UK Political Thread, part the second

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:violin:

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“mistakenly”

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It’s tradition. McAlpine.

Are the rest of them rapists, paedophiles, and drunks? Cos this has a bang of the 1980s/90s Conservative governments.

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Even tories think this is tone-deaf:

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Becoming?

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UK politics in Helsinki…

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I’m not thrilled with a lot they’re doing, but the winter fuel thing is fucking clownshoes, a non signficant portion of pensioners does not need fuel assistance, and the amount of assistance taken away during Tory austerity hurt pensioners, disabled people, single mothers, and loads of other far more.

More income tax is fine, but start taxing capital gains at the same rate (above 40%), and especially more tax on landlords and higher earners.

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No income tax, no VAT
No money back, and no guarantee
Black or white, rich or poor
We’ll cut prices at a straw

Jesus, now they’re using it in phishing:

Just got this…

UK Government Living Allowance Office Last Time Reminder:
Due to the reduction of winter heating subsidy, you can no longer receive it, and the uk government has decided to advance the living subsidy to allow you to survive the winter.
We will reopen applications. Please apply for your living subsidy in the link as soon as possible after receiving the information. If you do not submit an application before 2024/10/15, we will cancel your qualification and reallocate the funds.

https://bit.ly link

Thank you for your support to the UK Government.

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