Deepstatetracker

Ex RBS/GRG casualty. The war everyone missed began in 1913 and was lost in 1971. This is the aftermath…

[Deepstatetracker @deepstatetrack]

The Gist…

[Benjamin Michael @RealBenMichael]

They didn’t teach you this in schools

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

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[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

The Islamification of Europe didn’t just happen by accident - its been planned & funded for.

[Liz Truss @trussliz]

The Bank of England sabotaged my premiership with a surprise £40bn move just before the mini-budget. Watch my conversation with Jeremy Kyle here: https://t.co/a8XAbwx00U

[Fidias Panayiotou @Fidias0]

EU Parliament Voted Against Free Speech

[Ruslan Khairullin @Rus_Khairullin]

Three years in Dubai has taught me something nobody ever wrote on a Western opinion page.

The whole “you need democracy to be free” thing is a marketing campaign.

What you actually need is a government that does its job. Streets that work. A bank that doesn’t treat you like a suspect for earning money. Schools that teach. Hospitals that heal. Police that show up. Borders that filter. A passport that opens doors instead of closing them.

The West sold the world on the idea that voting every 4 years for two interchangeable parties was the highest form of human freedom. Meanwhile the country they called authoritarian built the cleanest, safest, most efficient city most of these critics will never see in person.

Freedom isn’t a ballot. It’s the ability to walk home at 1 AM, raise your kids in peace, run a business without getting punished for it, and live a life the people in charge don’t actively try to make harder.

Dubai has more of that than London, Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, and Toronto combined right now. The voters in those cities can vote all they want. They’ve been voting themselves into a slower decline for a decade.

I didn’t move here for the weather. I moved here because this was the first place I lived where the country was actually on my side. 🇦🇪

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Starting and running a business in Britain in 2026 - let’s go through it, step by step…

You've got a good idea. You've worked hard, saved some money, and decided to take a risk. A big decision. Let's say you want to open a coffee shop - nothing overly extravagant. Surely this is possible, right?

Available unit on a local high street, you see a gap in the market.

A simple ambition to build something. Create jobs. Generate wealth. Contribute to your local community. Maybe even build a better future for your family.

Exactly the sort of person politicians claim they admire.

Unfortunately, you've chosen the wrong country to do it in.

Britain. 2026. Labour. Bugger.

The first thing you discover is that absolutely nothing is straightforward.

You register the business. Not impossible, but hardly simple. The foreign vape shop owners manage it, so why not you? Done. In fairness, not the most challenging part of this story...

Then comes the bank account - you’d think opening a business account would be a routine matter.

Instead, you're treated like a criminal. You want to sell coffee, not arms. The banks are simply out of control in this country. Just like the lawyers, but that’s a different story.

Legitimate entrepreneurs should not be waiting weeks while faceless compliance departments shuffle paperwork between themselves and refuse to answer questions - slash it all back and let people just get on with it.

Eventually you get through that hurdle and secure the premises.

Perfect location. Lots of footfall. Not a total dump. It can work.

Then reality arrives.

The rent is eye-watering - contracts have clause after clause after clause. How can anybody understand it all?

Insurance is through the roof. And before you've served a single coffee, the local authority is already getting its grubby hands on your money. Energy costs are so very painful...

Business rates - one of the most destructive taxes in Britain. And for what? What do we get from that money?

You are effectively punished for occupying premises and creating economic activity. For PAYING TAX. It is insane. A Restore Britain Government would abolish business rates entirely for small high street businesses. Pubs, cafes, bakeries. All of it. No business rates.

Then come the inspections. Oh joy. The paperwork. The bureaucracy. The council gnomes.

Nobody objects to basic standards. Of course cafes should be clean and safe.

The problem is that too much of the system now exists to justify the existence of regulators rather than help businesses succeed. They are there to prove that their job needs to exist. So rules get put on rules, on top of more rules. It is endless.

