The Skillet Parmpernel

Retired lawyer. Grateful husband and proud grandad. Opponent of inequality and unfairness. Lover of my family, mates, mountains, Rioja and sport.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

They also deserve politicians who will pause a few hours before seeking to leverage political capital out of appalling atrocities committed in foreign states.

[The Skillet Parmpernel @parmpernel]

@autcareandshare @sharron_honey Hi Sophie. I, and my wife Shena, are thinking about you and sending our love.

[Basit Mahmood @BasitMahmood91]

Eton claims that VAT on private school fees means it will have to slash its bursaries budget by more than £1 million.

A reminder that Eton is sitting on a £553 million endowment fund and in 2022 received £3.3 million of rental income from its real estate portfolio as well as...

[The Skillet Parmpernel @parmpernel]

@TyrelWallace @clivepack @ZiaYusufUK *moot point.

[rob smith @grumpypostie]

Led by Donkeys do this because our media isn't doing its job of uncovering the facts

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Today's biggest self own comes - again - from Kemi Badenoch

[The Skillet Parmpernel @parmpernel]

@Peston @MartinSLewis *’past its time.’

[Ollie Pope @Ollieargyle9]

In 2019 the UK elected "Boris" Johnson.

He became so unpopular he resigned 3 years later. His replacement was so bad she went a month later, her replacement wasn't even wanted by his own party and remained for 2 more years.

Through none of this, was a general election called.

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes

[The Skillet Parmpernel @parmpernel]

@timfarron I know that you represent a rural constituency, but this is disingenuous nonsense. How many ‘family’ farms are worth more than £3m ? Also,
Farm owners, like any other holders of capital assets, can make Potentially Exempt Transfers thereby taking their estate out of IHT. Poor !

[Jimmy @jdtlgr]

The man who made things a whole lot more difficult for farmers, now has the cheek to cosplay as a farmer, while claiming to be on their side.

Absolute charlatan.

[Wills @Wills_42]

@RobertMLeonard3 @HwdBnd @terrychristian @mywitsend0 Oh ffs. How many times. The majority of small farms won't even be affected.

As for the rest, that's nonsense for obvious reasons. It's the vast land grabbers who are the target.

Here: https://t.co/4rfhF04Q3n

[The Skillet Parmpernel @parmpernel]

@reece_dinsdale Aye, enough is enough for me too. See you on the better side 😊

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

This is Senior Sister Julie Anne MacDonald receiving a beautiful guard of honour after 42 years of service to the NHS.

Thanks for everything, Julie Anne.

Please repost for her.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Donald Trump was elected by Americans to defend the interests of Americans.

The question we, as Europeans, must ask ourselves is, are we ready to defend the interests of Europeans?

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

1/ The New York Times gives Trump more a 90% chance of winning the election. Barring a miracle—and none is on the horizon at present—he will win.

And if by some miracle Harris won, it would be such a shock that it would almost certainly cause widespread Trumpist violence anyway.

[Paul Johnson @paul__johnson]

One view:

‘The partygate scandal was overblown’ - Kemi Badenoch

Another view: