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Tweety stuff. Trolls = instablock.
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PM calls for 'community over division' in Easter message of 'renewal'
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@GeorgeFoulkes Still slagging everyone but your own people off, eh Georgie boy.
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What have they been doing for the last 20 years?
Profiting from power.
Don’t let the grifters back into power
STV News@STVNews
SNP will deliver revolution in childcare if it wins election, says Jenny Gilruth. #Echobox=1775205784-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.stv.tv/west-central/s…
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Labour is bringing workers’ rights into the modern age.
Reform would drag Britain backwards.
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Voters in Scotland on May 7th.should realize that whatever the outcome @Keir_Starmer will continue as Prime Minister.
This election is not about him it is a verdict on 20 years of @theSNP @scotgov Has it been a success or abject failure?
Ferries are the clue to the answer.
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Truly disgusted with King Charles. @RoyalFamily @KensingtonRoyal
The public are ashamed, you've abandoned us. #Easter
Time for you to go. Never thought I'd say that.
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@DavidMcGregorBN Dear God (remember him?) you people just cannot stop lying, can you. Go away.

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Reform UK talks big and promises bigger, but when it comes to the numbers, it always comes up short.
The problem with Reform is not just a few dodgy sums. It is a pattern. A mindset that treats the public finances as an afterthought and the public as fools.
If you want a stark demonstration of that, look at the manifesto they have put out for the elections in Scotland. They propose sweeping tax cuts, reducing all income tax rates in Scotland so they are 3p lower than in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with no credible proposals to pay for it beyond vague references to cutting quangos. The cost of this policy alone would, in their own words, be equivalent to “only 3 per cent” of the Scottish Government’s total budget. For context, the equivalent if extended across the UK would be a cost of around £40bn.
But it’s all fine, Reform claims in its manifesto document, because it will all conveniently pay for itself. They say that the tax cuts will generate economic benefits of £8bn over 10 years and “this will easily repay the £2bn up-front cost four times over”. Except, of course, that it isn’t just an up-front cost. It’s an annual cost. A £2bn tax cut for 10 years costs £20bn. Oh dear.
This is not complex economics. It is basic maths. @TheIFS has given a damning verdict on the plans, describing the “self-funding” tax cuts as a “mirage created by misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the current devolution settlement and incorrectly comparing cumulative and annual figures”. It’s a Farage mirage. Overall, they say of Reform’s plan: “This is not credible.”
We do absolutely have to get taxes down. Under Labour we’ve seen huge tax hikes and they are crippling our economy. But a plan for lower taxes has to be credible. If not, then it will only mean more borrowing and more debt. That is the road Reform would lead us down.
And this is the thread that runs through everything Reform does. They make bold claims and promise huge giveaways without doing the deep thinking about how the sums will actually add up. In that sense, they are laughing in the face of the public, believing that disillusionment will paper over the need for economic rigour.
A few weeks ago, Reform unveiled a plan to support the hospitality sector. What they did not say was that it would blow a £10bn hole in the public finances, on top of a growing pile of unfunded commitments Reform had already made.
They claimed the package would cost £3bn. The real figure is closer to £13bn. That is not a rounding error. It is the equivalent of adding 2p to the basic rate of income tax. It tells you everything you need to know. This is not a serious economic plan. It is fantasy economics that would cost families and businesses across the country.
When challenged on the numbers, Reform said their policy had been misrepresented. Their new Treasury spokesman even argued their tax promises were only meant to apply to pubs, not the whole hospitality sector. But their own published policy on their website makes it very clear that the proposed VAT cut clearly applies to the whole of the hospitality sector. The truth is that Reform are simply making things up as they go along. It is laughable to hear Reform claiming to be a fiscally responsible party. Their plans don’t stand up to even the most basic scrutiny.
When asked to explain the hospitality black hole in a BBC interview, their chief whip responded: “I’m not interested in the numbers.” That tells you everything. A party that is not interested in the numbers has no business running the economy.
The unanswered questions go further. Reform has never clarified which of the £140bn in unfunded promises from the last election still stand. Voters are left to guess what is real, what is rhetorical, and what will quietly disappear. 🧵1/2
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Dear Steven @SBarrettBar
Would you be kind enough to represent Edward Hughes. He's been suspended and I thought you were the man to help. 😁 @Iromg


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Of course he did, just like all the other Reform apologists for Putin. Remember Nathan Gill?
BBC Wales News@BBCWalesNews
Reform Senedd candidate blamed Nato for Ukraine war bbc.in/47F5edn
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Why does the King
Head of the Church of England
Not care about Christians?
Kate Hoey@CatharineHoey
Is it true that the King is not delivering a message for Easter. ? If this is true why is he not ? We need to have a reason. If he can give messages to Muslims on their special religious days surely he must send a message to Christians. @RoyalFamily
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