David Rae

An oft asked question: can you put a tandem on a turbo trainer? You sure can! Virtual London to Paris on 13 June! 300km in 24hrs on a tandem on a turbo on our patio. All to support research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Please support us if you can at uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SuzieRae

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@KieraDiss @reformparty_uk Just for parity. Does anyone have any footage of Reformers vandalising Labour or Green signs?

This foolish VANDAL thought it was a good idea to deface a @reformparty_uk sign and upload it to social media. With her face completely uncovered. Silly girl.

@johnredwood @surlydev The first rechargeable battery was invented in 1859.

@surlydev This was after sunrise! I need more electricity when it is dark to put my lights on. I do not employ interns or assistants.

Wind and solar 13% of our electricity this morning, gas 45%. Where are renewables when you need them?

@JaneSmith13579 @OneFinanceGuy Here’s an idea. How about MPs have to declare any gifts and donations which someone else might reasonably consider to influence what they say or do as an MP. We could call it the Register of Financial Interests. We could make it publicly available and accessible online.

The ONLY way Harborne's gift could be considered "for security" would be if cash was in an escrow account where funds are controlled and outflows have very specific conditions. Other than that, it is £5m in a personal account and Farage can do whatever the hell he wants with it.

@Helen_Whately @HouseofCommons @UKHouseofLords Saying, “we pulled Torsten Bell’s pensions power grab apart….” wouldn’t rage bait your base into attacks on an unrelated Minister. The Lords showcased how our democracy can improve legislation, you’ve shown how it’s just a game to you.

We pulled Rachel Reeves’ pensions power grab apart in Parliament this week. Don’t just take my word for it…⬇️ Thank you to colleagues in @HouseofCommons & @UKHouseofLords and all the pensions experts, journalists, commentators and newspapers who backed me to fight this fight.

@Helen_Whately @PensionsMonkey @HouseofCommons @UKHouseofLords What did Rachel Reeves have to do with a Bill introduced by the Pensions Minister?

@HelenGrantMP How did you vote on the Leadsom amendment on 3 November 2021?

Last night, Labour MPs chose party over principle, voting to block the motion to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee. In doing so, they showed disregard for the rules of the House they serve in - and for the people who elected them, to whom they must now answer for that decision. Mandelson’s appointment was always questionable, but this vote was not about passing judgement on the Prime Minister himself. It was about upholding the standards and rules that act as essential constitutional safeguards. The current chaos cannot continue. If the Prime Minister wished to demonstrate genuine integrity, he would have allowed a free vote, rather than deploying the Whips to pressure his own backbenchers with the threat of expulsion for supporting a fair and proper investigation into his conduct.

@BanterV2Mfrs @campbellclaret and how do you know this fact?

@campbellclaret Hmmmm, pretty sure your mate Starmer got £4m just before the last election from the cayman islands But you won’t mention that

I know there is a lot of news around but can someone at the Beeb explain to me how a man they keep telling us might be the next PM getting an undisclosed donation of FIVE MILLION POUNDS from a Thai based crypto dealer (with a BS explanation about it being for lifelong security) is not even a news story when the man he wants to replace led the news for days over some glasses and Arsenal tickets?

@TomTugendhat I remember you saying this when the tax was introduced in 2022. Oh no wait, no I don’t.

The taxes from foreign drilling and trading are taxed in the jurisdiction of the country where the profit is booked. Is that in the UK...anyone?

@LiamHalligan @Ameer_Kotecha PSA. “The blob” is a term that has never had any cut through. People using it in 2026 come across as unimaginative irrelevants.

💥🎙️ 📺 "The Whitehall blob is sclerotic, highly resistant to change and doesn't seem to get what the rest of the country can see" Former Foreign Office Diplomat @Ameer_Kotecha talks to Liam Halligan on When The Facts Change + The state of the UK's civil service + Foreign Office Focus: National Interest vs. International Law + "The Blob" and resistance to change + Work Culture and Productivity in the Civil Service + Chagos Islands: A Controversial Decision + Reforming the Civil Service - and potential roadblocks Full interview free to access via the link below, on When The Facts Change bit.ly/42pWiVY

More hassle admin and cost thanks to Brexit. Thanks for nothing @DavidGHFrost improve-ov.com/instructions/i…

@spikedonline @DavidGHFrost There are less credible voices on Europe than @DavidGHFrost , I just can’t think of any.

‘The entire Labour cabinet wants us back in the EU. We’re the only G7 country mad enough to willingly give up our sovereignty like this. The trade-offs are massive – and the government is doing its best to conceal them.’ @DavidGHFrost on Starmer’s bid to reverse Brexit

@TomTugendhat Can you remind me what the 2024 Conservative manifesto said about the Triple Lock? Do you still stand by what was written when you asked me to vote for you?

@brianofipswich @macc1877 @Gabriel_Pogrund Not in the case of a Property Income Distribution from a REIT.

@macc1877 @Gabriel_Pogrund Actually no. The tax code allows for under reserved tax to be rectified and settled in certain circumstances by the shareholder. I assume your report detailed your evidence these circumstances were not valid?

Ah! We've gone from a "technicality" (Tice) to an "accountant mistake"/"some kind of mistake" (Kruger). As discussed, it is neither - the law was broken and the liability remains. Moreover, the reason the relevant law is complex is because Tice *elected* to turn his firm, highly unusually in context, into a tax-efficient REIT.

@gdaduncan @Gabriel_Pogrund @danny__kruger “Turned out to be”?

@Gabriel_Pogrund What a slimy weasel @danny__kruger has turned out to be.... untrustworthy, slippery, and far from comfortable with the facts.

@TomTugendhat @LondonDefConf Hi @TomTugendhat - you asked me to vote for you in 2024 on the basis of the Triple Lock Plus - which Tom should I listen to?

@KemiBadenoch @TomTugendhat Hey @TomTugendhat - why do we have to rearm our country? Anything to do with the policies of previous governments?

When it comes to defence, Keir Starmer is all talk and no trousers. The Defence Investment Plan is nine months late. We literally have no plan for rearming our country - no plan for our equipment and munitions purchases. This is a national scandal.

@SiPhillipson @LiamHalligan Can’t be good for the soul holding a grudge for 30 years. Time to move on?

@DavidARae @LiamHalligan Yup. Brown was an economic vandal.

"Britain's Vulnerability to War exposes the need for fundamental reforms" My latest @Telegraph column Follow this thread, for a full explanation. 🧵1/7 telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

@SiPhillipson @LiamHalligan Re-introducing dividend tax credits would mainly benefit younger generations saving for pensions (so I’d be all in favour). It could also encourage greater investment in UK equities (something that has cross-party support). Win win

@DavidARae @LiamHalligan We could look at the triple lock at the same time as reversing Gordon Brown's criminal removal of tax credits on private sector pension funds. That would maintain living standards for pensioners and reduce dependence on the state for many.

@LiamHalligan I’ve guessing you’re in favour of scrapping the triple lock. Milei halted pension increases, didn’t he?

Fixing broken economies is tough – but necessary and, ultimately, unavoidable. There will always be groups of grant-seeking, approval-hunting economists who object. Just like the 108 who attacked Milei, there were famously 364 economists who wrote to The Times in March 1981, objecting to Margaret Thatcher’s plans to rescue the UK from economic penury by reining in government spending. They, too, were proved wrong by Britain’s subsequent recovery. 🧵7/7 telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

@danielmgmoylan @DavidGHFrost If only you idiots had fathomed this out in 2016 like everyone told you.

The surest way to make us less competitive is to have our businesses regulated by a foreign power with no obligation to take our interests into account. I’d have thought this so obvious it required no further consideration.