Luke Tomlinson

@SamuelWeeps @TiceRichard Gibberish.

These “investigative” journalists have never had a proper job in their lives….never had to make a sales call….never had to reach a business target…..never had to create something out of of nothing. I’m a small business company director….my accountants advised me to invest in “Film Partnerships” 15 years ago…..it has been a disaster. Threateningly letters from HMRC…..fines…..constantly worrying about massive tax bills. I was regularly approached by people suggesting I sued my accountants. I didn’t sue them…..but I have now changed accountants…..the whole tax system is a mess…..and it makes company directors easy targets….even when they have obeyed every letter of the law.

THE SUNDAY TIMES: A STATEMENT FROM RICHARD TICE MP, DEPUTY LEADER OF REFORM UK   The Sunday Times is still crawling all my business career in the hope of dredging up some more obscure technical issues from years ago. They openly admit their "journalism" is a joint venture with a senior Labour Party activist. This smear campaign is getting ridiculous. As a result, I now appear to have a debenture slot on the front page as they rehash the same old dividend story. The Sunday Times article features assumptions, numbers and dates that are simply incorrect. Like the rest of us, they and their Labour Party tax experts sometimes make mistakes. It is all extremely technical: good luck keeping up. Meanwhile, the Financial Times has been busy calling up former work colleagues and advisers from my past, trying to find some dirt. This is what we, at Reform UK, are now up against.   In a highly successful career spanning 40 years, I have done business in 12 countries across three continents, and been a director of more than 150 companies. I have helped build thousands of homes, creating thousands of jobs and generating hundreds of millions of value for shareholders and investors along with many tens of millions of tax for HMRC. I am very proud of this record. Throughout this career I have taken professional tax advice and have always paid everything that I was advised to pay.   Here’s the reality: tax efficiency is a basic corporate responsibility and duty to shareholders. A long career with multiple businesses is bound to feature some errors. Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed – be that more or less. It is worth noting that last time my political enemies did this to me, during the Brexit referendum, HMRC concluded that I had significantly overpaid.   It is a measure of Reform UK’s success that Establishment media is coming after me in this way. Senior elements within News UK seem very unhappy about how well we are doing. Doubtless this will not be the last time, and I will not be the last target. Certain journalists are determined to put the worst possible gloss on everything I have done.   Meanwhile they wilfully ignore the highly questionable accounting of millions of pounds in Labour Party Properties Ltd. By any objective measure, this is a much simpler and more shocking story - but we are not in the land of objectivity here.   The relentless effort to tarnish my good name is the kind of behaviour that deters other successful business people from going into politics. The consequences are very real - as we can all see with the current Labour Cabinet, which is entirely devoid of business experience. The result? A flatlining economy and dire public services. All in a nation facing humiliation on the world stage.   After several weeks of this treatment, I won’t be indulging the Sunday Times any further. I am working flat out for my constituents and campaigning for the local elections. If my primary interest were making money, I wouldn’t be giving everything I’ve got to trying to save our country.   PS: It is worth noting that we have the longest tax code in the world at circa 24,000 pages and counting, whereas Hong Kong’s is less than 500 pages.   Richard Tice MP, Deputy Leader, Reform UK

@TiceRichard Fucking hell, are you acquainted with the English language?

Thank God my security staff were on hand in Shetland to rough up this 75 year old man who tried to take a photo of my chauffeur driven car parked in a disabled bay.

the second problem here is he’s looking for a paperback on the hardback table. the first problem is he’s an idiot

Exclusive: Richard Tice failed to pay £100k in tax, benefiting his investment firm — which then gave big sums to Reform Tice gave contradictory reasons for why four shell companies paid zero tax. @DanNeidle says they flouted "basic" rule, face HMRC probe thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@drdavidbull What a load of shit.

For too long, Labour has taken the people in the North West for granted. Vote Reform. Get Starmer Out. #TimeForReform

@GoodwinMJ @Waterstones If it’s as badly written as this post, that’s hardly surprising.

