mark batho

'Just put £60k into your pension every year to avoid the tax trap above £100k - hang on, why are our most productive taxpayers taking early retirement in their 50s??!!?!?!'

oh my god.

In Britain it is now functionally illegal to show anyone but a white man committing harassment.

It is extremely immoral for Rachel Reeves to effectively raise tax on people aged 21-31. I was under the impression my student loan was to pay for my education, not to fund the NHS. Why is it OK to change the terms of the loan after it was signed? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

On a Plan 2 Student loan? Why freezing the repayment threshold from 2027 to 2030 is, in my view, a breach of natural justice. A brief audio explainer

NYT story on Epstein & Silicon Valley has paragraphs on Elon, Peter Thiel and even photo of JCal who is a total NPC. But Reid Hoffman barely gets mentioned despite having the deepest Epstein relationship and having lied about it. This is the protection that hundreds of millions of dollars in donations to the Democrat Party and anti-Trump lawfare buys you. NYT is a scumbag publication.

Cute cutting Jeevan!😘 But here's our actual exchange. 👉Its NOT an either-or when it comes to oil & gas or other energies.👈 The skilled workforce, supply chain expertise and investment from North Sea oil & gas companies are vital for successfully growing all types of energy.

The people who put these plans together should never work again. They were told time and time again by the last government that the costs and timescales were unviable and would never gain public support. They were told repeatedly that the restoration of Parliament should focus on fire safety and boilers, not redesigning the palace and putting in new tunnelling systems for traffic, glass atriums and making every since room on every single floor disabled accessible. They were told that MPs would not vote for such plans and would not vote for Parliament to be out of action for multiple electoral cycles. Instead, the consultants continued their surveys, the lawyers billed their hours, and a whole clique of professional infrastructure failures continued to take taxpayers money to come up with these plans, and they waited for the Government to change. The Government has now changed and they are presenting the same insane plans to Parliament for approval. The Restoration and Renewal lobbying arm will spread lies about falling masonry (it's actually portcullis house which is falling down), they will lie about fires and they will demand every room be accessible despite no likelihood of that ever being required. Do not believe their numbers, do not believe their reasoning. This is a farce and it is public sector procurement at its absolute worst: vanity, delays, refusal to listen, and the taxpayer loses every time.

These costs are clearly absurd. MPs should: - ask for a short report to set out which specific laws/regulations are increasing costs and by how much - pass a short bill that exempts the Palace rebuild from those rules (see Notre Dame) - pass a wider repeal/reform of those laws

Last year, the NHS decided to poll their gluten-free prescription policy. ‘We spend 5x as much as supermarkets to procure gluten-free foods, should we really fund this!?’ The British public responded with 'Hell yes! 🙌'

If I was PM the first thing I'd do would introduce a minimum sentence of 15 years for sexual assault of a child and 25 years for rape. These people are the worst scum and I can't for the life of me understand how this man was spared jail.

These people's whole belief system is built around fake media. This graph is fake. UK welfare spending is 26% of GDP.

Rachel Reeves admits it. She says that student debts are not loans to fund university study. They are designed as a tax for other public services, thanks to their insane interest regime. At least she’s honest!

“To be able to bring down NHS waiting lists…that does involve putting money in.” Reeves is now openly admitting that she’s using low-earning young graduates as a cash cow and charging them crazy amounts of interest as a sneaky way of raising billions of pounds for the exchequer. Truly shameful.

Cost of Deng Majek's illegal arrival in the UK: - Border force interception: £2,750 - Three months in a hotel: £13,500 - Murder investigation and prosecution: £600,000 - Court proceedings and legal defence: £100,000 - Cost of 29y imprisonment: £1,572,786 Total cost: £2,289,036

Labour should be apologising to the British people, not smearing them.

🚨BRITISH POLICE ARREST WRONG MAN - THIS IS INSANE Conservative holds a debate on a University campus on Deportations Leftist student ATTACKS HIM Uni staff help THE ATTACKER Police say Conservative SHOULD NOT HAVE DEBATE Police then ARREST Conservative man Absolute Disgrace

“Low tax” conservatives would scream bloody murder if I suggested raising the top rate of tax by 9% Perfectly happy to whack grads with it for 40 years, though, and scratch their chins about the birth rate

“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...” Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans. #Newsnight

I have been forensically digging through these asylum contracts, and one stands out to me. It is absolutely staggering. Please read on. £1,593,535,200 for 'Provision of Bridging Accommodation and Travel Services’ awarded to ‘Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited’. According to the official record, they’re based in Bradford… Let’s dive into it. It’s related to the Bibby Stockholm, housing illegal migrants on a barge off the coast of Dorset. Bradford is certainly a strange place to base such an enormous contract. What is all of that money, OUR money, being spent on? All this information is taken from official documents, labelled ‘sensitive’. The illegals must be provided with a ‘varied daily menu’, taking into account all religious needs. If the illegal arrives late and missed the evening meal? They must be provided with a ‘light snack’. What about cleaning? A ‘cleaning programme’ must be delivered to the standards set by the ‘British Institute of Cleaning Science’. Routine cleaning must be provided, and their cabins are cleaned on a ‘twice weekly basis’. A ‘house-keeping laundry service’ is included, with a maximum '48-hour turn around’' Information on the local area is provided - including amenities and facilities. Illegals are assisted to make contact with a local GP surgery and dentist - they are assisted to do this. The illegals are to be taken and returned from medical appointments. A ‘programme of organised recreational activities' are provided, seven days a week. Activities available ‘morning, after, and evening each day’. Full Wi-Fi coverage is required, with a bank of mobile phones available '24/7'. Transport requests will be taken at short notice, all day every day. The transport must be ‘punctual’. ‘Adequate transport links’ must be provided to assist the illegals into the local area - and booking of transport services must be delivered for those ‘who wish to travel beyond the local area’. Warnings against ‘unconscious bias’ are made, and it’s adamant that ‘the interests of the Service Users are best served.’ It goes on and on and on. Are you happy that your tax is being spent on these services for illegals? For transport? Recreational activities? Shipping them into local communities to roam the streets? One of these illegal migrants was sentenced for sexually assaulting a teenage girl on a beach. There will be many, many, many others. 'Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited', based in Bradford, received this astronomical contract. A strange company name for such a service. What was the procurement process? How was this decided? I have put these questions to the Home Office, and I am demanding answers. The Bradford firm was told on the 24th of February 2023 that they had been awarded this £1.5 billion contract, excluding VAT (with an extension option.) Who was the Home Secretary at this time? Reform’s Suella Braverman. Who was the immigration minister at this time? Reform’s Robert Jenrick. They were the ministers, they were responsible. I want to know exactly why these outrageous contracts were signed off. It is scandalous. SO much more information on these contracts is redacted. I am going to find it... We should not be caring for these illegals, we should not be housing them, we should not be accommodating them. We should be deporting them. On an industrial scale. They are treated better than British citizens. FAR better. It makes me sick. The amount of OUR money that has been spent on these third world criminals by politicians (Reform, Conservative and Labour) is the biggest scandal of our time.