Farage benefits
Farage:
“But look, the brutal truth is that we just can’t go on with the benefits bill. Over £300bn. And that is going to involve some very, very tough choices.
And there will be people that don’t like what needs to be done. But I’m afraid it has to be done and we will have the courage to face up to that, however loud some of the screams may be.”
While he and his colleagues avoid paying tax.
btw and if you see how Trump has dealt with the super rich, be prepared for more tax breaks with Farage in power.
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and the £300bn figure breakdown:
Total Expenditure: Forecast at £334 billion, with £323.1 billion specifically for Great Britain.Pensioner Focus: Around 55% of the social security budget goes to pensioners, estimated at £177.8 billion, including £146.1 billion for the State Pension.
Working Age & Disability: Roughly £145.3 billion is allocated to working-age and child welfare, which includes £76.9 billion for disability and incapacity benefits.
And as everyone knows the total cost is 10.6% of GDP, much lower than many European countries.1 -
Indeed, yet the kind of people who vote Reform are constantly crying about how their taxes help the likes of me and other disabled people just, exist basically…
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I have heard that being said by supporters of other political parties too.
It isn't only Reform voters who feel that way.
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A relative of mine would put anyone to sleep, boring on about his taxes.
I told them the solution was simple; stop making so much money, and you won't get clobbered so hard. 😉
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I should have put the context, to Farage statement:
Farage wants to increase defence spending as he supports the Iran war, so in this press conference he was asked how was he going to raise the money for that. And he answered the heading of my post.1 -
Yes he supported the war in Iran one week, then felt if wasn't a good idea to join in the next week. Same as Tories 'Badenoch. It's everyone else's fault that 'Brexit' hasn't worked out, they canvassed on it and won.
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So who should we leave in power? Greens want to increase UC by £40, but they haven't explained how.
Labour's not to bad…Slowly slowly catch ya monkey.
Reform want to take away your benefits as like the Tories.
We obviously we can't keep letting the benefits bill get any higher, so who do you think is fooling the system or who's money would you cut to make things better
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Indeed, Brexit was "won" (lost IMO) on a promise of getting rid of all the immigrants, legal or otherwise, in Europe, fueled by the blatant racism of the likes of Farage.
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that’s something that I’m unable to reply as it’s very complex. But I would never have in power someone that it’s in favour of the war.
I also don’t think it’s only a political party problem. They are just a reflection of us as a society.
Your well being is my well being. Unless we understand that there’s nothing we can do.
If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together1 -
this is what he said this week:
Farage said Reform UK would impose 'very, very tough' benefit cuts to help fund higher defence spendingQ: [Forster’s second question] How will you find extra money for defence spending?
Farage said that Reform UK would save money by cutting net zero policies. But he went on:
But look, the brutal truth is that we just can’t go on with the benefits bill. Over £300bn. And that is going to involve some very, very tough choices.
And there will be people that don’t like what needs to be done. But I’m afraid it has to be done and we will have the courage to face up to that, however loud some of the screams may be.
He also said he would have “aided and assisted the Americans from day one” in the war against Iran.
But that was not the same as the UK joining in those attacks, he said. He said Britain did not have the capacity to help in a significant way.
Whatever aided and assisted means.
And you start aiding and assisting at first and next morning you find yourself sending troops to the ground.
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Hasn't he retracted the bit about the joining in of the war?..He's just had a load of videos pulled because of the involvement of a neo nazi party, he was making loads of money by appearing in video's with them. This shows his mentality, he won't even appear in parliament because the other mp's shout him down.
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He said on the 10th March he would join the war, then the following week no and this week, aid and assist the US from day one.
Whatever you read from this is up to you.0 -
oh and in the same conference this week, he said that he would not have joined the war cause the UK didn’t have the “means” to join but he would increase defence spending.
So I’m assuming that if he wants to increase defence spending, cut benefits to do so, then the UK would have the means to join the war.
that’s my reading from his press conference this week.0 -
Unless something extremely strange happens within the next 3 years – Farage IS going to be the next PM.
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Very doubtful, he doesn't appear in parliament now. The councils his men won last, they're mostly resigning.
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I can't see how anyone can be so sure, especially now, what with such a rapidly changing political landscape.
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As long as people are aware of what they are voting for.
But 3 years it’s a long time. Will wait and see
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Apparently he doesn't want the job, because he'd have to actually turn up and do some work! Allegedly he doesn't even turn up for his own constituents down in Clacton.
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Farage... Independent Party, Tory, Brexit Party, UKIP, Reform.
And the latter, if he loses, he will also leave. He loser on everything he does, he doesn't turn up for his constituency or his seat in parliament. The best thing about him was his spitting image character 😂
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Same with Johnson, the man who was literally Partying like it was New Year's Eve 1999 during BOTH the Lockdowns.
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