Ben Woodhouse

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Just when you think your contempt for @FIFAWorldCup and the US administration can’t get any greater.
Humbly, what the fuck does a red card have to do with the US president, and why has Infantino buckled?

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@RobNoLastName @Anon76546854773 Your example makes it clear you have no idea how capital _gains_ tax actually works. You’re taxed on the gain, not the capital.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@PeterStefanovi2 Shockingly, I don't think they've thought this through. Students (and educated people in general) are already in favour of returning to the EU; no "brainwashing" required.
Maybe they could setup their own scheme and lobotimise them. If nothing else they might sell more papers.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT.

From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.

A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@PeterStefanovi2 just kick them out of the EU already

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@WombleFlyBoy How did they expect the council to cut the grass exactly? Were they supposed to mow around 30k bulbs individually?

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@BobRutler @iwanwroberts @iwanroberts commentary was great. I was watching on Sky but I had you lovely chaps for audio

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@tomfgoodwin Just don’t connect it to the internet. There are plenty of alternative streaming devices

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

The govt's Student Loan Plan 2 repayment freeze in April 2027 must be reversed. It isn't moral.

I'm concerned that my debate with Kemi Badenoch this morning distracts from the most immediate problem. In April 2027 Rachel Reeves will freeze the Plan 2 student loan threshold until 2030 which by then will increase graduate repayments by £300/yr more.

This is effectively a unilateral negative breach of the student loan contract. Students were told the threshold would rise with average earnings. No commercial lender would be allowed to do this. The govt shouldn't do it either.

Changing the terms of future students loans is a political decision - people may not like it but it is transparent. Negatively changing the terms of contracts already signed, and long in place, is a breach of natural justice.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@RepJackKimble You guys abandoned reality a long time ago didn’t you?

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@cjsouthwell1902 None of our midfielders have the technical quality or range of passing which Nunez provided. Kenny probably comes the closest, and Mattisson is great at what he does, but we're still lacking a midfield maestro IMO.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Three England fans arrested at the 2018 World Cup. That’s half the number of Fifa officials arrested one day in Zurich in 2015.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@DanielJHannan Getting a bit sick of Americans pretending they're not responsible for inflicting this orange sack of shit upon us. Certainly, anyone who voted for him knew full well what they were getting after Jan 6th. Let's not pretend otherwise.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@GreekAnalyst It’s a failed state. Checks and balances no longer exist

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@harryjsisson Bullshit. "You Americans" keep voting for him. I don't know what went wrong with education in your country, but please stop inflicting this fuckwit on us.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@AesPolitics1 But you (collectively) did.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@rshereme Because they’re uneducated sheep who believe everything their cult leader tells them

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

There's a saying in Germany:

When there are 11 people at the table and one of them is a Nazi and 10 don't speak out, then there are 11 Nazis at the table.

I know life is never as easy and clearcut as this, as on a moral level. I just wanted to leave it here.

[Ben Woodhouse @elf_stone]

@Heccles94 I think we know the answer to this question already. There is literally nothing the American people won't let him get away with.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

How on Earth is a police state that executes people in the street going to host a World Cup?