Joe England

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[England @England]

Iconic.

[Alfie @alfie_t8]

Away fans going to Bradford for the rest of the season

[Brooke Smedley @Brooke_Smedley]

Not even lying if my teams just conceded a late goal and this blokes there dancing like a chicken my head would be on absolute mars

[What Was Left Behind @mahartle]

Here’s the goal with Jamie’s coverage #bcafc

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

‼️ THE BONDI HERO ‼️
Ahmed El Ahmad, a 43yr-old father-of-two fruit shop owner.
After so bravely jumping on the first terrorist, he was then shot twice by the second terrorist, and is now being treated in hospital but expected to be OK. Thank you Ahmed. 👏👏

[Sophie Corcoran @sophielouisecc]

A worker on £35k a year will be £1,400 poorer because of the freeze in income tax

Yet a family with 5 kids on UC will be £10,000 better off.

This is the most unfair budget in my lifetime

[ßen @BCAFCBH]

Biggest away following in Britain this weekend. After years rotting in the basement division. Never underestimate how special this fanbase is and the potential we have.

My club. 🐔❤️ #bcafc

[Ant Middleton @antmiddleton]

The quicker we get @UKLabour out the better! They are well and truly messing our country up. No one is safe… Literally no one! What a f**king mess! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Tax. We’ve all become so used to it, we forget how much we’re actually paying. It is relentless, even beyond death. And for what? If we had a semblance of functioning public services, I could maybe stomach it. But we don’t, so what are we actually paying all of this money for?

We are subject to Scandinavian levels of tax for third-world levels of competence - what a toilet deal.

Earn a salary. Income tax, a fifth gone before we’ve even started. National insurance, more on top of that. What for? A ‘world-class’ health service? The NHS? Ha. Good luck.

Even getting to work costs - taxes on buying a car, running a car, insuring a car. Vast amount of road tax. Is that being well spent? Unless you want potholes you can paddle in, the answer is no. A road network built for half the amount of cars. How’s that going? It takes twice as long to get anywhere. Fuel duty and tax on insurance - whack that on top too. Congestion charges, tolls, fines and more. It goes on and on and on.

Forget getting the train, that’ll cost twice as much and never runs on time - a season ticket into London costs thousands. Unaffordable. Yet the trains so often run empty? Maybe that system isn’t working…

VAT on anything that moves - getting taxed to buy products/services, from already taxed money.

Tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax. Then more tax.

Did you go to university? Your ‘loan’ isn’t loan, it’s a tax. Interest is so sharp, you’re just paying that off each month. Hundreds gone, to pay for a sociology degree a decade ago. Ouch. Why are we saddling our youngsters with so much debt, with so much interest on top of that? Madness.

Manage to put a few quid away to save? That gets taxed too - ISAs will be under attack in the budget. Profit made on successful investments, what happens? You guessed it. Tax.

Somehow you’ve scrabbled a deposit together for a property. Well done.

Paying half a million quid for a semi-detached? Not cheap. Stamp duty means you get slapped for thousands. Obviously first time buyer exemptions mean less and less as house prices soar.

You’re in the house. Great news. Or so you thought. Council tax. Going up seemingly by 5% every year. Thousands of pounds a year. For what? To collect the bins? Really? Don’t forget the extra costs to have your garden waste removed. Brilliant.

More insurance taxes, and of course VAT on any improvements you want to make. Bills soaring, with tax slapped onto every corner of it - green levies and the rest.

How depressing. Time for a pint.

Alcohol duty. Because of course. Why wouldn’t they throw extra tax on it? I’m not a smoker, but the same applies. Even holidays. Air passenger duty to put a few extra quid onto the price of a trip away. Just for good measure.

You’re limping on through. Maybe you decide that starting your own business is the way to go?

You get it up and running, starting to make a reasonable profit. Take a small salary - to pay for such luxuries as food and heating. As we know, that gets taxed.

Alongside the costs. National Insurance. Business rates. Fees and licences. It is endless.

What’s left after all that? A profit? Surely good news?

Bang. Corporation tax. A big slice gone. After that, we can enjoy a handsome profit. Right?

Nope. Dividend tax. With its brutal thresholds. What slivers you do take get taxed all over again when you want to actually buy something. Obviously.

