability. It was about politics: bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin. Shameful.

[Matt Cartoons @MattCartoonist]

'One person in the BBC newsroom is not left wing, and all the others have to find out who it is'

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph

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Original artwork from https://t.co/bVPAkgE34y

[Kevin Edger @KEdge23]

Labour’s Transport Minister - resigned for fraud.

Labour’s anti-corruption Minister - forced out over corruption.

Homeless Minister - out for making tenants homeless.

Angela Rayner? Gone. Caught dodging taxes.

Peter Mandelson - sacked for links to a paedo.

Rachel Reeves?

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

Rachel Reeves, 2021: “…that there is one rule for those at the top and another for everybody else that we need to root out of politics.”

Reeves has allegedly broken housing regulations by unlawfully renting out her family home without a licence.

Rules for thee but not for me.