Many of the people enforcing these rules have never built a business, never employed anybody and never risked their own money. Never done anything. Work half weeks, with 30+ days holiday a year. Fridays at home, of course.

A profession filled with nit-picking gits.

Restore Britain would conduct a full bonfire of unnecessary regulations and introduce a simple principle. Every regulation should have to justify its existence - if it doesn't prevent genuine harm, it goes. It will be glorious. We will tear it all down.

But let’s say you get through this. You stumble on. The cafe opens, and goes well. People like it. It grows. The coffee is good. You need help. Another bureaucratic nightmare.

PAYE. National Insurance. Pensions. Employment contracts. Holiday entitlement. Workplace policies. Health and safety obligations.

The worst of all - HR.

You look at it all, and just think what’s the point? Is it worth the risk? That is a disaster for our economy, and a disaster for youngsters looking for work.

Restore Britain would slash back employer National Insurance, simplify employment law for small firms and create a framework that protects good employees without treating every employer as a potential criminal.

The HR-ification of Britain will end. If I had to pick a 'profession' I hate the most, HR has to be number one.

Employers will be able to sack employees for not doing the job properly.

It doesn’t matter if they’re black, gay, Muslim or whatever else. This ‘protected characteristic’ nonsense will be stripped away. The only protected characteristic we’re interested in is competence.

We will repeal The Equality Act 2010. This is key. This is where so much of the bullshit emanates from.

But let’s say you don’t want to bother. Maybe bringing in contracting services could work. Wrong.

IR35 - one of the most economically illiterate policies ever introduced by thick idiots in the civil service who have never created a job in their lives.

Restore Britain would scrap IR35 entirely - if two consenting adults wish to enter a genuine contracting arrangement, the state should keep its nose out. Who does what, when and for who is between those two individuals. IR35 is the first thing to go. Burn it and bury it.

But we do want apprenticeships. This is the way forward, and we would give companies tax breaks for developing and building local skills for young men and women. Crucial. I’ve been running an apprenticeship campaign in Great Yarmouth - looking to link local businesses with colleges. Progress made, but lots more to do.

As your business grows, your accountant becomes indispensable. Not because your accounting is particularly complicated or he’s a good bloke, but because the tax system has become absurdly complex. I used to do my own returns. No chance now.

Restore Britain would begin simplifying the tax code from top to bottom.

Tax should be low, simple and transparent. That’s what Restore Britain stands for.

Then comes one of the most notorious barriers in British business.

The VAT threshold.

You finally start making progress, and your turnover approaches the threshold.

Looks good on the face of it, but it’s actually horrific news - cross the line and suddenly everything changes. VAT is applied. What are you supposed to do? Pass the cost on to customers? What are they going to do when the cost of their morning order shoots up? Many firms deliberately limit growth because crossing the threshold creates such a financial shock. That is insanity.

Restore Britain would double the VAT threshold.

Growth should be rewarded, and we would do exactly that.

Somehow, you’re limping on and decide an expansion is needed - maybe a covered outdoor area let’s say. Add more seating. People like to eat outside. Surely this is straightforward?

Planning. The worst people on the planet, whose sole aim is to destroy economic ambition, growth and hope. I detest them all so very much.

Restore Britain would overhaul the system with a presumption in favour of economic development. If planners cannot make a decision within a fixed timeframe, approval should be automatic. We will not keep businesses waiting for months and months. It is simply unacceptable and unfair.

Same for licences to stay open later, host music, even god forbid serve alcohol - the bureaucrat’s nightmare. We wouldn’t want people enjoying themselves, would we?

Restore Britain would introduce another presumption backing small business activity unless there is a compelling reason to refuse it. If customers want to enjoy a drink later on with their friends, let’s make it happen - the burden should be on the regulator to justify their restrictions, not on the entrepreneur to justify growth. Again, let’s give them a time frame to object. If they can’t, it goes through. Job done.

