I always get more followers when I have a good day tipping. That’s great. Lots of them disappear when they find out I loathe Brexit, Braverman, Johnson, Sunak et al
@CHIMPSINSOCKS
@OwenJones84
Kirstie, I am father of 4 earning more than reasonable money. My eldest son & fiancee moved into our 2 bedroomed flat to save money for a deposit. After saving for 2 yrs are further away. 2 daughters will graduate as teacher/ Nurse, none has any prospect of buying a property
Looking forward to some good results on this week but already had best results imaginable this week as both my lovely daughters have got a First Class in their Degree results. Hugely proud Dad !
I put Jonathan in my ‘A’ team of pundits when I did my book. Never lost his place. Often called him for info on ptp or hunter chaser & he gave advice freely. Hope they sell liquorice rolling papers in heaven! Rip
Great to see RacingTV colleague & International Sports Media Legend Rishi Persad here in Capetown for the big raceday this Saturday . Both enjoying a sparkling water! How times have changed
Not going to name the bookie but just asked for a £1 ew trixie plus £1ew treble at sp on my 3 tips today and been told I have exceeded maximum stakes allowed.
Just heading out to a NYE “do” for first time in about 20 years! Hope its a good one & not too tragico. Wishing everyone a great night tonight and a Happy New Year & that we all have successful one. And we all remember to put the tick in the correct box come the GE
#GTTO
@thebedfordfox
He is a man of amazing capacity getting that message out. Thank you for passing on. I am waiting for a train and every few minutes thoughts go back to what has happened. So sad
@unojen_wood
I can’t but didn’t she recently try something to make her properties exempt from some sort of taxation and also wasn’t her investment arm found to have put into offshore vehicles. Begs question if she is as loyal to country as her “subjects” forced to be
@BladeoftheS
Norway has a Sovereign Wealth Fund worth Billions there to protect its population . We have fossil fuel companies freezing out our pensioners. Yet Thatcher is still revered.
getting bored of us boomers saying how hard they worked. Most made what they have out of galloping inflation in assets yet talk like they were financial wizards! We have destroyed planet for our kids to try & sort. Why not think of that legacy? Stop bleating about a bit of tax!
2 out of 3 on final day before Xmas break. Thanks
@Racingtv
for birthday wishes. Wishing all readers/viewers the best Xmas possible and let’s hope we get that yankee up on Boxing Day to pay for it!
If I/someone started a petition to bring back the racing tips on R4 would anyone sign it? Since I heard announcement they are being scrapped I have felt really saddened as another one of my institutions has been torn down
@stupot0121
@TopNewsWorks
But what on earth has possessed a company involved in education giving Williamson a role. His appalling record is well documented. Unless they think Williamson still has the hex on Johnson & his govt
@Kevin_Maguire
Lets hope this is a good start. Why the fuck can a peer of the realm have a house owned by an offshore trust? Only to avoid tax in country that has bestowed title & favours on her?
Can’t decide how I feel about myself given I am relishing every moment of Zahawi’s decline. And actually hoping it goes much further & he is hounded out of any office. Feel better admitting it though. The Thief of Bagdhad is brilliant nickname.
@campbellclaret
I feel it is beginning to register. They lost two by elections and council seats in Surrey. There are more Johnson negative articles in press. Slow going but plates feel to be shifting. End of furlough, shortages will increase pace I am sure.
Listening to LBC R4 all day getting hacked off with endless talk of tax cuts. Public services are in parlous state. There is no need or justification for cuts, the rich & super rich just need to pay their share instead of trickling it down to Cayman or BVI.
@BenKentish
Spot on! This is totally down to political motives based entirely on greed. The 4% who would benefit from IHT being scrapped don’t use NHS doctors so why should they care?
@Peter_Shilton
@EnglandFootball
I am not condoning booing anyone without a reason but genuinely wondering what he has done to earn respect? Can’t immediately think of any notable achievements?
Lester Piggott gone. He was my first & longest lasting racing idol. I’m getting seriously choked thinking of some of his rides. Lucky enough to meet him a few times when he did some work for The Winning Line. Such a sad day.
My new passport has just arrived. The darkness of the cover reinforces everything I really dislike about it. I have to carry it until I am 72. Hopefully my next one will represent a more friendly, inclusive country that might even be back in the EU.