Hey @Waterstones. Where’s Suicide of a Nation? Weird how the No.1 paperback in Britain never happens to be on display … 🤔

@ConstantPolaris Talking out of your arse. Wonder what penance you’ll get for this. Feels like it should be hefty.

I am a Catholic, but I must say that this Pope is moving funny to me. There is a whole Christian genocide going on in Nigeria where he once lived. But this man is more focused on the war in Iran and its politics. Hello Sir, there is a war in Nigeria and Africa too, and Christians are victims. He is the Pope of Christians first before anything else. And the welfare of Christians especially those who are being persecuted should be his priority. But Christians were massacred during Easter in Nigeria for their faith and I did not see any strong condemnation or reaction from the Pope. Instead the Pope is consistently focused on the middle East and Donald Trump's and Isreals war with Terrorists. I sincerely do not understand this Pope. It is Silence in the face of evil that makes evil multiply. What exactly does he want the world to do with terrorists who believe their destiny is to kill every unbeliever and take over the world? I hope that this Pope gets his priorities right.

@drdavidbull Is “free at the point of need” the same as “free at the point of use”?

🚨With just 24 days until the elections, let’s be clear: under a Reform UK administration, the NHS will remain free at the point of need. Ignore the lies.

@LexiBeaChorlton Some mistake, surely. You’ve posted a picture of a weak leader, who hasn’t got the balls to sack Dickie Tice. Who did you mean to post a picture of?

This man is a hero and defender of democracy He's one to watch for the future Another PM in the making Millions will have the chance to vote on May 7th because of him Labour wanted to cancel the elections. He fought for our rights If you want Reform, vote Reform 🩵🩵🩵🩵

@ZiaYusufUK @LordAshcroft And too cowardly to do the right thing and sack Tice.

Wow, Reform 10 points clear of the Tories in the latest poll. But this is a proper polling company, not the sham owned by Tory and Kemi donor @LordAshcroft 🤣

@zatzi Utter bollocks.

No mandate, no democracy, just globalist socialism by people who hate our nation state.

@mrddmia Dear Mike. No, they haven’t.

Dear Catholic Bishops: You’ve been more publicly outraged about Trump’s Truth posts than Iran-backed Islamists slaughtering Christians.

I hope @Nigel_Farage retracts this false statement. I did not say Mr Tice paid the full amount. I said we don’t know what tax Mr Tice and his offshore trust paid. And the “little bit more” is an invention.

President Trump has posted this picture on social media of himself as Christ healing the sick. I’ve long given up saying how hard it is to think of any previous US president who behaved like Donald Trump, but comparing himself to Jesus puts him on another level altogether.

@nicksortor @VP 😂

🚨 NOW: VP JD Vance has safely arrived back in the United States following his INTENSE negotiations with Iran in Pakistan Thank you for your efforts, @VP. Keep fighting for peace! 🇺🇸

@EvaVlaar For fuckwits.

This is a dark day in European history.

@BenGrahamUK Er, no. That’s not how it works. Tice must resign.

Richard Tice paid the tax, even more than required, and somehow it’s framed as wrongdoing. Nothing dodged. Nothing hidden. Just another attempt by the media to smear Reform UK as it rises with voters. The British public won’t be fooled by this type of journalism anymore.

@MoniFunGirl @Pontifex Jesus wept, grow up.

As a Catholic, I am not happy with yet another “woke” political Pope. Hate to say it but I’m ignoring him. Until we get a Pope that isn’t political, so be it. I don’t pray to the Pope, I pray to God. @Pontifex

Also, the rules are designed precisely so that companies pay tax directly to HMRC — thereby avoiding situation where individual shareholders, like Tice and his offshore trust, are left to calculate and pay withholding tax on dividends themselves. Which is why Tice later paying some unspecified amount of tax himself does not relieve company of its legal obligations or any outstanding bill.