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@LBC @johnmcdonnellMP Yes the sort of political nous needed is the sort that sane washed Corbyn as some sort of political guru and potential GE winner. John is probably a fine constituency MP but he’s got a nerve complaining about others’ political nous.

'It's not just one thing, it's month after month.' @johnmcdonnellMP thinks Starmer's 'lack of political nous' is responsible for Labour's historically low popularity.

@LBC @DPJHodges Like a stopped clock Hodges will be right occasionally. But god he’s a whiney little oik. Muted his nonsense a long time back so it’s a shame he’s got through to me by other means. Course he was originally happy Mandelson was appointed.

'There's going to be a sort of celebrity deathmatch.' @DPJHodges predicts that Keir Starmer will be gone 'in the next eight weeks', and offers alternatives for the role.

@CharlieChalk15 @Gabriel_Pogrund And neither does Tice. That’s the point.

@vialbaboy @Gabriel_Pogrund Angela Rayner doesn’t have that defence though, does she? She failed to employ a tax advisor and she owes HMRC £40k+. Rayner has always been paid by the public purse, Tice has made his own money. One is a leach, one is a clever entrepreneur

The argument here is that, by issuing incorrectly and unlawfully large dividends, Tice may have ended up paying more income tax than due – and in such a way that meant HMRC received equivalent or more cash to what the company was required to pay. No tax adviser has ever outlined how the “more” possibility might work. The “equal” is conceptually possible, but let us not forget that: a) Any “extra” tax he did pay would have been received by HMRC far later than had the company paid up front — conferring a benefit on him and one that is not permitted b) the dividends also went to his offshore trust, whose affairs he has refused to discuss c) all of this is legally speaking irrelevant to the money the company owed and owes — and on which interest would and a penalty could be due

@Notabot1185810 @BachmannRudi So boiling this down. If GOP do it , it isn’t great but you should accept it and stop crying salty dem tears? If DEMs respond and take it further that’s bad and utterly reprehensible and should be denounced? How about 🇺🇸 go back to basics. All of you stop partisan gerrymandering?

Since there a lot of people asking for elaboration, I'll add this: Virginia had already created an independent redistricting commission, so they literally had to reverse a reform, whereas Texas simply followed its existing law. The gerrymandering proposed is far more extreme than what we saw in Texas. The special session was carried over from the previous year on a technicality and may be unlawful. The ballot question is so dishonest it might legally imperil the result. But it's actually the fact that this went to voters that might be the worst part. Politicians cheat and lie, and obviously they also try and rig electoral outcomes by gerrymandering. But getting *voters* to do it shifts responsibility from the political class to your own neighbors. It poses the risk of vastly worsening the breakdown in civic cohesion by advancing the narrative that your own countryman – not just the political class – are personally going out to vote to silence your voice. In this case, involving a Democratic process actually *worsens* the outcome. The immediate fallout from Virginia will likely be to encourage those GOP states already considering redistricting right now to push forward with it. It also intensifies the likelihood that the fight over redistricting will stay hot, rather than cool down, because of the egregiousness of the gerrymandered districts in VA, which feeds into the GOP narrative that there's no backing down from a larger fight. Politically, it undermines any prospects of a national ban – although those were already scant. In the longer term, the GOP's partisan gerrymandering prospects may be enhanced by the upcoming Supreme Court ruling in Callais and the 2030 census - Virginia will be cited by the GOP in justifying aggressive gerrymandering efforts in response to these opportunities.

Can conservatives from the US explain to me why the VA gerrymander (which was approved by voters) is not OK, while the one in TX and others in the South are? Please make a serious, good-faith effort. No German random posters please. PS: I think all gerrymandering is bad.

@Trumpistheg0at_ @JustinTwell78 @mjfree Loser

@JustinTwell78 @mjfree Yup the whole world knows and saw it happen live overnight and then the missing 20 million votes from The 2024 election confirmed it .. sit tight itll all come to light 🥱

HUGE LOSS FOR TRUMP!!! #TenFuckingOne He’s done.

@LBC What. On. Earth. Possesses. Your. Station. (Swarbrick of course🙄) To. Give. That. Person. Even.10. Seconds. Airtime??! 🤬🤬 Oh of course. Clickbait.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss backs Trump over Iran war as she insists conflict was 'justified' lbc.co.uk/article/liz-tr…

@WayBack69420 @PacksWolfy @LeadingReport Do you mean like the way you immediately deflected to Pelosi rather than respond to the reporting? There is something damn fishy about the trading that’s been happening round Trump’s often inaccurate announcements. A proper governing Admin would be investigating this extensively.