Ferrari saying those thugs have "concerns" about uncontrolled immigration. The vast,vast majority of immigration is controlled by Govt and is legal! Thugs are Thugs and like being Thugs. Hope Starmer sticks to his word
Have 2 daughters graduating in a few weeks. One a Nurse one a tracher. Nurse heading to Australia, Teacher hoping to teach in Denmark. Their elder brother moved to Denmark last year cos he & his wife, both professional cannot afford to think about starting a family in UK
What do people have against Angela Rayner? Just heard caller on LBC implying she hasn’t worked hard to achieve her position. My guess is she had to work much harder than most from where she came. I would put her up as an inspiration especially to my daughters! Accent perhaps?
@PetronellaWyatt
10% of all seats in HoL appointed by Johnson. How can it be taken seriously. If Johnson found to have misled house then surely all his appointees can be removed on grounds he is an unfit person
@Paul_Kearns01
@unojen_wood
@BorisJohnson
Sunak has to go. Instead of being a non domicile here paying no taxes why doesn’t Sunak go with his wife & domicile in the country she does apparently want to pay her taxes
@alexhern
@peterjukes
Finally my gut feeling about Bond villain. Nadhim Zahawi seems to be coming true. Why would he be involved in a poll company if he wanted to misrepresent results? I wonder?
England got beat but still had a great day meeting fantastic MP Emily Thornberry. Top woman & going to continue doing great things for good people of London!
@GNev2
Good to see you not letting this & other issues drop. Hope you not getting too much crap. Your questions are the right ones imo. Hope you get answers, loads of others haven’t as yet. Well played
@GNev2
difficult position to defend but I believe strongly that online flashing light games, roulette, slots way more harmful than betting on live horses. But racing will suffer equally. Ban “free” offers with terms would be a start for me. My views observational not evidence based.
I know it is a big price double but I am really tempted to do a Sunak/Farage not to win their seats. Heart ruling head but definitely feel people getting thoroughly fed up of both of them
9 am on Jubilee week & already getting wound up. Just heard Queen described as our greatest volunteer! FFS she gets paid a fortune, as do her descendants.Andrew(how still?) and what the hell ever has Edward Windsor ever done, ever? Just 2 examples of many
@CarolineLucas
@BorisJohnson
Big mistake for a manager to call member of team hopeless. Quickly comes back on the manager. Hancock won’t resign and Johnson can’t sack anyone for fear they will turn on him. Hard to imagine a Govt in worse shape.
Just been for a test after being away. £69 in cold blood, felt like a massive money making scheme that if profits went into NHS would be palatable but my resentment is massive. Lovely polite service but someone I don’t like has just turned me over!
I never agree with Nick Ferrari on anything until now. People who recline their seat on economy flights are inconsiderate tossers. Journey’s are uncomfortable enough without some arse invading your space. First world problem I know but still feel strongly
@georgegrylls
@nw_nicholas
@Beis
Have always felt Nadhim Zahawi is a big story waiting to happen. Personally cannot believe he is motivated by common good. Maybe signs it is getting closer to breaking
I am extremely happy with my GP. I am also very happy with the NHS but absolutely hate that the Tories have privatised chunks of it and drastically underfunded it.
What is wrong with idea that British Gas should be owned by British people. There shouldn’t be gas bills, it should be a service paid by taxation. That way richer pay more & poor pay nothing & noone gets cut off. Govt can get volume discount when buying. Who loses?
@13sarahmurphy
This govt is not generous to its own citizens. This govt is widely condemned on international stage for its stance on refugees and immigrants
@withorpe
@Scarborough_GB
In my view his alleged history of using tax havens to shield his wealth from UK and attempts to claim expenses to keep his horses warm suggests he has as much interest in the prosperity of the UK people as the Oligarchs who have taken over London. He has self interest at heart
@RichardBurgon
What does Javid mean by try a lot harder than that? Is he justifying those wages for his 2nd & 3rd jobs when he is a paid MP which most would argue is a full time occupation?
How do MP’s get very rich? … £86k is a decent salary & might just enable you to save for a deposit on a London flat. MP’s seem to turn it into £££’s. How?
@PeterStefanovi2
Feel desperately sorry for an elderly man forced to work way beyond retirement age because he only gets £82k a year.Hopefully the House of Commons is nice & warm for him & he can use the subsidised canteens so he saves a few quid on his food and winter fuel bills
@ian_veness
@DMinghella
@fascinatorfun
I think many people feel the same. The disappeared £billions on track n trace hardly encourage normal taxpayers in thinking any more they pay will be used appropriately.
