Andrea Salvona
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Go away for an afternoon shopping then find out Trump is acting like a madman again. Can’t seem to get a minutes peace from the madness
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Go away for an afternoon shopping then find out Trump is acting like a madman again. Can’t seem to get a minutes peace from the madness
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Contractors:
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Contractors:
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
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Very informative:
"Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity. Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance."
"Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity. Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance."
January 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Very informative:
"Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity. Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance."
"Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity. Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance."
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Joshi Hermann, The Mill:
“Former judge William Morris, chair of board at Uni of Greater Manchester stepped down. His wife, Baroness Morris a Conservative peer, was director of a uni ‘centre’/private company that charged £3m to the uni in recent years but has no employees”.
More Hse of Lords scandal
“Former judge William Morris, chair of board at Uni of Greater Manchester stepped down. His wife, Baroness Morris a Conservative peer, was director of a uni ‘centre’/private company that charged £3m to the uni in recent years but has no employees”.
More Hse of Lords scandal
January 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Joshi Hermann, The Mill:
“Former judge William Morris, chair of board at Uni of Greater Manchester stepped down. His wife, Baroness Morris a Conservative peer, was director of a uni ‘centre’/private company that charged £3m to the uni in recent years but has no employees”.
More Hse of Lords scandal
“Former judge William Morris, chair of board at Uni of Greater Manchester stepped down. His wife, Baroness Morris a Conservative peer, was director of a uni ‘centre’/private company that charged £3m to the uni in recent years but has no employees”.
More Hse of Lords scandal
£1billion lost each year to this fraud, and we’ve got a lawyer as a PM. This is where the focus needs to be, stop the scams !
Speaking at the Chancery Bar ethics conference this morning, on how and why some tax barristers write false opinions backing fraudulent schemes.
Our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/16/r...
Our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/16/r...
Rogue barristers are enabling a billion pound tax fraud
A small number of tax KCs issue opinions that they must know are wrong, blessing structures that are fraudulent. It plausibly costs the UK £1bn+ each year.
taxpolicy.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 10:22 AM
£1billion lost each year to this fraud, and we’ve got a lawyer as a PM. This is where the focus needs to be, stop the scams !
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Speaking at the Chancery Bar ethics conference this morning, on how and why some tax barristers write false opinions backing fraudulent schemes.
Our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/16/r...
Our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/16/r...
Rogue barristers are enabling a billion pound tax fraud
A small number of tax KCs issue opinions that they must know are wrong, blessing structures that are fraudulent. It plausibly costs the UK £1bn+ each year.
taxpolicy.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Speaking at the Chancery Bar ethics conference this morning, on how and why some tax barristers write false opinions backing fraudulent schemes.
Our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/16/r...
Our report: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/16/r...
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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This is how appeasement of Trump affects you.
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
Appeasing Trump.
OECD exempts US companies from global minimum tax rules. Trump binned previous treaty.
UK to pay 25% more for drugs sold to the NHS by US companies.
UK remuneration of private equity execs taxed as capital gain instead of wages. Capital gains taxed at lower rate than wages.
OECD exempts US companies from global minimum tax rules. Trump binned previous treaty.
UK to pay 25% more for drugs sold to the NHS by US companies.
UK remuneration of private equity execs taxed as capital gain instead of wages. Capital gains taxed at lower rate than wages.
Donald Trump’s imperialism is the latest tool to advance the hegemony of US capital
Trump's policies are not isolationism. They're seeking to thwart the emergence of a multipolar world.
leftfootforward.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM
This is how appeasement of Trump affects you.
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
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Wales has brought in rules to sack politicians who deliberately lie.
Under the rules Politicians who repeat lies can be put to a vote and removed
Of course Westminster and the BBC screamed this rule was 'terrible'
I doubt many who work there would last 1 day with these rules
Under the rules Politicians who repeat lies can be put to a vote and removed
Of course Westminster and the BBC screamed this rule was 'terrible'
I doubt many who work there would last 1 day with these rules
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Wales has brought in rules to sack politicians who deliberately lie.
Under the rules Politicians who repeat lies can be put to a vote and removed
Of course Westminster and the BBC screamed this rule was 'terrible'
I doubt many who work there would last 1 day with these rules
Under the rules Politicians who repeat lies can be put to a vote and removed
Of course Westminster and the BBC screamed this rule was 'terrible'
I doubt many who work there would last 1 day with these rules
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The FBI raided the home of a Washington Post reporter.
This is a blatant attack on press freedom — yet Jeff Bezos has so far been silent.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
This is a blatant attack on press freedom — yet Jeff Bezos has so far been silent.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The FBI raided the home of a Washington Post reporter.
This is a blatant attack on press freedom — yet Jeff Bezos has so far been silent.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
This is a blatant attack on press freedom — yet Jeff Bezos has so far been silent.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
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Musk’s presence in our institutions is toxic.
UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point - Impact of Social Sciences
Data collected on UK universities’ use of social media shows academic engagement with X is at a tipping point with more institutions off the platform than on.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Musk’s presence in our institutions is toxic.
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Tory legacy
In 2025, 554,018 people were left waiting on NHS England hospital A&E trolleys for more than 12 hours - 48,626 in 2021.
The waiting times are the worst since figures began.
NHS suffers from lack of investment, drained by PFI and privatization profits.
