Reading how the odds for Restore Britain in Makerfield have tumbled from 50/1 to 9/1 just over the weekend. Stunning progress.
I am becoming increasingly convinced that we can win Makerfield and deliver the biggest shock in British political history.
The best ever and the best there ever will be. Snooker fans I hope you’ve cherished him over the years in the joy he’s brought to millions over 4 decades
Britain is spending £460 million building a 60 metre wildlife bridge over the A417 dual carriageway in Gloucestershire, for animals to cross.
That’s a £7.6 million per metre deer crossing.
It would be funny if it wasn't our tax payer money being wasted, meanwhile real problems remain unfunded.
I’m sorry @CadburyUK but your chocolate is now horrid.
Palm oil makes the taste and texture all wrong.
Profiteering above all else has ruined the most famous product from my city.
Should never have sold out to out to Craft.
#chocolate#cadbury
Oddly enough, United have played three games at Newcastle on March 4th in PL history.
2015 - last minute Young winner 1-0
2009 - Rooney/Berbatov in 2-1 win
1996 - Cantona
Arshad Khatana has the most abhorrent and shocking views.
So why has Rachel Reeves been “friends” with this fanatic for over a decade?
Why, as Chancellor, is she going round his house for lunch?
Question: why are the officials manning the polling stations in Gorton and Denton allowing TWO people to enter the same polling booth when doing that is a criminal offence?
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper says she is making tackling violence against women and girls a priority in the foreign office, and she mentions highlighting the violence seen in Ukraine and Sudan.
No prize for guessing where she doesn't mention.
Some corrections:
You inherited 2% inflation. It doubled in 12 months after you became Chancellor. It is still 50% above the rate you inherited and 50% above target. It should fall to target 2% this summer. So two years to get back to where you started! What’s to boast about that?
Interest rates have been falling everywhere. UK cuts, which you don’t control, have been fewer and smaller because of your inflation record. We still have highest interest rate in G7. The Bank has made some cuts for the simple reason the economy is flat on its back. Well done.
Borrowing is slowly falling from a very high base. Almost six years after the pandemic-induced recession, we’re still borrowing around 4% GDP. And borrowing costs are the highest in the G7.
Retail sales are up in recent months. We’ll see how long that’s sustained. But the hospitality and construction industries are in crisis. Plus our massive services sector is stagnant.
UK fastest G7 economy? That’s simply a bare-faced lie. We grew by 0.1% in Q3 2025; and another 0.1% in Q4. End of.
Dear UK Government,
I'm sorry for being late with this apology, but I've been busy working my Monday-to-Friday job like a good citizen.
Turns out, according to the latest figures, I (and the average hardworking Brit) spend about 162 days of the year working just to cover all the taxes you take:
💷Income tax,
💷National Insurance,
💷VAT on everything I buy,
💷Council tax, and the rest.
That's basically until mid-June before I start earning anything for myself and my family.
So, on a standard Mon-Fri schedule, that means roughly 2½ to 3 full days every week are effectively me working for you, not for my own bills, savings, or that dream holiday.
Over a full year, it's like handing over more than 5 months of my labour straight to HMRC.
I'm truly sorry if the state has been inconvenienced by my grumble about frozen tax thresholds, rising employer NI contributions, or the general feeling that the tax burden keeps creeping up.
Please accept my deepest regrets and maybe consider letting me keep a few more of those Monday mornings for myself next year?
Yours apologetically,
A Tired Taxpayer Working Mon-Fri
#Labour #Tax #Makeworkpay