Jac Freeman

Politics, memes and occasional humour.

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[Steve Reed @SteveReedMP]

The wealthy are buying up huge estates to avoid paying tax.

This Labour Government will reform Agricultural Property Relief to put a stop to it.

Small, family farms will be protected.

https://t.co/c8YzXkY2Kt

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

And the data shows that most of the cost of the tax increase will be borne by a few very large estates. In 2022 2% of agricultural estates - just 37 - claimed an average of £6m.

That's what this is really about - not 70,000 farms. So let's drop the hyperbolic fake stats.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

As per usual...

Lots of agro from the very wealthy when the vast majority will be exempt

You might want to take a read @JeremyClarkson

"87% of inherited agricultural property used less than £1m of APR and so will remain completely exempt"

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).

Quick thread:

[Hugh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HughEdw31897368]

I’ve not heard one media outlet highlight the fact that Labour are setting aside £11.8 billion for the infected blood scandal and £1.8 billion for the Horizon/PO scandal.

The Tories set aside nothing and that in itself is a scandal.

#bbcnews #skynews #c4news #itvnews

[Andy Verity @andyverity]

Did you expect a Labour government to hit the rich? Because that's what they're doing, according to an analysis by the Treasury of the impact on households of today's Budget measures. Top tenth lose on average more than £1,200 a year - whereas everyone else gains round £600:

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

Poorest households gain most, wealthiest pay most in the Budget - Treasury impact assessment.

[Sebastian Salek @sebastiansalek]

Labour introduced more bills in its first 100 days than the Tories did in the whole of 2010.

Here are all 17:

(including two that have already become law)

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

Have you considered not releasing 50 million non-native game birds into our ecosystem each year in order to shoot them, and going for a walk instead?

[High Speed Rail Group @HSRailGroup]

Cutting the scope of large infrastructure doesn't cut costs in the long term. In fact, the opposite is true. Delivering #HS2 to Euston and Crewe could actually save the Treasury billions.

https://t.co/Ypm7T6SgKB

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

I repeat. The UK did not have the fastest Covid vaccine rollout. And we didn’t need to leave the EU to approve the vaccine. Indeed we were still in it when we did! Please could journalists correct Johnson’s lies?

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

Our state schools need teachers more than private schools need embossed stationery.

Our children need mental health support more than private schools need new pools.

Our students need careers advice more than private schools need AstroTurf pitches.

https://t.co/Wc55CmVuge

[Michael Harris @mjrharris]

So brave to do this *after* getting a fixed £93,000 a year income for four years after standing as a Labour candidate.

[Labour For Trans Rights @Lab4TransRights]

This is a massive step to a more trans-inclusive Labour Party.

There is so much more to do, but tonight is going to be a good one 🏳️‍⚧️❤️✊

[Alex Harrison @AlexHarrisonLCN]

Resigning the whip within 6 months of a General Election should trigger an automatic recall petition

The people of Canterbury voted for a Labour MP, not somebody who would use the party to win then jump ship at the first opportunity

[Sean Smyth @seandsmyth]

Someone who oh so obviously wanted an excuse to defect before the last election, used the Labour brand to get themselves a job set up for the next five years and finally found an excuse to jump ship. 👋

[LBC @LBC]

‘When you’re having a pop at the PM for moving out of his house so his son can revise for his GCSE’s…you’ve lost all sense of what’s a story.’

@BenKentish ‘can’t help but agree’ with those angered by journalists covering the ‘freebies’ row over ‘vital world issues’.

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

This is getting silly now. Leave his kids out of it, and stop blowing things out of proportion. There is bad behaviour amongst some politicians, but this constant pearl clutching at everything undermines trust to an unjustified and dangerous extent. Try reporting some news.

[Matthew @MatthewTorbitt]

I think the detail of this actually shows someone who puts his family first and doesn’t necessary reflect the headline.

Problem will be is if anyone actually reads past it.

[Chris Luffingham @ChrisLuffs]

More support from @UKLabour MPs - thank you @DanAldridgeWSM. Let's #EndHunting Now! @LeagueACS