It seems very unfair to me to have these guys (great work btw) fill in for council failures *out of pocket*, while also paying council tax
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Franklin
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Franklin
@FranklinVH2
A well-crafted parody of a man of affairs.
Joined October 2019
- Holy fuck. I really cannot conceive of a worse revenue raiser than this. Astoundingly bad, especially as future pensioners are likely to rely on private pensions much more. Wow lolπ¨ NEW: Rachel Reeves will use the Budget to impose a Β£2k-a-year limit on how much salary can go into a pension before paying National Insurance The move will raise Β£2bn and hit salary sacrifice schemes [@thetimes]
- Dressed like a SportsDirect Paramilitary. These sights, blasted across the internet by public and private networks, are the only thing you need to explain Reform UKβs successBig crowds at Whitechapel including a disturbing number of youths dressed in black and masked.
00:00 - This is darkly funny. You canβt call something βsemanticsβ in this dismissive tone when youβre arresting and interviewing a person for precisely for those βsemanticsβ. What an inappropriate use of police power. Actually shocking
π¨NEW: Comedian Graham Linehan was arrested and interrogated by five armed police officers at London Heathrow Airport over three posts on X Mr. Linehan has also been banned from using X - Real βBritain is finishedβ end to this week.π΄ Remembrance Sunday parade cancelled over βhealth and safety fearsβ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/2β¦
- If Tesco was a non-profit and that was all passed onto the consumer, the average person would save about 80p per week on 2024 profit margins, or about 60p on the 5 year average. Just for contextPoppycock! Food prices are rising because of greed! The boss of Tesco made Β£9,230,000 last year The shareholders made Β£1,900,000,000 Asda made Β£2,100,000,000 for it's parent company last year The partners of Asda's owners took a Β£43,900,000 payout bbc.co.uk/news/articles/β¦
- What a coup. When transport nerds are using you as a gold standard, you know youβve done something right. Amazing. Iβm so proudThe Elizabeth Line in London moves 800,000 people daily. No highway at its busiest point moves that many people daily in North America.
- Notting Hill Carnival this year was a complete policing coup. The Met pulled off one of the most effective operations Iβve ever seen, from preemptive arrests of high risk individuals to on-the-ground order to weapons seizures and corresponding arrests.
- 7m armed response time in outer Manchester is seriously impressive but suggests high alert and probably some intelπ¨ SUMMARY: What we know so far after the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester - 09:31 -Greater Manchester Police received a report from a member of the public saying he witnessed a car being driven into members of the public, and one man had
- I know you hear it all the time but this is literally the best political videography anywhere in the English speaking world and Dov Foreman deserves a raiseI have uncovered over 30 immigration judges with links to open borders charities. It is now beyond any doubt that a deep rot has infected parts of our judiciary.
00:00 - I think Corbyn must actually be quite difficult to work with. That, coupled with powersharing with an angsty 31 year old teenager, and itβs no wonder that Jezbollah ran itself into the ground
- Itβs hard not to make jokes about a convicted sex offender accidentally released to waddle around Hackney with an avocado tote bag, and thatβs definitely what state failure feels like. Late USSR was replete with βwry smilesβ as satire and reality began to collapse into oneπ¨ BREAKING: The Met Police say migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was last seen shortly before 8pm on Friday in the Dalston area of Hackney He was still in his prison-issue tracksuit but is now carrying his belongings in a distinctive white bag with avocado pictures on it
- The Bank of America Belfast office, alone, will pay the 15m cost of this state dinner in revenues. It will be paid back over 100 times by the combined US investment announced over the last week. And, ofc, it has already been paid back by the alpha generated by the Crown Estates"There's no Magic Money Tree"