@PacksWolfy @LeadingReport Great way to not address any of the points I made.

BBC alleges that the Trump admin may be engaging in insider trading.

@Gabriel_Pogrund I would love to have seen Tice’s reaction had Angela Rayner’s defence been ‘well I’ve overpaid tax over here, so they balance each other out and there’s ’no story’ 🙄🙄

Oh. And this all relates to our last story re at least £92k in withholding tax. The latest relates to £100k corporation tax that was not paid and there’s no suggestion anyone ended up compensating for this somehow later on.

@timothy_stanley ‘Always holds Reform to account’. Sure. 😂

*She* has a name (Camilla, Destroyer of Politicians), always holds Reform to account, & the subject of the interview was Labour's creepy fetish for Mandelson, not Tice's taxes. Trying to change the subject might win points with whips, but viewers see thru it.

@Councillorsuzie @JohnCleese doesn’t understand that idiom ie someone international who speaks English but for whom that would sound like gibberish. No English class is gonna teach you that idiom or slang like ‘up the apples and pears’. Start applying some critical thinking before posting.

@Councillorsuzie @JohnCleese Well you have you mean. Your total lack of curiosity means you quickly repost a tweet that suits your political point (nudge nudge wink wink - it’s them Muslims again you know) rather than inquire. The point being made is imagine saying ‘it’s raining cats & dogs’ to someone who

We have lost the plot completely!

@MrTibblesNewEra @tomhfh I’m old enough to remember when the Sunday trading laws came in - unfortunately for Tom he wasn’t even a twinkle in his parents’ eyes then. But I’m bemused as to (1) his inefficiency in not thinking ahead and (2) what’s wrong with a local corner shop to tide him over?

Perhaps do your weekly shop on a Thursday, you tedious little man. @tomhfh

@tiredobserver1 @The_A_Disruptor Run me past the economics of your blue tick. You’ve got 145 followers and that’s since oct 21. A quick scan of your t/l doesn’t show any deeply thought out tweets exceeding the usual character limit. In fact mostly reposts of rightwing talking points. Paid r/w network member?

@The_A_Disruptor Try understanding the difference between a person and a company.

That’s weird - when it was Angela Rayner (who is in the process of putting things right) the headline told us that she had to resign

@Councillorsuzie @CamillaTominey @GBNEWS Bit like listening to your performances over the years Susan?

Oh dear Lord! Anyone watching the great @CamillaTominey on @GBNEWS - talking to the hapless Labour MP Tom Hayes about the Starmer/Mandelson disgrace. How on earth is that man an MP - 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Joseph_Boam Money specifically given to you out of a £1.6bn pot provided by Labour Govt. How odd you missed that bit out.🤔🤔

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🚨Sunday Times investigation today: Richard Tice’s companies appear to have failed to pay £100,000+ in corporation tax on profits, while funnelling over £1 million in donations to Reform UK. Tice calls it a “technicality” but critics say it looks like aggressive tax avoidance benefiting both him personally and his party. The party that campaigns hardest against the establishment and tax avoidance now finds itself accused of exactly that.

@krassenstein This is the problem for Trump and the US. He lies so much and changes his position despite agreements everything Iran says could frankly be true. Well done US - utterly bonkers POTUS appointment.

UPDATE: Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Tabatabaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s president, says Trump’s claims about a deal are “baseless statements of the enemy.” Who is lying? And why?

@PeterBoneUK Well you know that well bearing in mind the amount of times you did the willing sweeping up after that bedraggled mess you voted for as PM.

If a Minister misleads Parliament he must immediately come to the House and correct the record. The PM knew on Tuesday that he had misled Parliament but on Wednesday he did PMQ and didn’t mention it. Avoiding Parliamentary scrutiny. The cover up always causes the downfall !

@GHWTowler You don’t need to do vetting. Your candidates ooze into Reform.

I have to say, if I ever hear a labour figure having a go at reform for a failure of vetting again. I will lose it.

@CookeHenry2387 @danriversitv No he’s probably taking the champagne or the Cremant…and probably working. Whichever it is, I don’t blame him.

@danriversitv Starmer’s own doing. & what’s Starmer doing in Paris. The guy is taking the piss.

Breaking: I just spoke to President Trump says he ‘feels good’ about the opening of the Strait but too bad he didn’t have help from NATO which he called a ‘paper tiger’. The Strait is not open as it pertains to Iran he told me. ‘We have to finish the deal before we open it for Iran’. In terms of where it leaves the US / UK relationship and with Sir Keir Starmer: “not good, not good at all” @itvnews