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@LizWebsterSBF We will go back eventually. It costs us too much money being out if it.

🚨 Many older British expats on the Costa del Sol are selling up or feeling trapped after Brexit. They face the 90/180-day rule, loss of easy NHS access, pension complications, and visa worries. A growing number are leaving or regret the move. Meanwhile, Polish migrants (who still enjoy full EU free movement rights) are moving in, buying properties, and setting up businesses, replacing the departing Brits. Brexit consequences for retirees who thought life in Spain would be straightforward.

@MrBigJohnDubois @ZG1999_ As someone who was out of work for 9 months earlier in my career, I can tell you that putting those people into extreme poverty is no way to get them back to work. It crushes mental health, leads to poor dieting, debt, and lack of preparedness for interviews

@StockwellKent @ZG1999_ Most benefit claimants are people who contribute? As it should be. We need to clamp down hard on the ones that don’t

Britain is ungovernable. And it is a country held to ransom by entitled pensioners, tabloid class and the propertied elite/NIMBYs. Until you get a leader willing to tackle the enemies and win, the equation will never change - it’ll be leader after leader after leader.

@MrBigJohnDubois @ZG1999_ You know most benefit claimants are either pensioners or people already working, right?

@ZG1999_ Britain is not ungovernable. Our political class are just low rent, avaricious simpletons. And the country is being held to ransom by entitled benefits scroungers as much as anyone else

@DuxVul What's the problem here?

The UK has just introduced wealth taxes Owning an expensive home will now cost you an extra £270k in tax for a 30 year ownership period It now costs £275k in VAT to send 2 kids to a good private school Has anyone’s life got better from this wealth tax?

@WarMonitor3 You vote for a party, not the man. That's how it works. No election until 2029

Britain needs a general election if Kier Starmer resigns.

@RThadt @middle_class_us Right. It's a Biden thing 😌😌

@middle_class_us That used to be called starting out. Now it's called winning. Biden didn't just raise prices. He rewired what Americans think they're allowed to expect.

Wanting a normal life is now “privileged.” One job. One apartment. One emergency fund. That used to be baseline. Now it’s rare.

@TaxationIsGreed @CallumLyon No we look after people in Europe. We have a fair society where everyone is valued for their contribution. We don't live in a banana republic where people are denied medicare and get shot in the street for protesting.

@StockwellKent @CallumLyon I see, you are a European, so success isn’t your top priority.

The biggest scam ever sold was convincing people that if they're still broke after working 40 hours a week, they're the problem. No mate. If full time work can't comfortably pay for housing, food, bills and a bit left over, the maths is broken.

@TaxationIsGreed @CallumLyon No. Bootlickers do.

@CallumLyon Who ever told you 40 hours a week is full time work? Winners work as many hours as necessary.

@Lg4uRanger @CallumLyon Of course it should. Otherwise that job is pointless.

@CallumLyon So you’re saying the lowest skill job worked 40 hours a week should pay for all of that? Does your dumb ass think a whopper flopper is gonna make $35 an hour?? Then what does that whopper cost now?? Idiot.

@DavidAkanz @UziCryptoo Because they objectively have far more to complain about than previous generations. It's not rocket science.

@UziCryptoo Show me a generation that has played the victim card more than Gen Z.

“GEN Z DOESN’T DRINK” “GEN Z DOESN’T DATE” “GEN Z DOESN’T BUY HOUSES” “GEN Z DOESN’T HAVE KIDS” “GEN Z DOESN’T SMILE” Maybe because: • They graduated into a pandemic • Job hunted into an AI apocalypse • Entered the housing market when rates hit 8% • Watched a world war start before they turned 25 • Got their first paycheck and lost 30% to taxes they’ll never see benefits from • Student loans kicked in the same month rent doubled • Were told to “just network” during two years of lockdown • Grew up on social media designed to make them feel worthless • Watched billionaires add trillions during COVID while they lost their jobs • Inherited a planet that’s literally on fire • Were promised the American Dream and handed the American Bill But yeah. It’s the avocado toast.

@JackWDart Labour should do a weekly progress bulletin hammering home these achievements (similar to Boris' covid updates).

