Ben Berry

We recently hosted the Rolls RoyceEnthusiasts Club at Low Wood Bay... entirely appropriate given the roads on our doorstep. Our MD @BenWJBerry has written about the best drives in the Lake District and North Lancashire, and it's well worth the read👇 bit.ly/ScenicDrivesLa…

@PolitlcsUK I thought this was a parody account for a second there

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has appointed Gordon Brown as his Special Envoy for Global Finance

The reason many of our leaders hate people like Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is because he has quickly proven that crime and societal decline are not inevitable or beyond control… It’s a deliberate choice allowed by weak leaders, terrible policies and suicidal empathy.

Look, Nige. You're being hired to do one job: reverse everything New Labour has done. The quangos. The immigrants. Even the fucking smoking ban. All of it. Every single miserable tyranny Tony Blair and his accursed disciples have inflicted on fair Albion. That's your job. It's a big job, it's a lot to do, but it is your only fucking job. Making the zoomers commute to the office is not in the fucking job description.

People are catching on that the so-called 'tourist tax' is actually just another tax on Brits. Some wrongly assume that these taxes will be paid largely by foreign tourists but the vast majority of visitors are British - at least 80%. So it is us who will be taxed, not in our own town, but in other ones. A surveys shows that 55% believe the proposed visitor levy should apply only to travellers from overseas. Said Tees Valley mayor @BenHouchen: “With the cost of living already through the roof, the last thing the hospitality sector needs is another charge slapped on a weekend away or staycation. “People are already feeling the squeeze, & this polling couldn’t be clearer that they don’t want to be clobbered by yet more tax. Slapping a charge on weekends away would only price people out even further and hit local businesses right where it hurts.”

Earthquake...

You can LITERALLY incarcerate your way out of violence. That’s precisely why incarceration exists in the first place.

It feels like the opposite of Christmas morning. Instead of excitement, the nation awakes with a sense of collective dread. Santa has come to rob us.

Enjoy your 0.1% GDP growth (population increased by 0.2%)

Imagine being anywhere other than Low Wood Bay for Bonfire Night 😍😍😍

“The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time.”

@WilliamJHague It's a no from me.

Digital ID isn’t Big Brother. It’s common sense.

On Wednesday this week, @TheFCA will begin to allow UK retail investors to invest in Bitcoin ETFs. When @TheFCA first considered the ban - $BTC £8,298 Today - $BTC £90,861 Thank you for your protection FCA 🙏

If everything is fine, then don’t change anything at all. But when the financial system isn’t working for so many people in the UK, it needs to be updated.

The British discover the Laffer curve

Britain is now a country which you can enter illegally without ID, but need photo ID to watch a protest against people entering without ID. Let that sink in.

@medicaccountant 😬😄

@BenWJBerry Or higher vat for pensioners 🤣

As Prime Minister, @Nigel_Farage will pass Reform’s Cryptoassets and Digital Finance Bill, which will: 1) Cut Capital Gains Tax on crypto to 10%. 2) Make it illegal for banks to restrict services just because a customer uses crypto. 3) Create a 2 year regulatory sandbox so our financial services industry can catapult itself to a leading position in the space. 4) Establish a UK Bitcoin Sovereign Reserve Fund - so the British people participate in this new asset class. 5) Upgrade HMRC systems so you can pay your taxes in crypto. The Bill sets out a bold, post-Brexit roadmap to make the United Kingdom the world’s premier hub for cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation. For too long, financial services in the UK have neglected the needs and aspirations of young Britons. 7 million people in the UK hold crypto, including 1 in 4 Brits aged 18-34. The Bill is a jump-start for the UK startup community, as part of Reform UK’s commitment to making the UK the best country in the world to start, scale and run a business. Freed from the shackles of EU regulatory quagmire, the Bill leverages the UK’s regulatory sovereignty, empowering it to combine competitive taxation, light-touch supervision and institutional adoption. Advantages only possible because the UK now controls its own financial rulebook. This Bill is proof that a Reform government will prioritise the privacy and financial sovereignty of all citizens of the United Kingdom. To demonstrate our seriousness Reform UK is also proud to announce it is now the first UK political party in history to be able to accept donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum, as well as other cryptocurrencies. Reform UK believes in the awesome, dynamic potential of the British people. This Bill is a firing gun on a transformative agenda to deliver a new British economy, fit for the digital age.