comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 6 minutes ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62057321

Could be the end of Macron and even Uber.

Cameron and Osborne will probably be in the files somewhere as they were both complicit in getting Uber a licence in London.
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Macron is lucky this news launched after he won a second term

💥 NEW: Senior Tories want to rapidly thin out the field of leadership candidates

One senior MP close to 1922 committee it was “likely” candidates must secure the support of at least 10% of the parliamentary party to get on to the ballot paper - 36 MPs

https://t.co/HCm1G5Jnqa

comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
💥 NEW: Senior Tories want to rapidly thin out the field of leadership candidates

One senior MP close to 1922 committee it was “likely” candidates must secure the support of at least 10% of the parliamentary party to get on to the ballot paper - 36 MPs

https://t.co/HCm1G5Jnqa
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Yeah, it's all getting a bit ridiculous 🤣

Final 8pm update. Some 147 MP have made endorsements:

Sunak - 33
Mordaunt - 19
Tugendhat - 13
Truss/Hunt/Zahawi - 12
Badenoch/Patel - 11
Braverman - 9
Javid - 8
Shapps - 7

Gove has just come out to back Badenoch

Truss officially joins the race

That lista candidates look like a buncha Star Wars characters ffs

BREAK: And yes another one… @Rehman_Chishti announces he is also running for Tory leadership claiming he wants to provide “aspirational conservatism, fresh ideas, fresh team for a fresh start taking our great country forward”

comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 7 hours, 10 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by Black Hawk (U16342)
posted 38 seconds ago
These conservative campaign adds so far have been shockingly poor - especially in comparison to Keir Starmer's in 2020.

I suppose though it's only really for the conservative membership, so the bechmark for quality is obviously very low!
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The New Statesman:

https://twitter.com/PennyMordaunt/status/1546049184373121024?t=kA4RN9vGEFDzSFNhPTLYkQ&s=19

Using Jo Cox to promote Conservatives values a new low.
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https://reaction.life/penny-mordaunt-video-based-on-the-day-today-symphony-of-flags-patriotic-spoof/

https://youtu.be/7Fjv5JJbjvw
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https://twitter.com/larryandpaul/status/1546073127343587330?t=1q51BbZGnYAI8EfuBHY26w&s=19

The race to the bottom is well and truly on.

We just need a candidate to now say they would scrap Income Tax completely and reintroduce child labour and possibly slavery to pull in the Right Wing votes.

comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think ... (U3126)
posted 8 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 7 hours, 10 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by Black Hawk (U16342)
posted 38 seconds ago
These conservative campaign adds so far have been shockingly poor - especially in comparison to Keir Starmer's in 2020.

I suppose though it's only really for the conservative membership, so the bechmark for quality is obviously very low!
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The New Statesman:

https://twitter.com/PennyMordaunt/status/1546049184373121024?t=kA4RN9vGEFDzSFNhPTLYkQ&s=19

Using Jo Cox to promote Conservatives values a new low.
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https://reaction.life/penny-mordaunt-video-based-on-the-day-today-symphony-of-flags-patriotic-spoof/

https://youtu.be/7Fjv5JJbjvw
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https://twitter.com/larryandpaul/status/1546073127343587330?t=1q51BbZGnYAI8EfuBHY26w&s=19


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Honestly, better production value than at least half these Tory videos!

Zahawi on a Sky news interview has just proposed a 20% budget cut to every single government department if he became PM.

One of the most ludicrous things I've ever heard

Should also add he's promised to release his tax returns if he becomes PM, but only future tax returns.

"Nadhim Zahawi says he will publish his own tax returns annually if he becomes Prime Minister.

Asked if he will also publish his backdated tax returns for the past ten years, he replies: "I will publish them going forward. I don't think being retrospective is right."

Definitely nothing dodgy there then

🤣🤣

That Sue Ellen Braverman interview where she flat out bottled it was amazing.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
The race to the bottom is well and truly on.

We just need a candidate to now say they would scrap Income Tax completely and reintroduce child labour and possibly slavery to pull in the Right Wing votes.
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comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 54 minutes ago
The race to the bottom is well and truly on.

We just need a candidate to now say they would scrap Income Tax completely and reintroduce child labour and possibly slavery to pull in the Right Wing votes.
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Rees-Mogg isn't running

Faisal Islam bringing the numbers to the discussion about the Tory leadership candidates’ race to the bottom:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62117277

(We don’t do much of this on here, or across society more generally I don’t think, but some praise for a mainstream journalist here: I think Faisal is a very talented lad, a supreme communicator, and real asset to the BBC.)

Quite simply tax cuts means deep cuts to services. Thats not going to wash with the public after coming out of a pandemic. This is why most of the common sense part of the Tory party are backing Sunak.

Its shocking how much the general public and populist media are portraying this as entertainment full of lies and 'fairytales'.

Directors at the foreign office are now looking at the Truss launch video, because some of the footage was filmed by civil servants not spads and they may not be allowed to use it

The cuts need to be in VAT if everyone’s going to benefit.

An extra fiver off Income Tax a week is meaningless even if you’re on minimum wage

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 9 minutes ago
The cuts need to be in VAT if everyone’s going to benefit.

An extra fiver off Income Tax a week is meaningless even if you’re on minimum wage
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a) How will you pay for it?

b) Why won't it be swallowed by an increase in inflation?

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 21 minutes ago
The cuts need to be in VAT if everyone’s going to benefit.

An extra fiver off Income Tax a week is meaningless even if you’re on minimum wage
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It's beyond time for a restructuring of VAT.

There are some very to me obvious items/services which should be VAT exempt, like domestic energy use, the provision of social care services, and some currently non-VAT exempt products helping reduce the energy consumption of homes and businesses. These could be paid for by the introduction of a new top rate for certain luxury products and adjustments in income tax.

VAT is such a regressive tax though that ideally, long-term it is replaced completely.

The battle for the Tory right is getting increasingly congested

Hearing that Jacob Rees-Mogg could throw his hat into the ring for the leadership

If Priti Patel does as well there would be *four* candidates vying for the Tory right:

Truss
Braverman
Patel
Rees-Mogg

Please oh please let Rees-Mogg run...


PLEASE!!!

comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 16 minutes ago
Please oh please let Rees-Mogg run...


PLEASE!!!
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Runs on the promise to reintroduce the penny-farthing to "get Britain moving"