Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 15h‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from. 54848210
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 11hDear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 763682826
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Kemi 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. 42844356
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Very good piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social on why Kemi Badenoch’s idea of exempting family homes from inheritance tax makes no economic sense for a variety of reasons. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBadenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather StewartThe Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy 23611
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 07/10/2026👍 although C4 News were saying the Tories are claiming it’ll boost economic growth, which makes no sense to me. Anyone with a basic understanding of economics would conclude encouraging folks to tie up even more capital in their home rather than more productive assets is anti growth! 052
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We'll have a full analysis of the Conservatives' proposed inheritance tax cuts tomorrow. But, for now, three charts. 1. Who would benefit from the cuts? 1318596
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera" 1231459371
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541902772
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How about replacing IHT with a Capital Acquisition Tax (CAT), which involves taxing the recipients of gifts where the accumulated lifetime amount received exceeds a certain level or levels. Ie taxing unearned windfalls received as an accident of birth. Hypothecate CAT to Social Care. 020
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You would have thought even a corporate lawyer like ‘honest’ Bob would be able to figure out the differences between a situation where there is enough evidence to charge someone and one where there isn’t on the face of it sufficient evidence yet to suggest a crime has even been committed!! 020
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that? 451474525
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Eire removed its version of IHT; public sentiment felt it was unfair. Instead they introduced Capital Acquisitions Tax, which a taxes the recipient of gifts above a cumulative lifetime limit. Ie it aims to tax what are considered excess unearned windfalls some receive as an accident of birth. 142
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 13/09/2026There are good economic arguments in favour of a LVT but some recent analysis by the IFS highlighted some practical difficulties. I suspect it would fall foul, as would my suggestion of the 3 pathologies (Public, Political & Press) highlighted in a recent IPPR paper on tax reform. 021
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇telegraph.co.ukYou are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following: 361356800
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Ben Delo isn't just a "billionaire expat" with a soft spot for Farage. In 2022 he was found guilty of serious criminal charges in the United States. American prosecutors said he deliberately built a dodgy crypto platform designed to help people hide dirty money. He admitted as much in court.justice.govPowered and protected by 4430158
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Not at all. Other countries have replaced their ‘death taxes’ with gift recipient taxes because it is felt to be fairer to tax someone who acquires an unearned windfall. Many tax experts and economists advocate such an approach. It is much harder to avoid than the current IHT regime. 110
markawaring.bsky.social @markawaring.bsky.social · 13/09/2026IHT should be replaced by a cumulative Gift Tax on Recipients hypothecated to Social Care and Education. Eg if an individual receives an unearned windfall in the form of cumulative gifts above a certain level during their lifetime they pay Income Tax on it. 110
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“The next night in Portsmouth a group gathered to confront asylum seekers in a hotel. A local Reform councillor dispersed the mob after seeing proof this was in fact a Pakistani cricket team on tour. Why the hell should any group of people have to justify themselves to some local vigilante militia?”podcasts.apple.comFashdancePodcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 10 September · 1hr 1835386
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This was obviously going to happen. Very frustrating for electoral reform campaigns when political parties endorse for the sake of improved access to power and not for the benefit of democracy. 08718
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialThe Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026NEW: London has among the lowest violent crime rates in England & Wales, tops a ranking of best cities, and pays more in tax than it gets back – but the public overestimate crime risk, underestimate its standing, and don't know it's a net fiscal contributor. Our latest Mistaken Britain study ⬇️kcl.ac.ukLondon misperceptions: public often wrong on capital's crime, quality of life, contribution to public finances and Muslim population | King's College LondonA third believe there are "no-go" areas ruled by Sharia law 13324154
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialThe Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Half of respondents thought London had the highest rate of violent crime of any region in the year to September 2025. "In fact, the research found that police-recorded crime data showed London had the lowest rate of violent crime of any region in England and Wales" The BBC on our latest study ⬇️bbc.co.ukCrime concerns outweigh reality, King's College London study findsMany people see London as less safe than the data suggests, researchers find. 087
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'm sure there's a pattern here but I'm damned if I can make it out. 12917
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Farage, a man who was doing Cameo videos for £70 a pop as late as March 2026, apparently turned up to a meeting to discuss a half-million donation and "wasn't really listening". What utter contempt he has for the very democracy, country, and people that he claims to love. 371471341
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears... 1419570