And the final kick in teeth.

Inheritance tax.

After everything, somehow, you’ve managed to put a reasonable amount of money away. After all that tax, you’ve succeeded in building a financial legacy to pass to your children - your business, and your own savings.

Money you were taxed on the day you earned it, taxed when you saved it, taxed when you invested it, taxed to build your business. It gets taxed one final time. On both your personal savings, and also the value of your company.

Even after death, it continues.

What are we paying all this money for?

Are our schools world-class? Borders secure? Police visible? NHS efficient? Economy thriving? Roads operational?

No. No. No. No. No. No. NOTHING WORKS.

Britain has the highest tax burden in most of our lifetimes, yet the worst services many of us have ever seen. If everything worked perfectly, there could maybe be an argument for such suffocating levels of tax. But it doesn’t, and hasn’t for decades, so there isn’t.

When the taxpayers fail to fund this state monster of inefficiency and unaccountability, what do they do?

QE. Print money. Creating inflation, devaluing our earnings and our savings. Yet one more tax.

The people creating all of this, implementing all of this? £100k plus on the public sector, living in London. Comfortable salary, great pension, no job risk. Clueless about the real world.

Maybe, just maybe, the current approach isn’t working.

We need to urgently cut tax. Shrink government. Reward hard work.

You just can’t tax a nation into prosperity. It never has worked, and it never will work.

LEAVE OUR MONEY ALONE.

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

90+5' HE IS BACK!!!!!!

🐔 2-1 🐟

#BCAFC | #BRAvGRI

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

76' WOULD YOU EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE?!?! 🐐

🐔 1-1 🐟

#BCAFC | #BRAvGRI

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

You’ve just been pecked by the chickens! 🐓

#BCAFC | #STOvBRA | @OFFICEINTERIOR5

[Anabella💙❤️ @AnabellaMarvy]

This was Diogo jota 7 days ago, there is nothing in this life 😢

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother have both passed away due to traffic accident, reports Marca.

Deepest condolences, support, and thoughts are with those involved, his family and loved ones.

May his soul rest in peace. 🤍🕊️

[Jack Shepherd @jacktshep]

Cheers lads all the best next year @Official_STFC 👍🏻🍿

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

Alexander the Great. 🐐

#BCAFC

[ßen @BCAFCBH]

The most ridiculous end to the most ridiculous season you can ever imagine.

The final kick, of the final game, 40 years since the Fire, in Bradford's Year of Culture.

90+7. BRADFORD CITY. PROMOTED.
WE FUCKING DID IT!!!!!! ❤️💛 #bcafc

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

King Cook. 👑

#BCAFC

[Stephen Bunting @sbunting180]

OMG. WOW. What can I say. This trophy has to be one of the best I’ve been in bed with 😂😂 From the sheer turmoil of not winning a game in the first 8 weeks of the Premier League, to then winning 3 on the night and claiming night 9 in Berlin. What an amazing feeling. I’m so proud I showed grit and determination and I never once gave in. It’s always a great feeling when you bounce back off the canvas and the sweet taste this has left gives me massive confidence pushing forward.

I’d like to thank my family (Keila, Toby & Theo) who have been inspiring me to keep believing even when things go wrong.

Massive thanks to my manager who’s always there through thick and thin and we are a great team together.

Massive thanks to my sponsors who put their faith in me to be the best I can be and I’m proud for your support guys.

And last but by no means least… a huge huge thanks to the fans, I know supporting me can sometimes be difficult and rest assured that whenever I go up on the stage or to the oche I always give 110%. This victory isn’t just for me guys, you all share this with me and I can’t thank you all enough. You really are an inspiration every time I step on the stages. The let’s go bunting mental chant is so loud now and the walk on… what can I say… it leaves me so emotional that you guys sing it back in such a way it warms my heart.

I love you all ❤️

#LetsGoBuntingMental
#LetsGoBuntingMental
Na Na Na Na

[Sky Bet League Two @SkyBetLeagueTwo]

🌟 Congratulations to February's @SkyBet League Two Manager and Player of the Month winners! 👏

🏆 Graham Alexander - @officialbantams
🏆 Antoni Sarcevic - @officialbantams

#EFL | #SkyBetLeagueTwo