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention. Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable. Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street. Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has: • Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country. • Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day. • Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work. • Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers. • Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers. • Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages. • Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes. • Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run. • Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner. • Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs. • Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly. • Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute. • Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break. • Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities. • Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence. • Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety. • Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company. • Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy. • Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster. • Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation. • Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security. • Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion. • Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses. • Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline. People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

@OperaSocialist Findoutnow is not a credible source. They score 44% (a D Grade) in accuracy, making them one of the least reliable polls. I presume their intent is to galvanise Reform voters into thinking they're winning by miles

These "polls" are just a joke now. #Makerfield

@kitwoods42 @Britains_rights Some of them haven't made much difference (if any) yet, but for me the party gets 10 years. Too many people ask for easy solutions after 1 or 2 years. No party can magically flick a switch and everything's better straight away.

@StockwellKent @Britains_rights All of which are sensible aims. Except they have been introduced so poorly that they have made things worse. Reduced jobs, reduced rental properties, expensive electric closing businesses, increased taxes. Good intentions maybe, but dreadful implementation

Can I ask a question to all the Labour voters? Can you please explain to me why you voted Labour, as I’m very confused how any sane person could vote for them with all the terrible things that have happened.

@RootsNotShame @ML3democrats Policies which are still a million miles ahead of the awfulness of Trump. You didn't see Biden taking away people's medicare or having people shot in the street or causing insurrection. Trump is a cancer on the United States.

@StockwellKent @ML3democrats She was every bit as responsible for that administration as Biden was. Let’s not pretend she spent four years powerless and uninvolved just because the record is inconvenient now. The autopen may have held the pen, but she still owned the policies.

If Kamala Harris had become president of the United States, Trump would be in prison, the strait of Hormuz would be open, Ukraine would be victorious, gas would be under $3 a gallon, and the U.S. would STILL be respected and supported around the world.

@LondonReformist @FindoutnowUK Findoutnow has a D grade for polling reliability. Look it up

🚨LATEST POLL: REFORM SURGES and ECLIPSES LABOUR in a 12% largest gap. Westminster Voting Intention: ➡️ REF: 27% (+2) 🥶 CON: 18% (=) 🤮 GRN: 17% (=) 💔 LAB: 15% (-1) 🎃 LDM: 12% (=) 🧶 OTH: 7% (+1) @FindoutnowUK, Field Work: 17 - 18 June, changes w/ 10-11 Jun

@CaseyDogMo @ML3democrats As a UK resident, I can tell you nobody laughed at Biden over here. He was well respected. By contrast, there is a massive anti-Trump sentiment, and people respect the USA far less than pre-2025..

@ML3democrats What on earth makes you think that? Under she and Biden Ukraine was a money laundry, gas was way over $3 a gallon, and world leaders were laughing at Biden, not respected. Don't you have a lot of things in France that you should be focusing on?🙄🙄🙄

@RootsNotShame @ML3democrats Four years where she herself wasn't president. And yes, the courts would have put Trump in prison (which is where he's going after this term)

@ML3democrats That isn’t analysis. It’s political fan fiction. Harris had four years in the administration: Ukraine did not win, gas was not reliably below $3, and Iran was not magically neutralized. And presidents don’t personally put political opponents in prison. Courts do.

@CallumLyon Is there anything worse than shelling out for all that stuff you listed and then you're left with about 200 quid for the whole month?

The UK economy is basically a subscription service at this point. £900 for rent. £200 for council tax. £150 for energy. £300 for food. £200 for fuel. Then someone asks why you've got no savings. I don't know mate, probably because existing costs £1,750 a month.

@ahmetdouas @QuietWealth_UK As a forty something who doesn't own, I'm considering doing that. We started saving for a house a year ago, but the thought of just building immense savings instead has its appeal (and we have cheap council housing, not private rents).

@QuietWealth_UK Don't bother with house deposits just rent and make good cash on the stock market, much better financially than buying

A 40 year old posted on Reddit. Ten years ago he bought a 2-bed flat in London for £520,000. £100,000 deposit. Every penny he'd saved throughout his 20s, working 50+ hour weeks in a high-pressure career. He thought he was doing everything right, get on the ladder, build equity, move up later. Today the flat is worth around £400,000. Mortgage remaining: £340,000. After ten years of ownership, he's facing the possibility of walking away with far less than he ever expected. He didn't make reckless decisions. He bought a normal London flat. The risk wasn't obvious because housing feels safe. Then came: — Cladding issues — Rising service charges — Higher interest rates The price fell because the market moved against London flats. He can't just cut his losses and leave. Cladding makes it nearly impossible to sell. Service charges are bleeding him monthly. Rates have made the mortgage painful. We talk a lot about returns, not enough about concentration risk. A London flat felt like the safe option. In his case, it wasn't. That's why I'm building my ISA alongside my house deposit.