I love the idea there's a debate about whether we/UK should rejoin the EU Customs Union; its the same old entitled nonsense. Sure we can express an interest or even desire to rejoin, but expressing that in the face of the EU's pretty obvious position that it treats the UK with suspicion & would only welcome the UK back with very serious conditions, is just political stupidity. If we want to rejoin step one is building back trust & goodwill, something we've not really been doing! #EU #Brexit

There are many reasons the (formally) middle class might not regard themselves as rich, but the media's obsession with celebrity & the 'rich & famous' likely plays a role: having moved the public benchmark of richness far rom normal levels of being 'comfortably' well-off, the media have convinced vast numbers of the relatively rich to consider themselves not rich at all... with all sorts of impact on their view of tax & other policies! #wealth #politics #inequality h/t Sam Salama/LinkedIn

Another ReformUK council has found policy pronouncements often do not survive contact with reality. North Northamptonshire are about to take advantage of the allowance that council tax on second homes & homes empty for other reasons can be doubled... a move Nigel Farage has called extortionate & madness. Looks like Central Office will need to have with NNC & two more councils making similar moves. As many hoped, actually governing is causing ReformUK all sorts of problems #politics h/t FT

Meanwhile at The Nation.Cymru Nigel Farage Barrister friend has been trying to shut down a story with some legal threats... the response from N.C - just go away! (oh yes & they also detailed why the threat had no legal basis). Sometimes the way to deal with bullies is just to tell them to F*ck Off! #ReformUK #Wales https://www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nation-cymru-adam-richardson-farage-wales-lawyer