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@lukeakehurst @FergusMason25 Funny you popped up to reply to this comment. Says a lot about you....

@FergusMason25 My constituency is 98.5% white but is getting loads of government funded breakfast clubs so this is nothing to do with "immigrants"

This attack on Breakfast Clubs from a Reform council leader is ignorant. Breakfast clubs aren't just about nutrition, they mean the child is more ready for formal classroom learning as they have already been in a school environment for c45 mins. They enable working parents to get to work earlier and earn more. And having visited some in my constituency it is obvious the children enjoy being there!

@JamesEsses Turn of the TV. Simple

As if we weren’t already enough of a laughing stock on the world stage, the UK has chosen a drag queen to announce our scores at tonight’s Eurovision.

@MartinDaubney Fuck me. Country is fucked

🇬🇧UNITE THE KINGDOM: PATRIOT ARRESTS STARTING🚨 Ryan from Raise The Colours pounced on & arrested at Euston Station. On what charge?

@JamesMelville Not a gambler.. you ain't winning that bye election without cheating. NOT A CHANCE. The money is on....

Here’s Andy Burnham having a run. Politicians are a very strange bunch. So many of them like to get the TV cameras on them when they are jogging. Even the rather hefty Boris Johnson repeatedly did this. Why do politicians do this sort of thing? It’s so weird.

@Keir_Starmer Oh do us all a favour and go chase some trains

Today the voices of division will be loud. They don't speak for the country I know, one that belongs to all of us. That's our Britain. A Britain worth fighting for. lbc.co.uk/article/keir-s…

@YvetteCooperMP Sound bites... Nothing else, just that. 🖕🏼

Following months of dedicated UK diplomacy, 46 countries meet today at the Council of Europe to agree critical reforms modernising the way the ECHR deals with migration - supporting the UK to take firm action on border security. It is the work we do internationally which makes us stronger at home.

@paulmasonnews Says fuck all about the pally flag idiots.

I went undercover on the last demo Tommy and co staged so I know ... every adjacent London community is at risk - not just from the march but from the chaotic drunken build up and aftermath. Be vigilant. Document the crimes. Bang them up.

Tomorrow, we should stand WITH the government, WITH the Metropolitan Police, AGAINST the fascist drunks and hooligans who will urinate their way from Euston to Whitehall in support of an insurrection fantasy - a moment of peril for our democracy...

@paulmasonnews Lieing

@Keir_Starmer If Farage wants to secure victory at the next election, all he has to do is promise to overturn every decision Starmer makes. How does this T.. T sleep. He knows we all hate him... I hope the turn out tomorrow is massive.. "KIER STARMER'S A WANKER" will be heard no doubt.

I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division. We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views. They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know.

@Keir_Starmer Whoever writes these tweets, is seriously taking the piss out of EVERYONE.. 🖕🏼

@EssexPR Burnham ain't winning that bye election.... Unless some parties don't stand

Just spoke to my man within Labour. Looks like Wes Streeting has left the door open for Andy Burnham. Deal been done ? PM - Burnham Deputy PM - Rayner Chancellor- Miliband Streeting gets to remain as Secretary of State for Health & Social care They expect official handover at Party conference in September.

@JuliaHB1 30 seconds late. Oh well.

@bphillipsonMP Just resign. No one likes you

The Tories haven't tabled a debate on education for the King's Speech. I wonder why? Maybe they don't want to talk about all the things Labour are doing to give children growing up in our country the best start in life – so here's your reminder. 👇