In 2025, 554,018 people were left waiting on NHS England hospital A&E trolleys for more than 12 hours - 48,626 in 2021.
The waiting times are the worst since figures began.
NHS suffers from lack of investment, drained by PFI and privatization profits.
Half a million patients left waiting on hospital trolleys for 12 hours or more
Record numbers wait for NHS hospital beds, as Lib Dem leader Ed Davey demands: "Enough is enough. This is a national emergency."
news.sky.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Tory legacy
In 2025, 554,018 people were left waiting on NHS England hospital A&E trolleys for more than 12 hours - 48,626 in 2021.
The waiting times are the worst since figures began.
NHS suffers from lack of investment, drained by PFI and privatization profits.
In 2025, 554,018 people were left waiting on NHS England hospital A&E trolleys for more than 12 hours - 48,626 in 2021.
The waiting times are the worst since figures began.
NHS suffers from lack of investment, drained by PFI and privatization profits.
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Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Donald Trump’s imperialism is the latest tool to advance the hegemony of US capital
Trump's policies are not isolationism. They're seeking to thwart the emergence of a multipolar world.
leftfootforward.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
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UKIP wants to register its party symbol as a Prussian cross plus a nicely lethal looking spear. I guess they did not feel their image was fascist and racist enough already - so they want to look like the Teutonic Knights?
It’s not British in the slightest, is it?
It’s not British in the slightest, is it?
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
UKIP wants to register its party symbol as a Prussian cross plus a nicely lethal looking spear. I guess they did not feel their image was fascist and racist enough already - so they want to look like the Teutonic Knights?
It’s not British in the slightest, is it?
It’s not British in the slightest, is it?
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There it is.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
There it is.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
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Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
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As you can probably tell, my masterplan is to fill Reform UK with the fetid dregs of the Tory governments that tanked the economy, gave us record NHS waiting lists, the highest tax burden since the War, soaring energy bills and rivers full of shit.
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
As you can probably tell, my masterplan is to fill Reform UK with the fetid dregs of the Tory governments that tanked the economy, gave us record NHS waiting lists, the highest tax burden since the War, soaring energy bills and rivers full of shit.
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Nadhim Zahawi was born in Iraq, today he joined a party that would have stopped him ever coming to the UK.
As hypocritical as you can get.
As hypocritical as you can get.
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Nadhim Zahawi was born in Iraq, today he joined a party that would have stopped him ever coming to the UK.
As hypocritical as you can get.
As hypocritical as you can get.
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UK Deputy PM David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’
Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
UK Deputy PM David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
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Treasury has ‘limited grasp’ of concerns over shadow banking sector.
The UK is sleep walking to the next financial crash.
Shadow banking, which includes private equity, is unregulated. Retail banking being deregulated.
The Pension Schemes Bill urges schemes to invest in PE.
Madness.
The UK is sleep walking to the next financial crash.
Shadow banking, which includes private equity, is unregulated. Retail banking being deregulated.
The Pension Schemes Bill urges schemes to invest in PE.
Madness.
Treasury has ‘limited grasp’ of concerns over booming shadow banking sector, peers say
Report says officials seem unprepared for potential risks that unregulated industry poses to UK financial stability
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Treasury has ‘limited grasp’ of concerns over shadow banking sector.
The UK is sleep walking to the next financial crash.
Shadow banking, which includes private equity, is unregulated. Retail banking being deregulated.
The Pension Schemes Bill urges schemes to invest in PE.
Madness.
The UK is sleep walking to the next financial crash.
Shadow banking, which includes private equity, is unregulated. Retail banking being deregulated.
The Pension Schemes Bill urges schemes to invest in PE.
Madness.
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Who’d have thought?
Saw this on X.
Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Who’d have thought?
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Trump to withdraw the US from 35 non-UN groups and 31 UN entities, including bodies related to climate change, gender equality and women's empowerment.
International cooperation replaced by dominance and personal whims of a small clique.
Greater uncertainty, insecurity and corruption inevitable.
International cooperation replaced by dominance and personal whims of a small clique.
Greater uncertainty, insecurity and corruption inevitable.
Full list as Trump announces US leave 66 key international organizations
They include a crucial climate treaty and a UN body promoting gender equality and women's empowerment
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Trump to withdraw the US from 35 non-UN groups and 31 UN entities, including bodies related to climate change, gender equality and women's empowerment.
International cooperation replaced by dominance and personal whims of a small clique.
Greater uncertainty, insecurity and corruption inevitable.
International cooperation replaced by dominance and personal whims of a small clique.
Greater uncertainty, insecurity and corruption inevitable.
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According to a source who is familiar with the matter, Musk's Grok is now generating more than a billion sexualized images of women every 24 hours.
Doing the math and extrapolating the likely long-term consequences is an absolute nightmare for women.
UK / EU should ban Grok X xAI, all of it, ASAP.
Doing the math and extrapolating the likely long-term consequences is an absolute nightmare for women.
UK / EU should ban Grok X xAI, all of it, ASAP.
January 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
According to a source who is familiar with the matter, Musk's Grok is now generating more than a billion sexualized images of women every 24 hours.
Doing the math and extrapolating the likely long-term consequences is an absolute nightmare for women.
UK / EU should ban Grok X xAI, all of it, ASAP.
Doing the math and extrapolating the likely long-term consequences is an absolute nightmare for women.
UK / EU should ban Grok X xAI, all of it, ASAP.