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We certainly don’t know if additional tax paid by Mr Tice and his offshore trust made up for his company’s failure to pay tax.
Where’s the evidence?
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧@TiceRichard
Desperate still to smear me & Reform, Sunday Times has again spent weeks pouring over my company accounts with Labour-supporting tax accountant All that effort has revealed overall HMRC received the correct amount of tax due Journo now effectively complaining I paid too much tax rather than company pay some tax on my behalf! All due to complex tax technicality around dividends to certain shareholder classes in REITs But S Times refuses to investigate serious accounting irregularities & possible multi million pound electoral law breaches by Labour Party Properties Ltd, that I exposed Meanwhile, I’ll get on with representing the people of Boston &Skegness & campaigning to kick out this dreadful government
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@Gabriel_Pogrund Wow. You desperately weak irrelevant twat. I despise people like you
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Exclusive: Richard Tice’s company broke the law by failing to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax on dividends that were paid to him and his offshore trust.
He received at least £91,000 in excess payments as a result of the failure.
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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Morally completely indefensible.
Farage should sack Richard Tice immediately.
Gabriel Pogrund@Gabriel_Pogrund
Exclusive: Richard Tice’s company broke the law by failing to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax on dividends that were paid to him and his offshore trust. He received at least £91,000 in excess payments as a result of the failure. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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Instead of being at work (maybe unemployable), they choose to intimidate MoD staff who are working hard to keep our country safe.
Disgraceful.
SteveSpCorner@SteveRightNLeft
Pro-Palestine demonstration rush the MOD building in Whitehall, held back by armed police
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We see eye to eye with the Aussies on many things - coffee, Kylie, BBQs - but not the rules of football!
Great to visit @PMalinauskasMP to discuss our AUKUS defence partnership, and to learn from Labor’s huge election victory against the populist right in South Australia.
Peter Malinauskas@PMalinauskasMP
Great to be at the footy with @darrenpjones MP, Cabinet Minister and Chief Secretary to the UK Prime Minister - talking all things AUKUS, defence partnerships and the huge opportunities ahead for South Australia. From shipbuilding to skills and workforce development, our state is playing a central role.
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@Keir_Starmer The gap between what you think you’re doing vs what you’re actually doing is seriously huge
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@10DowningStreet @Keir_Starmer Why exactly? How exactly? What the fuck has he or anyone else in this useless cabinet actually done? All we hear about is “standing with allies”, “coalition of the willing”… you useless lying gaslighting cunts are by far the worst government of my lifetime, god help us
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Throughout the conflict, @Keir_Starmer has been clear: we must see full de-escalation.
In the Middle East this week, he met with our international allies to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and thanked our Armed Forces for their tireless work to keep us safe.
Britain has been buffeted by crises for almost two decades now. We will emerge from this one stronger, more secure and more resilient.
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@alexwickham The level of indecision and procrastination in this PM is startling… interested in one thing and one thing only - his CV & feeling like a statesman. Never been a leader this prick
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NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read
— Keir Starmer has resolved to more quickly increase UK defence spending in the wake of the Iran war, as he attempts to use a focus on security to fend off any leadership challenge next month.
— The mechanics of how and when to further raise defence spending have been the subject of high-level talks in government in recent weeks, with No10 indicating internally it will press ahead with a faster uplift, according to people familiar with the matter. A decision has all-but been taken to proceed with a spending rise although the details still need to be worked out, one of the people said.
— The Treasury has communicated that any major increase would require tax hikes or spending cuts, stressing there can be no breach of its fiscal rules which limit borrowing, several of the people said. Government officials expect a much-awaited defence investment plan to be published in late May.
— The discussions form part of an emerging political strategy in No10 to survive the local elections by pitching Starmer’s leadership around Britain’s security in response to the Iran crisis. The PM’s messaging in recent days has focused on economic security, including pursuing closer ties with the EU; energy security; and defence and national security.
— “This conflict is going to define us for a generation and we must respond and we will respond with strength,” Starmer said on Friday. Yvette Cooper says they’ll be “putting security, both national security and economic security, much more centrally at the heart of our approach.” John Healey says we’re “in a new era of defence because of this new era of threat.”
— It would not be possible to adequately respond to the events of recent weeks and meet that rhetoric without increasing defence spending, multiple government officials said. Starmer still sees the relationship with the US as essential, especially on military and intelligence cooperation, but the direction America is headed under Trump means Britain has no choice but to spend more and diversify capabilities in Europe, they added.
— One argued the spending rise could be a premiership-defining decision, answering critics who say Starmer doesn’t offer bold leadership and giving a legacy to a PM who has struggled to convey a purpose. In 20 years Britain could look back at this as the moment the UK became serious on defence again after years of underfunding, they said.
