Frankie Scott

[Frankie Scott @f_scott17]

@lucyjaynewhite1 No one likes you, you hideous specimen

[Gabriel Pogrund @Gabriel_Pogrund]

Tice, who said Angela Rayner would resign if she had "any moral decency", did not respond to our latest inquiries about his tax affairs or even acknowledge receipt. Nor did his lawyer or Nigel Farage's team.

However, he has now posted a statement saying of his wider affairs: "Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed - be that more or less."

Where does that leave us?

- Story #1: Tice avoided £600k in corporation tax by classifying his company as a real estate investment trust in unusual circumstances and benefitting from a loophole meaning he did not have to meet technical rules that otherwise applied. Tice accepts this, and said everyone should seek to avoid as much tax as legally possible.

- Story #2: Tice broke the law by failing to pay at least £92k - or, per further analysis by @DanNeidle, £120k - in withholding tax before paying incorrectly large dividends to himself and his off-shore trust in Jersey. He says the dividends he personally received meant he ultimately paid more income tax, meaning HMRC received the money it was owed, or even more. He has not provided any evidence for this or addressed what tax the trust paid. He has dismissed the fact the law was broken - and the accompanying fact that the company still has an unsettled tax bill - as a "technicality". Farage, when asked to evidence Tice's claim that HMRC received equal/more tax, snapped at a reporter and demanded she provide a "lecture" on the nature of real estate investment trusts.

- Story #3: Tice failed to pay ~£100k in corporation tax on dividends deposited in four shell companies he owned and which were part of a group which donated huge sums to Reform. Last month he gave us contradictory stories as to why dividends were not taxed. a) He said they were tax-exempt. (They were not in this case.) b) He said the parent group suffered losses allowing tax bills to be offset. (This is not the case.) He did not respond to further inquiries which we sent yesterday morning.

Overall, the evidence indicates Tice used unusual measures to avoid £600k, and failed to pay up to £220k on tax owed. Per @DanNeidle the underpayments mean the firms are vulnerable to HMRC investigation which could lead to required repayment plus interest and fines.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

BREAKING 🚨 | Conservative and Reform MPs have just voted AGAINST the Employment Rights Bill.

They've voted to stand on the side of exploitation, zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire.

True colours.

[Frankie Scott @f_scott17]

@EatNaturalBars always great to see a reduction in the size of a product, in your case from 50g to 40g per bar, but no reduction in price. An increase of 40p per 100g. New branding looks great though 😩

[Frankie Scott @f_scott17]

@alexarmstrong Why don’t you fucking grow up, you grade A moron

[Thomas @Thomas_2791]

During 14 years of Tory rule your lives got gradually worse.

That wasn’t bad luck. It was managed decline. As the poor got poorer, the rich got richer.

To be able to do that, they needed the working class to blame someone. (1/?)

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The evidence continues to roll in from across the UK. Water privatisation has been a complete failure.

[Frankie Scott @f_scott17]

@IsabelOakeshott Are you fucking stupid, or just a cunt?

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

Rishi Sunak is Turning Britain into a Police State @georgemonbiot

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

How has England’s NHS fared under Conservative governments?

@C4Ciaran and @FactCheck have been crunching the numbers.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

George Monbiot absolutely shredding this govt and their sadistic, pure distraction, Rwanda policy.

[James Foster @JamesEFoster]

"I’m closer to a Jamaican born brickie than I am Jacob Rees-Mogg.

I've got more in common with a Polish hotel maid than I do with Nigel Farage.”

#ImACeleb

[Louis Staples @LouisStaples]

🎯

[Frankie Scott @f_scott17]

@jrt1805 You love it, you dirty little pig

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Does the UK need more North Sea oil and gas extraction?

@C4Ciaran digs deeper into Rishi Sunak’s decision to grant new North Sea oil and gas licences.

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Sunak's family firm Infosys also signed a deal reported to be worth $1.5billion with BP just two months ago.

[Frankie Scott @f_scott17]

@Thomas_2791 Pompey fans? Or just football fans who appreciate greatness?