That is what Restore Britain will deliver.

Then there are card payments. Every coffee, sandwich, bottle of water. People just are not using cash. So a small slice disappears off everything, but that turns into thousands. Restore Britain would review payment processing fees and increase competition in the sector.

We must reduce the cost of doing business. This is vital.

We come to HMRC. I hate these people so much. It’s far quicker for a benefits claimant to get hold of the DWP than it is for small business owners to speak to HMRC.

How mad is that?

Restore Britain would introduce meaningful accountability when HMRC gets things wrong, or simply doesn’t pick up the phone. Let’s link senior leadership pay to response times. That will get them jumping.

When you pay the tax, and sign it all off? The anger I feel when I think about where that money goes is not a positive experience. Funding hotel fry ups for Afghan men who have broken into our country. Restore Britain would indiscriminately deport the illegals, as you know, but this is a post about starting a business…

Back to HMRC. They whack me with tax inspection after tax inspection. I wonder why…

Awful people. If I ever get a sniff of power, I will tear that place apart limb by limb.

Then comes the final insult. The salt in the wound. The knife in the back.

You want to pay yourself. You've worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. You've risked everything.

You've missed weekends, holidays and family events.

You have carried all the risk.

The wife or husband is constantly pissed off because the phone doesn’t stop ringing.

Now perhaps you'd like some reward. Let’s look at what’s left...

Corporation tax takes a slice. Dividend tax takes another. Student loan repayments take more. National Insurance takes more. Income tax takes more. What’s left?

By the end of it, government has its sticky fingers in your pocket at every stage.

Restore Britain would establish the lowest corporation tax rate in Europe.

We would increase dividend allowances. Slash NI. Cut back income tax. Scrap interest on student loans.

In short - reward your hard work.

Entrepreneurs all over Britain are asking this question...

Why not take a comfortable public sector job, collect the salary, enjoy the pension, work from home, avoid the stress and leave somebody else to create the wealth? Why bother? What's the point?

If enough ambitious people think that, the economy stops functioning. We become even more reliant on the fat, bloated, squid like state.

Politicians in Westminster DO NOT understand what they are doing to businesses in Britain.

I listen to them talk about business and my ears bleed - you do not understand just how thick some of these people are. However bad you imagine, double it. You’re half way there.

It is time for a different sort of politics, a different type of politician.

Restore Britain will make Britain the easiest country in Europe to start, grow and succeed with your own business.

To our cafe owner, wondering if all the endless bullshit is worth it? My message is this…

Keep going. It will get better. Britain needs you.

There is good news - there is finally a political party on your side.

Restore Britain.

[Christopher Helali @ChrisHelali]

EVERYBODY KNOWS…

[Felix Prehn 🐶 @felixprehn]

Five banks sit in a private room in London twice a day. They make one phone call. When they hang up, they've decided the price of gold for 8 billion people.

Three of them have been convicted of manipulating precious metals. They still set the price. And this rigged system is creating the single best risk/reward trade in commodities.

It's called the LBMA Gold Price. Used to be the London Gold Fix. Five banks: JPMorgan, HSBC, Scotia, Barclays, UBS. A chairman throws out a price. Each bank says buy or sell. They adjust until supply meets demand. Then they publish the number that determines every gold contract, every ETF, every central bank reserve on earth. $70 billion trades daily based on this.

Barclays got fined $44 million for manipulating the fix. JP Morgan paid $920 million for precious metals spoofing. Their head of trading was convicted after 16 years of fraud. Deutsche Bank settled manipulation claims and handed over evidence of how the other banks communicated during the fix. The contents were never released.

The same banks convicted of manipulation still set the price.

Every time they suppress the paper price below physical reality, it widens the gap between paper gold and real metal. COMEX vault inventory has dropped 75% since 2020. Physical is leaving the system. The 300:1 paper-to-physical ratio in silver is the most extreme in commodity market history. When that ratio breaks, it doesn't break slowly.

