Eton Trifles
@eton-trifles.bsky.social
“Well it ain't written in the papers, but it's written on the walls
The way this country is divided to fall”
The way this country is divided to fall”
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Hallelujah!
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hallelujah!
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The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
July 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
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Covering the small boats 'deal' without referencing Macron's irrefutably accurate observation that blame for the 'crisis' lies with Brexit involves contortions so violent that the people doing it should be in a circus.
July 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Covering the small boats 'deal' without referencing Macron's irrefutably accurate observation that blame for the 'crisis' lies with Brexit involves contortions so violent that the people doing it should be in a circus.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social The #borisboats are really winding up the Reformers. They just cannot take it when FACTS are pushed in front of them.
July 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social The #borisboats are really winding up the Reformers. They just cannot take it when FACTS are pushed in front of them.
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GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
"Brexit five years on - It has been a disaster" GB News interview with fisherman Andy Dixon
YouTube video by Russell England
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February 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
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Trump is taking money from the Middle East and 2016 Trump is PISSED
May 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump is taking money from the Middle East and 2016 Trump is PISSED
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The “growth plan” for Brexit was that it would “unleash” UK from the “shackles” of EU.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The “growth plan” for Brexit was that it would “unleash” UK from the “shackles” of EU.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
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This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Jess Phillips is a Legend
YouTube video by Max Brockbank
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January 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
The majestic Alps. Feeling rather humble this morning!
December 21, 2024 at 8:37 AM
The majestic Alps. Feeling rather humble this morning!
The absolute epitome of everyone who lives near me.
I need to get out!!
I need to get out!!
Audience member: "I don't think there should be any asylum... People are making far too much of war."
Audience member next to her: 😬 ~AA #BBCQT
Audience member next to her: 😬 ~AA #BBCQT
December 6, 2024 at 8:48 AM
The absolute epitome of everyone who lives near me.
I need to get out!!
I need to get out!!
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It’s a fiscal pothole all on its own. Absolute clowns.
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
It’s a fiscal pothole all on its own. Absolute clowns.
I don’t really care about the inheritance tax woes of the mega rich.
I care about fixing the NHS though.
I care about fixing the NHS though.
November 23, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I don’t really care about the inheritance tax woes of the mega rich.
I care about fixing the NHS though.
I care about fixing the NHS though.
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Why did the UK Government agree to sell the ghost station to an oligarch already suspected of money laundering for the Russian underworld? Why did senior Conservative Party figures accept large donations from such a man? Why hasn’t there been a full official inquiry?
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station
Turlough Conway on how a new legal case against Boris Johnson raises more questions about money laundered in London and Conservative connections to Russia.
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Why did the UK Government agree to sell the ghost station to an oligarch already suspected of money laundering for the Russian underworld? Why did senior Conservative Party figures accept large donations from such a man? Why hasn’t there been a full official inquiry?
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
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Too shit even for Trumps cabinet. A pretty decent achievement
November 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Too shit even for Trumps cabinet. A pretty decent achievement
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The multi-millionaire who bought farmland to avoid tax…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
November 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The multi-millionaire who bought farmland to avoid tax…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
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To be clear:
It's £1m untaxed, plus £325k of standard tax free inheritance.
You can double that if the farmer is married.
So farmers can hand down £2.65m tax free, and their kids pay 20% on everything else.
Tax on your job is 40% over £50k
"Land owner" is not a job
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It's £1m untaxed, plus £325k of standard tax free inheritance.
You can double that if the farmer is married.
So farmers can hand down £2.65m tax free, and their kids pay 20% on everything else.
Tax on your job is 40% over £50k
"Land owner" is not a job
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This will affect fewer than 500 farms, and the IFS says farms are "still more generously treated than they used to be in decades past"
It's just closing a loophole that's been used to avoid inheritance tax, and which pushes up farm rents and makes it harder for 76% if farmers to make a profit.
It's just closing a loophole that's been used to avoid inheritance tax, and which pushes up farm rents and makes it harder for 76% if farmers to make a profit.
November 17, 2024 at 7:48 PM
To be clear:
It's £1m untaxed, plus £325k of standard tax free inheritance.
You can double that if the farmer is married.
So farmers can hand down £2.65m tax free, and their kids pay 20% on everything else.
Tax on your job is 40% over £50k
"Land owner" is not a job
🧵
It's £1m untaxed, plus £325k of standard tax free inheritance.
You can double that if the farmer is married.
So farmers can hand down £2.65m tax free, and their kids pay 20% on everything else.
Tax on your job is 40% over £50k
"Land owner" is not a job
🧵
The more I read and listen to what the wealthy have to say, the more I realise that they actually do believe that taxation doesn’t apply to them.
#inheritancetax
#inheritancetax
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The more I read and listen to what the wealthy have to say, the more I realise that they actually do believe that taxation doesn’t apply to them.
#inheritancetax
#inheritancetax
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40% of UK Farmland is owned by billionaires.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
November 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM
40% of UK Farmland is owned by billionaires.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
Can someone please help me understand the ‘plight’ of a farmer who isn’t earning enough money but isn’t selling his £million farm either! 🤷♂️
I think some are getting confused with #brexit impacts.
#farming #inheritancetax #farmersprotest
I think some are getting confused with #brexit impacts.
#farming #inheritancetax #farmersprotest
November 18, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Can someone please help me understand the ‘plight’ of a farmer who isn’t earning enough money but isn’t selling his £million farm either! 🤷♂️
I think some are getting confused with #brexit impacts.
#farming #inheritancetax #farmersprotest
I think some are getting confused with #brexit impacts.
#farming #inheritancetax #farmersprotest
Bit of Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike today.
Nice and gentle for an easy Sunday! 😬😬
Nice and gentle for an easy Sunday! 😬😬
November 17, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Bit of Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike today.
Nice and gentle for an easy Sunday! 😬😬
Nice and gentle for an easy Sunday! 😬😬
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (Official Video)
YouTube video by ELOVEVO
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November 17, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”
Me for Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
Me for Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever'
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:21 PM
“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”
Me for Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
Me for Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.