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That is an incredible tax fact. Was fairly clear the IHT was not a great idea, but just how bad it is really interesting. Great thread too

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 8h

Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good for managing the crowds I imagine

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

She’s just bonkers. Her logic just doesn’t end anywhere rational-She’s said something ridiculous off top of her head in past & now spending a life time making more & more idiotic arguments to try & justify the draft thing. Rather than just backing down when she worked out what she said was ludicrous

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can imagine what the unpaid BrewDog staff think of that.

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In 2015 book, BrewDog’s Watt wrote: "Why spend your own money when you can spunk someone else's?"

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From memory BrewDog founders got £100 million out of deal, yet somehow the staff don’t get paid.

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I almost feel sorry for Ed. What a hole to dig! Who’d be a £300M pop star trying to keep their comfortably vanilla brand in tact these days

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Ben (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

MP Alex Sobel spoke with students about the life-changing impact of their projects and was inspired by their creativity, hard work and dedication. The students left feeling confident and excited about their futures with many eager to make a difference through engineering. Read more: bit.ly/4c0SMqi

Two people stand in a university engineering workshop beside a handheld 3D scanning device and prototype components. One person holds a white 3D-printed prototype while the other stands with folded arms. Manufacturing equipment, workshop machinery and safety signage are visible in the background,

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can only be a matter of time before this clown gets his comeuppance.

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well done @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of Civil Engineering Back at number 1 in Guardian league tables. A great School, great students & staff. Very well done all. Very pleased to see this. www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Chris Mason watching Channel 4 News.

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Incredible moment in the doc when Farage’s right-hand man Dan Jukes lists several foreign donors who’ve given money to the party via their kids. It’s not just one or two backers - it’s a huge conspiracy cooked up by the party to break the law. It’s bigger than we even thought

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.

verbatiminvestigations.com

Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK

A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

channel4.com

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover filming shows Nigel Farage celebrating illegal foreign donations Footage shows a plan to break electoral law by funnelling money from a US ‘businessman’ through a UK donor The donations funded a series of widely reported polls secretly commissioned by Reform

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Channel 4 documentary on Reform party donations - www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXut...

youtube.com

Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Reform UK has banned some journalists from its annual conference who have reported critically on the party and Nigel Farage. It includes the Guardian’s City editor, Anna Isaac, who uncovered the £5m gift. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting

Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Surely the headline should be “Man who spends life complaining about everything and everyone, complains about other people complaining about him” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC

The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Garden 🌱 still delivering dinners

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s also about the amount of water that flows down in Thames in 2-3 days (typical conditions, flow past a given location)

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Apparently 120,000 Olympic pools in lake Windermere. So it’s also a 1/15th of Lake Windermere

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There’s always a ‘swimming pools’ guy.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

V bad BBC coverage. Graduate vacancies may well be down - perhaps 5% or 10%) Little/no chance down by 50% - and it is absurd to have listings on one website being down 50% as evidence for this headline from the national broadcaster One for BBC Verify + FactCheck www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Grapes or bunches? Surely no vine can grow just 3 grapes- that would be suitable for some award or something- especially if the vine is cleverly positioning them from reach of the vine owner

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

1st sweet corn I’ve managed to grow- very happy (Oh & 1st bunches of grapes picked)

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

As in I assume everyone who got a homework score of 120 didn’t all take 43mins (or am I missing something?)

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks -that’s helpful- I still don’t quite follow how the time info is incorporated into this graph

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh yeah- fair point-they destroyed our black currents and broccoli. Perhaps I need a recipe for grape and pigeon pie

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There are plenty to go around

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not only are the grapes coming along nicely, we have 2 pigeon checks living within the vine 🌱

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I think the language around these things is so confusing too. I imagine some folk describing a degree in civil engineering as both a vocation and technical- but is it vocational too? Perhaps it is…

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Duncan Borman @dunc76.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Tough on Philp. Tough on the causes of Philp

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