@hxxntrr Where you buying at $2.300/Oz dude

You can take $250K from the banks, buy $250K in gold bars, store them in a private vault, and use the gold as collateral to borrow ANOTHER $200K from a different bank at 4% interest that you use to pay off the original 0% cards You now have $200K in cash, $250K in gold, and your only debt is a 4% collateralized loan against an asset that has gone up every single year for 24 straight years This is how billionaires avoid taxes and it works at any scale Here's the chain: Step 1: Stack $250K in 0% business credit. Standard play. 6 banks, bureau sequenced, 11 days Step 2: Liquidate $242K (after processing fees) into your business checking Step 3: Buy physical gold. Not GLD. Not a gold ETF. Physical gold bars and coins from a dealer like APMEX, JM Bullion, or SD Bullion. At current prices ($2,300/oz) that's roughly 105 ounces. About 6.5 lbs of gold. Fits in a shoebox Ship it to a private vault (Brinks, Loomis, Delaware Depository). Storage cost: $150 to $300/year for this amount. The vault is insured. Your gold sits in an allocated account meaning those specific bars belong to you, not the vault company Step 4: This is the magic part. Take your vault receipt showing $242K in stored gold to a bank or private lender. Apply for a Securities-Based Line of Credit (SBLOC) or a collateralized precious metals loan. Multiple lenders offer this: banks, credit unions, and specialty lenders like Vaulted or BOLD They lend you 70 to 80% of the gold's market value. 75% of $242K = $181,500 Interest rate on a gold-collateralized loan: 3.5 to 5.5% depending on lender and LTV. Call it 4.5% You now have $181,500 in cash from the collateralized loan. Use it to pay off $181,500 of the original credit cards. Remaining credit card balance: $60,500. Pay that off over 6 months from income or savings What you now own: $242K in physical gold (in a vault, appreciating) $181,500 in collateralized debt at 4.5% (interest-only payments available) $0 in credit card debt All original credit lines still open and available Interest-only payment on $181,500 at 4.5%: $680/month "$680/month for what?" For holding $242K in gold that historically appreciates 8 to 12% per year. Gold has had a positive annual return in 20 of the last 24 years. It returned 13% in 2023. 27% in 2024. It's up 23% year-to-date in 2025 If gold returns 10% this year, your $242K in gold becomes $266K. You made $24,200 in appreciation. Your interest cost on the collateralized loan: $8,160/year. Net profit from the spread: $16,040 You're being paid $16K/year to hold gold that the bank's money bought And here's where the tax play comes in. This is the part that makes accountants get emotional You NEVER SELL THE GOLD. If you sell it, you pay capital gains tax (28% on precious metals, the highest rate for any investment asset). Instead you borrow against it. Loans are not taxable income. When you borrow $181K against your gold, the IRS doesn't consider that income. It's debt. Even though you have $181K in cash from the loan, your tax bill: $0 This is the same play billionaires use with stock. Elon Musk doesn't sell Tesla shares and pay 20% capital gains. He borrows against them at 2 to 3% interest from Goldman Sachs. He gets cash. Pays no tax. The shares keep appreciating. He borrows more against the higher value. Repeat forever You're doing the identical play with gold instead of Tesla stock. Bought with bank money instead of PayPal founding shares. At 0% initial cost instead of whatever Elon's cost basis was The perpetual loop: Year 1: Gold at $242K. Borrow $181K at 4.5%. Use cash to pay off credit cards and live Year 2: Gold appreciates to $266K. Refinance the collateralized loan at 75% of new value = $199K. Pay off old loan ($181K). Pocket $18K cash tax-free. New loan interest: $746/month Year 3: Gold at $293K. Refinance again. Pull out more cash. Loan gets larger but so does the collateral Year 5: Gold at $355K. Collateralized loan at $266K. You've pulled out $85K in tax-free cash over 5 years from refinancing against appreciation. Paid $0 in capital gains. Gold is still in the vault. Still yours The $680/month in interest is the only real cost. And it's deductible as investment interest expense if you itemize. At a 37% tax rate that $680/month costs you effectively $428/month after the deduction $428/month for a self-funding gold position that generates $16K+/year in appreciation and unlimited tax-free cash access through collateralized borrowing "What if gold drops?" If gold drops below your loan-to-value threshold the lender issues a margin call. You either deposit more collateral (more gold or cash) or they liquidate enough gold to bring the LTV back in line. At 75% LTV, gold would need to drop 25% before a margin call. Gold hasn't dropped 25% in a calendar year since 2013. And even then it recovered within 18 months The chain again: Chase lends you $250K at 0% You buy gold You borrow against the gold at 4.5% You pay Chase back with the gold loan Chase got $0 in interest The gold lender gets 4.5% (tax deductible for you) The gold appreciates 8 to 12% per year You never sell the gold so you never pay capital gains You borrow against the rising value tax-free Repeat until you die This is how generational wealth works. Not by earning income and paying 37% tax. By acquiring appreciating assets with borrowed money and borrowing against those assets instead of selling them. The tax code was written for this exact behavior the IRS taxes income. the IRS taxes sales. the IRS does not tax loans. borrow against everything. sell nothing. the billionaires figured this out 50 years ago. you can do the same thing with a credit score and 105 ounces of gold in a vault lmfaooo (we get 700+ score business owners $100K-$250K in 0% business funding. what you buy with it and how you structure it is between you and your accountant. link in bio)

@KirstieMAllsopp Don't think it could be summat else 🤷🏼‍♂️do ye?

I’ve read two articles in just one day on worrying levels of cancer in younger people. We have to start asking very serious questions about hormone disrupting chemicals and plastics in our environment. How many things do we bombard ourselves with that are totally unnecessary?

@SunWeatherMan Japan will pop big time ...

I know its been a while... wasn't even looking for it... General Alert: EARTHQUAKE/VOLCANO WARNING While monitoring solar and planetary phenomena it became apparent that a peak magnitude event (short range) is likely May 12-16. During this time we should expect a higher level of M6+ seismicity worldwide, with increased changes for M7+ events. Pictured here is the last 35 days of seismicity, 7 total events M6+, with one M7 event. This follows approximate trends of ~2 M6+ events every 10 days, and an M7+ event about once every 20-30 days. The upticks in seismicity (and volcanos, yes them too) over the next ~4 days could match the previous month.

@RealDutchsinse Cmon.. it's all bullshit, but this is grasping. He's in his cabin. Are you saying there's no heat on board or in his cabin... Do better

@stellacreasy Yea, just forget the vote. No one will care. 🖕🏼

The prime minister is right. We need to get back to the heart of Europe. That will never happen whilst the red lines remain on the single market, the customs union and freedom of movement. They need to go now and be seen to go now otherwise it’s a waste of time. labourmovementforeurope.uk/redlines?splas…

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We will be judged on our actions, not just words.  We have to show that we understand the scale of response the moment calls for. Labour exists to make working people better off. That is not happening fast enough. And needs to change now. Proud to address #CWU26

@Keir_Starmer You are an absolute knobhead.. you're blind to the majority of people, you label it as "far right" Do us all a favour and end it..

We will block far right agitators from traveling to Britain this weekend for a march designed to confront and provoke our diverse capital city. We will not allow people to come to the UK, threaten our communities and spread hate on our streets.