Central banks bought 1,136 tonnes of gold in 2023 and 1,037 tonnes in 2024. The entities that literally print money are trading it for metal at the fastest pace since 1967. Last time they bought this aggressively, gold went from $35 to $850. That's 2,300% in a decade.

The miners are where the real leverage sits. When gold went from $120 to $850 in the 1970s, Barrick returned over 4,000%. Right now the GDX (gold miners ETF) trades at one of the widest discounts to spot gold in 20 years. The metal hit all-time highs. The miners haven't caught up. That gap closes violently.

Specific plays: Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) and Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV) hold allocated metal, not paper claims. Franco-Nevada (FNV) and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) for streaming royalties with mining leverage.

btw you can track COMEX vault inventory drawdowns, LBMA delivery volumes, and central bank purchase filings in real time on tradevision. When physical delivery claims spike above 40% of available inventory in a single week, it's historically preceded a 15-30% move in spot within 90 days. That data is available before the price moves. The five banks watch these numbers. Now you can too.

(five banks set the price of gold for 8 billion people. three were convicted of manipulation. they still set the price. they just changed the name from "Gold Fix" to "LBMA Gold Price." the fix never stopped. it got a rebrand.)

[House Of The People @HoTPOfficial]

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[The General @1776General_]

Great Clip on the Federal Reserve.

Share this with everyone you know.

[Will Hild @WillHild]

BREAKING: @BlackRock is in major trouble 👇

Today, a seismic shift has happened in the antitrust case brought against the ESG asset manager cartel of @BlackRock, @StateStreet, and @Vanguard_Group.

@Vanguard_Group is admitting defeat, agreeing to settle the lawsuit brought by a coalition of State Attorneys General, led by @KenPaxtonTX.

As part of the settlement they will pay $30 million in fines, turn over all documents related to their coordinated ESG activism, and end all ESG activism for years to come.

This is a massive win. The reckoning is here.

This settlement with Vanguard is a major blow to the ESG asset manager cartel that sets the stage for more to come.

The Attorneys General sought and got long overdue accountability and a massive course correction from Vanguard.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink should be extremely worried about what could be uncovered next, and who's going to fold next.

If State Street folds and admits defeat as well, he will be left on an island on his own.

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

🚨🇬🇧 “I don’t want Larry Fink buying up Britain”

Wow - Rupert Lowe just called out the Blackrock CEO - the company who are seeking to acquire all resource on earth, and tokenise all assets ‼️

[Chris Martenson @chrismartenson]

It's just a complete coincidence that the DOJ has completely withheld all the Epstein documents immediately before, during, and after 9/11, right?

[The General @1776General_]

🚨Great clip on the GOLD STANDARD.

Show this to everyone you know.

[Jvnior @Jvnior]

FOUND THE NEXT ISRAELI FALSE FLAGS 🇮🇱

Israel is planning to bomb London and Disney.

Keywords “Christian terrorist London” and “Disney land terrorist” are trending like “Naveed Akram” was before the shooting.

If you live in UK or America, WAKE UP.

[Ian Carroll @IanCarrollShow]

The Buy’r app is finally live on the Apple App Store and the Google play store!!!

Download it to learn who owns all the products in your shopping cart.

Android:
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Apple:
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[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis__]

The Holodomor was a GENOCIDE committed by Jewish Bolsheviks.

This madman was in charge of the genocide.

His name is Genrikh Yagoda. He was Jewish.

To those ignorant people claiming Holodomor wasn't perpetrated by Jews.
They are 5% correct and 95% wrong.
95% of Bolshevik leaders were Jewish.
92% of the Gulag commanders were Jewish. 50% of the NKVD Generals were Jewish.

The massmurder of at least 60 million white orthodox Christians and Muslims in USSR was committed by a 95% Jewish government.

The Bolsheviks killed 60 million people and you never once heard about that in school!