Historian, now serving as ReformUK PCC Leicestershire & Rutland. Personal account ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ for work matters - [email protected]

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Joined June 2017
For decades successive Labour & Conservative governments have favoured big business and big cities over towns, villages and family businesses. We can see the damage done to our economy and society all around us. Vote @reformparty_uk : Join @reformparty_uk reformparty.uk/membership
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๐Ÿšจ LIB DEM COUNCILLOR CHARGED WITH THREATS TO KILL Tim Caswell, 66.. a Bedford Borough councillor and speaker of the council has been charged with: ๐Ÿšจ Making threats to kill. ๐Ÿšจ Possessing an offensive weapon. ๐Ÿšจ Threatening to damage or destroy property. Armed police responded to the incident in Bedford. Caswell has pleaded not guilty to all three charges, but has been remanded in custody. Remind me not to get vetting advice from the Lib Dems. ๐Ÿฅด
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No Opposition has ever published such a comprehensive plan. And weโ€™re just getting started. Reform will rescue our economy ๐Ÿš€ Read it here๐Ÿ‘‡
Britain is Broke. Britain needs Reform. READ: Reform UK's plan to unleash Britain's potential and get the country growing. ๐Ÿ‘‡ reformparty.uk/policies/econโ€ฆ
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Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again. Thatโ€™s why Reformโ€™s Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures Iโ€™d take if I were Chancellor: ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ 1. Approve Rosebank 2. Restart oil and gas licensing 3. Legalise onshore exploration 4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy 5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป 6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8 9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full 10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites 12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing 13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain 14. Exit the Aarhus Convention 15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality 16. End the boiler ban 17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules 18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements 19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard 20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ 21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick 22. Auction airport landing slots 23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation 24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications 25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects 26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop 27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions 28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules 29. Scrap the social value test in procurement 30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport 31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption 33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ 34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8% 35. Introduce a migrant worker levy 36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act 37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses 38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† 39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending 40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits 41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด 42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies' 43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates 44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips 45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods 46. Back the M4 Relief Road 47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years 48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ 49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act 50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units 51. Review all unchanged EU law 52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary 54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors 55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56 56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent 57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays 58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules 59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate 60. Abolish the packaging tax 61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms 62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty 63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs 64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations And there are more to come! Britainโ€™s full potential is waiting to be unleashed ๐Ÿš€
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Memorial Monday The Great Houghton War Memorial, Northants, is a Grade II listed building located in Great Houghton, England. It was unveiled on 3 October 1920 by General Lord Horne KCB and stands in a small garden across the road from the Grade II* blogger.com/blog/post/edit/pโ€ฆ
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All across the country complaint procedures are being weaponised against ReformUK elected officials.
The Leicestershire County Council standards committee is RIGGED, I will fight this and stand up for freedom of speech. Censorship and bullying has no place in our councils.
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Its not all that often that @JeevunSandher [MP for the long suffering folk of #Loughborough] hits the national headlines. But he has now, thanks to @GHWTowler, but not in a particularly good way. substack.com/inbox/post/2221โ€ฆ
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You can't simply turn infrastructure projects on and off. The workers and companies need a steady flow of work to remain in business, remain competitive and remain ready to tackle the big projects when they come. This Labour govt doesn't understand that, @reformparty_uk do.
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On Friday I attended the Peoples Zone event for young people at @BeaumontLeysUK shopping centre. My thanks to all at @LeicsPCC who worked to make this event such a success despite the weather. @AAAFoundation1
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Rupert Matthews ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ retweeted
Slipped quietly onto the bottom of the Sky News feed on a Friday evening: former Tory Campaign Director Anthony Lee, his wife Laura, and an ex-party staffer handed suspended sentences after using insider knowledge on the election date to attempt to pocket ยฃ23,000+ through rigged bets. Notice how the establishment apparatus handles real corruption. High-ranking Conservative officials abusing government secrets for personal financial gain get a soft-touch suspended sentence and a discreet, late-night media burial. Meanwhile, look at the contrast with Reform UK. Mainstream media outlets deploy undercover operatives, obsessively hound minor local activists, and demand immediate police scrutiny or political execution over every minor comment made by Reform staff and members. If a Reform candidate had abused insider state intelligence to clear ยฃ23k in a gambling scheme, it would be leading the 10 o'clock news for a month and driving national headlines. When the Tory establishment literally cheats the system, it gets brushed under the rug on a Friday night. Two-tier justice. Two-tier media. Two-tier Britain. @reformparty_uk @Conservatives @SkyNews
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25 October to 24 November is the month of Kartik. Scripture says the result of any devotional act to Krishna is multiplied 1,000 times! My best wishes to all engaging in Kartik.
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Agincourt Day. 25 October is the anniversary of the great victory by Englandโ€™s ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ King Henry V over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. nationalarchives.gov.uk/aginโ€ฆ
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24 October - Supersonic airliner Concorde made its final commercial flight on this day in 2003. Concorde remains the only viable supersonic passenger aircraft ever to take to the skies. concordesst.com
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The penultimate time I met my good friend Simon Richards @simplysimontfa before his tragically early death was at this cafe in #Birmingham. So Iโ€™ve popped in for tea&cake in his memory. A great man who left us far too early.
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In #Birmingham on business & I happen upon this fine statue of #Nelson. Good to see an informative board beside it for the benefit of those not fully appreciative of this great man.
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