Sam Bailey

@no_404_username The truly rich do not pay it and simply emigrate. Just look at the list of british celebs that passed away overseas as an eg. Roger moore and Sean Connery for eg did. Or take the top rate should be 50% in there view meanwhile those with incomes of 100-125k pay in effect 60% etc

@no_404_username Instead sadly he wanted to increase taxes further still while maintaining high defence spending while maintaining his good anti war stance. Re tax for eg Inheritance tax does not exist at in all 1/2 of europe yet the left (forgive term) opposed the slight reduction otherwise 40%

Our latest Westminster voting intention (29-30 March 2026) has the Lib Dems on their lowest figure recorded by YouGov this parliament Reform UK: 23% (no change from 22-23 Mar) Greens: 19% (+1) Conservatives: 19% (+2) Labour: 18% (-1) Lib Dems: 12% (-1)

@no_404_username And to add further insult to injury the mood music is reform is going to support higher defence spending but slashing welfare which at least for cannot support whatsoever.

@no_404_username I read your other comments btw. Absolutely he has been but that was when it (vaguely) looked like that was the anti war choice. Moreover historically farage was quite solid on this issue for eg anti iraq war/libya/syria. But now he is going out of the way to be the opposite

@no_404_username Well to be doing as well as they are doing is impressive enough imv. However part of it is Farage doing stupid things such as supporting trump and looking like the tory party. Before that they were doing much better.

@YouGov If the greens lead within the year Zack Polanski is truly a political genius

@AqDennis35221 He also being ever so happy to have former tories also. Coming out with no good policies for months. I use to think Farage was alright in a range of areas albeit not all but that is certainly not so and def would not be voting for him

@MichaelRos6092 @ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK @grok Nobody wants to join the Trump-Netanyahu war for Israel. And Farage made it clear that he is a Trump and Netanyahu's wh...e.

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 24% (-1) GRN: 20% (+1) CON: 18% (+1) LAB: 16% (=) LDM: 12% (+1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @FindoutnowUK, 26-27 Mar. Changes w/ 18 Mar.

@Mtmoelle There was plenty of issues to discuss/debate. But yes the media did make it pretty much just about brexit as that was the weak point of corbyn which would stop him being pm .

@SamBail72872077 In the GE2019 what other issues was there besides Brexit?

Reform have had a middling start to the year, in my view. That’s only sharpened by how well they did in 2024 and 2025. But this is…crazy. An earthquake.

@Mtmoelle That is incorrect as Farage had a position on quite a lot of other policies. However, you are probably correct Corbyn would have been pm

@SamBail72872077 If Labour supported Leave, the Brexit Party would have faded as they had no other issues to run on.

@Mtmoelle I wager his/corbyn domestic economic agenda. However given their(the tories) record was equally/almost as bad it would have made little difference (in my experience debating/meeting labour supporters.

@SamBail72872077 If Corbyn endorsed a Leave position, what would the Tories and the Brexit have run their campaigns on?

@Mtmoelle Well in terms of % of vote corbyn got more in 2017 than labour did in 2024. And in point of fact it was only a few % short of the tories in the 2017 election.

@AaronBastani Labour under Corbyn should have supported the Leave position. Corbyn might have very be Prime Minster today.

@iesumawr123 Plus I didnt see them complaining about the cgt allowance reduction to 3k from 12k which is what it was in the 80's!!. So that wealth tax allowance if same applied would be 2.5 million then fiscal drag and it will be the middle class effected

@iesumawr123 Except the greens policies disproportionately effect people with much less than billion. Take their wealth tax policy its 1% above 10 million yet it becomes only 2% when it becomes billionaire status. Ie 100x less so that is like equating 1k salary with 100k salary income wise

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 23% (-1) GRN: 21% (+4) LAB: 16% (-2) CON: 16% (-2) LDM: 14% (=) Via @YouGov, 1-2 Mar. Changes w/ 22-23 Feb.

@moore0602 Unlike say pension contribution tax relief can be backdated 4 years even if not utilized

@moore0602 You may be right if the 20k comes from say self employment/employment/rental income/yr However there will be many who have even modest inheritances that may or may not have wanted to put x amount into a isa and as the allowance can not backdated to years when it was not used

The £20K ISA allowance is wild when you think about it: £20K at 7% = £1,400/year Do that for 20 years = £820K Tax free. That's £4,800/month passive income. Most people will ignore this tweet.

@st3venwilliams You may be very much mistaken in that. The trust charges every 10 year which were enacted 2006/2007ish were NOT retrospective so if the trust was created before that it would not be effected. I doubt very much they were created after 2006 tbh.

@winstan9871 @christopherhope DOW is in a trust so they pay so much every 10 years, IHT doesn’t affect them. I think with the trust they actually end up paying slightly more than if they paid IHT but have the protection of keeping it together.

BREAKING This is extraordinary - the Government has just announced a partial climbdown on the family farm tax. The government has today (Tuesday 23 December) announced that the level of the Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs threshold will be increased from £1m to £2.5m when it is introduced in April 2026. This allows spouses or civil partners to pass on up to £5m in qualifying agricultural or business assets between them before paying inheritance tax, on top of existing allowances. More all day on @GBNEWS.

@John_Stepek Given they ignore other things he says. Imv it is more likely the over 65's vote and the young don't if you forgive the generalization.

From April 2027, ISAs to be reformed to be made even more complicated - £12k in cash, £8k in investments, but over-65s excluded from cash cap (is this the Martin Lewis effect at work?)

@JRN_92 More over I think I have read the tuition fees repayment threshold has been frozen to so that is another stick for the young imv. Moreover really would not suprise if one day the student loans are not written off after x years like is said to be the case now.

@JRN_92 Moreover given the financial system. It aint to much of a push to think these savings will be worth less as shares go down at some point and who knows possibly when these young retire. If one was to 'encourage' the young having a further allowance could have been done.

CASH ISA NEWS. Changes from 6 April 2027 Cash ISA annual allowance cut to £12,000 (from £20,000) per tax year This will not apply to over 65s, who will keep £20,000 cash ISA limit The shares ISA will remain at £20,000 Remember this ONLY impacts new money being put in, it won't impact money already in ISAs #Budget2026

@ViperpitStocks Not necessarily. Someone could have a modest inheritance and want to put 20k in every year for x years. And unlike pension contributions relief which can be backdated ( i think) 4 years the isa allowance is use it or lose it.

@moosie_112 @PolitlcsUK You can still put your 20k into stocks, just cash is limited at 12k. This is a good thing. Anyone who can save 20k in cash year on year and isn't maximising it should be drowning in cash anyway, so hardly going to hurt anyone.

🚨 BREAKING: Rachel Reeves says she is cutting the annual cash ISA limit from £20,000 to £12,000 from April 2027 to encourage people to invest in stocks and shares This will only apply to under 65s #Budget