Ian Smithson

@Jenny_1884 What about VAT? If I pay that on my fuel I have already been taxed on my income, so is that not double taxed? If I inherit millions from my parents I have never paid tax on that, they have - so I am not really being taxed again. I see your argument but don't agree

What I don’t get with Inheritance Tax is that you’ve already paid tax on what you’ve earned over the years so why when you die the person who receives that money has to then pay tax on it again? Why? This doesn’t seem right or fair.

@JamesCleverly Prick

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@Nigel_Farage Canny tan for a Clacton MP in late September, must be from spending so much time in the constituency @Nigel_Farage keep up the good work 👏 a right man of the people, Dulwich College and all that

Office day in Clacton.

@MailOnline I hadn't realised that this was north korea ffs. Stop clutching at your pearls

Lee Carsley should be sacked by the FA today. His refusal to sing the national anthem is a betrayal and he's not fit to be England manager, writes JEFF POWELL trib.al/63JPxbp

@LeeAndersonMP_ I'm sure you are going to tweet something similar today about the riots in #Sunderland #SunderlandRiots

Boring is what puts your food on the shelves. Logistics is fucking boring Boring is what keeps your gas bills low, and your ambulances running and your rivers free of shit, and your old people appropriately cared for, and your communities safe Boring is good. Bring back boring.

@DavidPNoble63 Hear hear

For all the Reform voters wanting their 'country back', I feel like we just DID get our country back from the lying, scheming, profiteering, corrupt, right wing con men and women and charlatans.

@Al_inDK Careful he'll block you @BenHouchen is a very sensitive snowflake you know

We're going to take a quick photo to accompany your Sunday Times article, ok Ben? After 3... big smile and say Tories!

@invasionofcamel @nadhimzahawi 👏

@nadhimzahawi Here they are.

Where are the SUBS!!!!

@Redpeter99 Is she whispering this? What a melon

I was worried Starmer could be a one term Prime Minister until I read that Camilla Tominey has written an article saying Starmer could be a one term Prime Minister.

@thatcymraes The mental thing is, he's helped enable a stonking Labour majority and he has got his 5 a side team in a Paliament with nearly 500 MPS from what I would call progressive parties. Potentially for 5 years. Why is he celebrating exactly? Cheers Nige anyway! 🍻

Hands up if you would prefer to see wall to wall coverage of the @LibDems and @TheGreenParty’s historic wins instead of wall to wall coverage of Nigel Farage and his band of fascist twat lumpkins.

Keir Starmer has summed it up "today we enter the sunlight of hope". Congratulations to Keir and all @UKLabour for a resounding election victory.  My best wishes to all the new Labour MPs and, above all, I congratulate the British people who have chosen not just change, but hope.

@the_frypod She was gutted like

Keir Starmer comes out of Buckingham Palace, gets in his car to a large crowd who spontaneously cheer him….a lovely moment. Laura Kuenssberg on BBC voices over the top “Starmer cheered by Labour activists” The spiteful, lying Tory. She can’t give one little bit of credit.

@Chris4SN You had my vote, best of luck in the coming years, there is a lot that needs fixing in our area, but also a lot of good!

I’m honoured by support in Stockton, Billingham and Norton. You have my word I’ll be a true representative for everyone in Stockton North - those who voted for me, those who didn’t and those too young to vote, like the 7,000 children in poverty in our area. Time to go to work.

@AndyMcDonaldMP Congratulations Andy!

Thank you to the people of Middlesbrough & Thornaby East for putting your trust in me. After fourteen years of Conservative austerity, Labour has secured a historic victory. We must now get on with the task in hand and deliver the change people need. #GeneralElection #GE2024

@EmmaKennedy It was delicious, a wonderful impromptu bonus I caught it on Beeb just before I set off to work, with typical Truss 'oddness' - the delay, the slow clap by crowd and then her awkward appearance, just bizzare

@AndyBurnhamGM was trying to explain to my 9yo daughter the significance of result on way to school this morning - I summed up by telling her 'just understand, today is a good day.' #Elections2024 #LabourGovernment2024

Happy Friday everyone! 🌹🙌🏻

@wesstreeting Bravo, the grownups are in the room

I have spoken to the BMA junior doctors committee, and can announce that talks to end their industrial action will begin next week. We promised to get negotiations up and running and that is what we are doing. My statement- gov.uk/government/spe…