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@floboflo This is not the first story from the frontline of (private) education I heard. Tales of reducing the gardener down to twice a fortnight instead of weekly, using Ocado for groceries and only heating the winter residence while it’s being used are commonplace. Can’t anyone help??

My cousin Poppy is currently wearing the ski outfit she wears for St. Moritz at home as she needs to save money on heating to pay for the extra school fees for her son Jonty. Starmers's Britain.

@LBC Very rich idiot says rich idiot ‘doesn’t have what it takes’. Breaking news? Really? What has happened to LBC.

Elon Musk says Nigel Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to lead Reform UK buff.ly/4fJXEPx

@WomackPhilip @bphillipsonMP Doubt it. There is a reason why this person went private and that reason hasn’t changed and won’t in six months time.

Someone pointed out today that he will keep his child in a private school to finish his GCSE year, which will raise £11k for the state. Then he will put him in a state school, which will cost the state £16k. @bphillipsonMP

@implausibleblog Is he actually advocating communism here? The simple reason is capitalism. The solution….?

Donald Trump, "We're also going to find out, why are we paying more than other countries?" "Why is it that Germany, UK and other countries are paying so much less for the same box of medicine, made in the same plant?" "Why are we paying so much more?"

@SuePaterson72 Not the wisest move - this will create more finger jabbing at the govt. and confirm the feelings of those on the right. A real shame that you couldn’t work with the party to change everything for the better, especially for those in your constituency. A benefit for Reform?

Today I left the Labour Party along with 19 of my fellow cllrs.

@CynicalBrit2023 @LBC You just proved the point of the post.

@LBC That’s called gaslighting. Not only are they being hit by the removal of the WFP, they’re being hit with a reduction in services and simultaneous rise in council tax etc. It is wrong. The government and the local authorities are impacting the poorest in society.

“This is a myth perpetrated by the right wing press." Ray calls Jonathan Ashworth to correct a series of callers who claim that the government is ‘going after the poorest in society’.

@DanielJHannan Should say, ‘One person recognises Starmer in queue.’ Not quite non story of the year, but up there.

@MarkJLittlewood @ConsPost The whole story amounts to education authorities being asked how many spaces there are for year 9,10 & 11 and replying ‘not many’. That’s it. No surprise to see Surrey on there - more stories about Surrey than all the others combined. Utter nonsense.

Who could possibly have imagined this would happen? Shocked. Shocked, I tell you. @ConsPost conservativepost.co.uk/councils-sound…

@pritipatel But you had a super-majority. Labour didn’t block anything - they were the opposition. Do you understand how government works? Is this why the Tories achieved the sum total of nothing since 2019? Oh, and Labour removed more illegal immigrants in five months than you ever managed

LABOUR voted against every action undertaken by Conservative’s in Government to deter and remove illegal migrants.   From turning boats around in the Channel, to fast-track removals and a 3rd country deterrant, Rwanda; the Labour Party and their left wing friends blocked it all.   Labour don’t care and they don’t have a plan.

@WorldByWolf None of of your ‘facts’ are true. Johnson got a FPN when it was obvious he broke the law. There were other occasions where he did not get fined: he wasn’t ambushed by cake. He was ousted by the Tories for lying. Sunak was put in power after Truss. Starmer did not break the law.

@TeresaC123 It’s very easy. Tory cronyism does not raise an eyebrow with the MSM - and in this case silence. A three time Labour London mayor gets nominated and they are absolutely frothing - and all the time insisting they are not racist.

Has anyone yet discovered why 29 year old Charlotte Owen was given a peerage ?

@RobertJenrick The only division comes from the far right in the Tory party - Jenrick, Braverman, Patel etc. And Reform. You are going after the same set of voters and leaving the rest of your party behind.

Tony Blair was the original architect of mass migration. As this shows, he forced it through despite opposition from the public and his Cabinet. 30 years later, many of our cities are unrecognisable. We are poorer and more divided for this disastrous experiment. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@LBC Why are you even posting this? Farage has already done so. Have you forgotten the Farage-riots of the summer? Disgusting.

'The fish rots from the head down': Reform UK leader Nigel Farage calls Britain 'appallingly led' in new year's swipe buff.ly/4iVo0Rz

@lewis_goodall These people were silent when charlotte Owen was made Baroness, let alone the honours bestowed by Truss.

Don’t recall there being much outrage when Conservative No10s in every administration in recent yrs doled out honours to scores of backbench MPs basically for just being MPs. We should have fewer political honours but the thrice elected London mayor seems an odd place to start.

@TedUrchin @Keir_Starmer No one has really changed their mind. If you voted leave due to immigration, then nothing since will have changed your mind. If you voted for sovereignty, then the ECHR will be the next issue And those stupid enough to believe Boris’s bus are stupid enough to believe the next lie

This from today’s i. If there was another referendum, we would start the process of rejoining, even if ALL the ‘don’t knows’ and ‘refused to answer’ were to vote Stay Out. Are you listening @Keir_Starmer?

@WeLiveinroom101 @peterwalker99 The real issue is vehicles speeding. You just proved the point of the post.

@peterwalker99 Its the many cyclists running red lights, going through pedestrians crossings when pedestrians are actually crossing and cycling on paths that are the real issue.

I interviewed Chris Boardman about his many careers, including current role at Active Travel England. He told me that fact-free anti-cycling media stories are harming the UK's health as they put off politicians from making brave but necessary decisions. theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/…

@LittleNinjaUK @peterwalker99 I think you just proved the point of the post…

@peterwalker99 ATE's blind focus on cycling schemes make walking and bus use less appealing and therefore harm the UK's health. Floating bus stops endanger blind & elderly people, while LTNs and replacing bus lanes with cycle lanes congest roads and delay bus services. x.com/LittleNinjaUK/…

@BladeoftheS Was he unaware that actions have consequences?

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@SkyNews You have done your best to undermine the govt from the moment it got elected, so not surprised.

Labour would lose almost 200 seats if election held today, new poll suggests Read more🔗 trib.al/lPN6xbG

@jfoster2019 @bphillipsonMP Well bearing in mind that Labour said a long time ago this would happen, and they now have a huge majority there is a lot of support for this and their other policies.

“Middle classes support VAT on private schools, says Labour”… No they don’t ⁦@bphillipsonMP⁩ thetimes.com/article/c1e3c2…