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialFlintworks @flintworks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The full verbatim investigations video has dropped on youtube Worth liking and sharing @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @ottoenglish.bsky.social youtu.be/RugPik-G1Jw?...youtu.beMy Year Undercover in Reform UKYouTube video by Verbatim Investigations 03920
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialAlistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher. 31168871707
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Chris Philp (Shadow Home Secretary) has now, finally, deleted this video. It contained a number of (obviously) false claims based on his "research" which (deliberately or through incompetence) misinterpreted Home Office visa data. x.com/CPhilpOffici...x.comChris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) on X1,000 workers from Pakistan brought 6,000 dependants - a staggering 6 to 1 ratio Many “workers” ended up in vape stores or kebab shops Low-skilled workers and dependents are still flooding in - pressuring public services and housing We must end mass low-skilled migration 36566187
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 18/07/2026File under 'Unbelievable! (Except it's not, of course)'theguardian.comTrump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby YoungExclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics 33012
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Number crunching: “Reform is now the party of workers” From the new Private Eye, out now. 17712301
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Had a lovely time slagging off the UK with a man who works for a fat orange rapist. 631468382
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Nigel Farage Listens to the News 10449721890
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 05/06/2026We all need to resist attempts like this to politicise Henry Nowak’s death and divide our country - whether they come from MAGA politicians like Vance or their cronies here in the UK. 78959206
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Racist politicians whip up racist outrage. Widespread disorder ensues. The courts treat widespread disorder with the severity that they have always treated widespread disorder. Racist politicians cry “two-tier justice”, whipping up racist outrage. Rinse. Repeat. It’s so fucking tedious. 371850486
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I have put together a little video guide to Nigel Farage's umm... evolving views on hecklers. They seem to be quite dependent on whether the heckler disagrees with him (bad, boring, frightening, dangerous), or shouts abuse at a woman in the street (buy him a pint/give him a peerage). 50845306
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026If journalists were doing their job properly, it would simply not be possible for the public to be labouring under this degree of ignorance when it comes to immigration. inews.co.uk/opinion/immi... 801190501
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Nigel Farage tells The Sun's Harry Cole that Elon Musk offered to give Reform loads of money "if we said certain things" and he refused. "I can't be bought." Two things: 1. This is an allegation of attempted bribery. Very serious. 2. It shows the obvious: donors expect something for their money. 391065378
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/05/2026Welfare spending (which includes pensions) was, in fact, higher than income tax receipts throughout the entirety of Kemi Badenoch's ministerial career. 11229106
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Don't forget what Reform promised the crypto industry after Farage took the cash: Farage....took an undisclosed £5mn personal gift from a crypto billionaire in 2024, months before pledging to slash tax and regulation on the digital assets industry if he becomes PM www.ft.com/content/6a56...ft.comFarage accused of ‘conflict of interest’ over £5mn gift from crypto investorRival parties highlight how Reform UK has proposed cutting tax and regulation on the digital assets industry 28628267
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialCat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Even Reform insiders acknowledge that something is being unleashed that they can't control Have spoken to several who say Farage has been able to "hold the line" so far but freely admit they don't know what comes next (albeit without taking responsibility - they point to rising populism globally) 64515
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/05/2026it’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson 561128498
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 02/05/2026So there are crazy headlines, and then there are "I'm sorry WTAF now?" headlines...😳 Yes, the Telegraph have deduced that Ed Miliband hates mothers because of some new legislation making tumble dryers more efficient and cheaper to run! 🧵 1/24 1141126474
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/04/2026this is an absolutely extraordinary scoop by Guardian: Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comExclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne 481013494
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialAndrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Sir Oliver “Olly” Robbins is a clever, well-informed person. He’s also ambitious & diligent. Sir Keir Starmer & his team now have a potentially highly dangerous enemy. Not because Sir Oliver wants revenge (though he might) but because of the facts of the Mandelson case. A long 🧵. Have a cuppa! /1. 315949
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the - £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends - the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund 13446251
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Was this GP struck off just because he asked a Muslim woman to remove her veil? How likely does that sound? 🤷♀️ Did he actually ask her to remove her veil 'because he was struggling to understand her?' Let's take a look at what really happened based on the tribunal reports... 🧵 1/25 291023496
Reposted by @markawaring.bsky.socialHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/04/2026🚨 NEW: ‘Hitler was right’, says one of Reform’s top activists, Aaron Lee Taylor Taylor has campaigned from Reform’s head office and twice met Nigel Farage, has frequently shared material online that promotes Nazi Germany. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/14/n...hopenothate.org.ukNEW: ‘Hitler was right’, says star Reform activist – HOPE not hateBy Harry Shukman and Sarah Hadley A well-known Reform activist who campaigned for the party in the forthcoming local elections has denied the Holocaust and... 59274
