1. Fewer than 5% of estates are subject to Inheritance tax.

2. Those estates that are subject to IHT are not those of the super-rich, they are those of people who typically bought a house a long time ago, saw its capital value rise ridiculously but didn't know enough to use loopholes to avoid IHT.

Jon Bloomfield‬

"She’s not just trimming her sails but giving full vent to the populist gale. This can only end badly." My and
@Davidedgar1.bsky.social latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, challenging Mahmood and Blue Labour's dangerous politics.
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A national campaign calling for higher taxes on Britain’s wealthiest individuals arrived in Newcastle this week, with the Patriotic Millionaires UK bus pulling up on Market Street in steady rain emblazoned with the message: “Tax us, the super-rich.” 👏👏👏

What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯

🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.

Germany 1934, the Nazi party passes the Treachery Act, making it a crime to tell jokes or laugh at the Third Reich and it's leaders

America, 2025...

Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights

They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.

Thank-you, Stella. You are speaking for the Labour party, even if the government won’t.

I admire Mo Salah's restraint.

"Farewell". Really?

Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.

I did an update on who is seeking asylum in the UK

🧐 Are they all men?
🤔 What countries do they come from?
🤨 Why are only half of Afghans being recognised as refugees? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsOc...

I think this the first time Brexit has appeared as an attack line in a major English speaking political campaign.

Brilliant!

Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.

History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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Today DCMS took the decision NOT to list the UK's oldest working cinema, The Electric in Birmingham

Our hopes now rely on Councillors doing everything in their power to get the best result for you with the least harm caused to the your historic arts street

We're sorry Brum 💔

"Thompson’s death was not considered sufficiently important by his colleagues to merit the cancellation of the meeting he had been due to attend in the Manhattan Hilton. Just 48 hours later, his job was relisted."

Brilliant take down by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social of GBNews Matthew Goodwin whose ridiculous anti-migrant rhetoric is both ill-informed & Islamophobic.