Can the long arm of the law finally reach into Johnson & Sunak’s pocket & take out their mobile phones. Then they will surely be banged up. They made reckless & seemingly calculated decisions that cost thousands of lives. They are both disgusting
If
@lewis_goodall
were ever to release a range of T shirts I think I would wear one. The man is brilliant. Easy on the ear, supremely knowledgeable & not patronising. Fantastic broadcast journalist.
Farage complaining about being demonised because of his weekend comments. Poor old Nigel. Maybe he should stop spouting divisive bile and/or be kept off the airwaves
Given the huge amount of money UK is pledging to spend bombing in the middle east & supporting Ukraine surely more not less tax is needed. Billionaires & Tax evaders need to show their patriotism and pay their share
The fact that almost all the radio output today seems to be guffing on about which of the assembly of freeloaders is going be standing in for Charles at various plaque revealing ceremonies, has made me realise how much I don’t like the Royal Family.
@BeckettUnite
Personally don’t believe MPs should be subsidised in any way. I believe they should be paid substantially more but that they shouldn’t be allowed any second jobs, consultancies or non exec positions whatsoever.
Do affordability checks work with each account you hold? What if I generally back outsiders? I might have £500 bets across 10 different accounts, with 9 losers & a 12/1 winner on one. Might that mean I am shut down on 9 accts & probably restricted on last one?
For Johnson to say his decisions saved lives is setting the tone for his response to questions next week. He is trained in obfuscation and is a proven liar who so far has got away with it every time. Hopefully this time he will be found out
Really hope the stagger unwinds quickly for Douglas Barrowman & Michelle Mome but very much home that when they go down for a long time I really hope they take Gove, Johnson, Sunak with them & get closer to Cameron & his offshore tax haven trust chums.
@Sillyshib
@JSinghSohal
Are you just as proud that at least one is having his tax affairs investigated and at least two have used non dom status to reduce their tax burden. They are terrible examples, bad citizens, with often disgusting views of the UK workforce. We can we do without all of these four.
Had a terrific day learning to be a screen actor with
@moviegoblin
then rushed to see
@RobertBathurst
brilliant in Jeffrey Bernard is unwell. On top of tipping 3 winners yesterday. What a cracking weekend!
That water executive just on the Today programme sounded like she had taken a huge deep breath and a snort of something before she tried to justify earning £13 million despite admitting having released loads of sewage into water. How the f*** can she justify it even to herself
Thrilled to get my first official credit for small part in Fontaines DC video. “The Couple Across The Way”just released. Getting there slowly! Thanks to all involved
Wondering which is most despicable anti social crime. Living life on benefits when possibly not fully entitled or hiding vast amounts of taxable wealth in offshore tax havens? Which cohort will Jeremy Hunt go after in his speech?
It’s hilarious that complete bell end Scott Benton has lost his appeal against saying he will take money for influence. But how about forensic investigations into MP’s who have amassed huge wealth whilst earning less than £100k a year!
Who on earth is this idiot Andrew Jeffries (Thurrock Tory)saying that people know that the Tories have a “plan” they just need to sort out the message! Electorate have a plan for the Tories. F… Off!
@Christiane
Uneven pavements are a nightmare.. I trip with my stick so many times & have ended up on ground many times from wheelchair! Potholes in roads not the only problem on highways!
Going to raise a glass tonight to say massive thank you to Paul “Stan”Stansfield who passed away a couple of days ago. Anyone who was on course knew Stan! Fantastic Halifax lad who worked for Colin Webster. taught me form the proper way while at school. Tks for great memories.
@MCYeeehaaa
@Catters61
Matt you are a person of great influence and of huge energy and dynamism. You sound like a petulant, spotty adolescent. Democracy is one of the things this country has left. Your tweet is lazy, appalling and does your unquestioned intelligence a massive disservice
@BarristerSecret
@theresecoffey
Nothing she has ever said or proposed has been though through. Coffey is a nasty piece of work and best well away from policy
How far would she have won the Guineas! At least I can still spot one occasionally. That’s my last Inspiral cry over spilt milk. She is clearly exceptional
Sorry that I had no idea police earn less then £24k. How? Johnson says public understand why they can’t be paid more. Is this same public that understand £37billion on t&t app,or £ billions on dodgy PPE deals
Pretty sure Thatcher pledged to replace every council house she sold off one for one. Never happened.Sunak promises to redistribute money saved by cancelling HS2 to Northern rail & road. Previous form makes that a dubious promise. Big odds against for me