— Labour strategists say there’s also a political advantage as it plays to one of Starmer’s perceived strengths despite his poor general poll ratings, and allows him to double down on his criticisms of Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage as unpatriotic.
— It was never the case that Starmer would simply pivot to a left-wing agenda to save himself and he always intended to strike a balance between Labour’s different factions, a person close to him said, citing his policies on security, immigration and fiscal prudence as well more typically Labour-friendly stances on Europe, child poverty and net zero. Even on the latter, the PM this week indicated he was not opposed to granting more licenses for drilling at Rosebank as security now comes first.
With @EllenAMilligan >>> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@PatrickChristys A young lad was literally stabbed to death watching the sunset in one of the most upmarket parts of London less than a week ago
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Sir Keir Starmer is in Saudi Arabia to meet with Gulf leaders and discuss diplomatic efforts to support the US-Iran ceasefire.
Iran war latest: trib.al/fsBtidn
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BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in the UAE as he continues his Middle East tour.
Live updates: trib.al/9wukjdJ
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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@dcfcofficial Travis marking no player again, always pointing and blaming other players, great captaincy
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Goal. Rudoni scores again to put Coventry back in front.
🔵 3-2 🩶 [79’]
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WOW🟥 This is PAINFUL‼️
An unkempt Rachel Reeves on BBC Breakfast: "It doesn't get cold until October, so I'm not gonna tackle energy prices until then."
Meanwhile, bills are going through the roof and oil costs are at all-time high. First female chancellor = genius.
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Mr Starmer,
The world is watching. And for once, I’m not here to play nice or balance both sides. This is the one shot I get to say what millions already know in their bones.
You are not Britain’s Prime Minister.
You are a man who won an election and immediately began dismantling the very things the British people voted for in 2016. You are squatting in Downing Street while steering the country back into the arms of the institution it explicitly rejected.
If you will not stand down, the British people will make you.
Here is every claim you made today, stripped bare, no spin, no mercy:
1. “The Middle East conflict has now entered its second month.”
Thank you for the calendar update. While you counted months, the IRGC a group formally designated as terrorists by the United States, Canada, and others, continued running its London operations from 16 Prince’s Gate, Knightsbridge. You did nothing.
2. “The UK is working at pace for de-escalation and peace.”
Translation: we issued strongly worded statements. Results: zero. Your “pace” is the speed of a snail on tranquillisers.
3. “The war will affect the future of our country, energy and cost of living.”
It already is. Your green ideology and EU realignment have left Britain with some of the highest energy prices in the developed world. Pensioners choose between heating and eating. That’s not “the war.” That’s policy.
4. “We are well-placed with a long-term plan to emerge stronger and more secure.”
Record taxes. 7.5 million people on NHS waiting lists. Record small-boat crossings. Energy bills that could bankrupt households. If this is your definition of “stronger and more secure,” the English language just filed for divorce.
5. “I held meetings with business leaders…”
Photo opportunities. They warned you. You smiled for the cameras and carried on regardless.
6. “Energy bills will be cut today and fixed until July.”
A £117 cap that your own NI increases and green levies have already vaporised. It’s not relief. It’s an insult dressed up as compassion.
7. “The most effective way to support the cost of living is to push for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.”
Then why did you help shut down North Sea production and make us dependent on foreign energy? The hypocrisy is so thick you could spread it on toast.
8. “The UK is taking back control of our energy security by investing in clean British energy.”
Britain now pays the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe. Blackouts are on the menu. This is not “taking back control.” This is self-sabotage with better PR.
9. “Because the world is volatile, Britain’s long-term national interest now requires closer partnership with the EU.”
Let’s be honest for once: you are using a foreign crisis as cover to hand sovereignty, money, and decision-making back to Brussels without asking the British people. That is not statesmanship. That is betrayal by stealth.
10. “I will announce a new summit with the EU later this year…”
Re-joining by the back door while an Iranian terror-linked operation sits in one of London’s most expensive postcodes. The sheer gall is almost impressive.
You stood at the podium today and spoke of “British interests” while actively working against them. You swore you wouldn’t rejoin the EU. You are doing it anyway. You talk of security while leaving a designated terror network untouched in central London. You lecture about the cost of living while your policies make it worse.
The mask is not slipping, Keir. It has fallen off and shattered on the floor.
The British people see you clearly now: a politician who values international approval and Brussels goodwill more than the nation that elected him. You are not leading Britain. You are managing its managed decline.
The clock is ticking. Not in secret. Not in silence. Out loud, in broad daylight, across every pub, every kitchen table, every X feed and every street in this country.
History does not forgive those who sell their own people’s sovereignty for applause.
Britain did not vote for this.
Britain does not want this.
And Britain will not tolerate this forever.
The reckoning is coming.
And it will not be kind.
Britain First. No Surrender. 🦁🇬🇧
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