Nope, that’s not how taxes and price works. The price is determined by demand and supply. Companies charge the highest price they can given demand. A tax levied on *profits* does not affect a company’s cost ie supply. Taxes on *windfall* profits (like oil and gas) are the most efficient kind of tax there is.

BREAKING: Ahead of the budget this week, the Prime Minister has announced plans to bring the Olympics and Paralympics back to the UK with a £7m fund

London ✅ Birmingham ✅ Glasgow ✅ Liverpool ✅ Bristol ✅ Manchester ✅ Sheffield ❌ Leeds ✅ Edinburgh ✅ Leicester ❌ Coventry ❌ Bradford ✅ Cardiff ✅ Belfast ✅ Nottingham ❌ Hull ❌ Newcastle ✅ Stoke ❌ Southampton ❌ Derby ✅

The four finalists for James Bond are: • Callum Turner • Josh O’Connor • Jack Lowden • Mystery Actor Final screen tests are set to take place next week. 🔗 deadline.com/2026/10/james-b…

The number of grown adults who think that children shouldn’t be allowed to say no to a hug is incredibly concerning

Some chatter on social media would have you believe that crime is out of control. The facts tell a different story. As @frasernelson has shown in his Substack today: Violence is at its lowest level since the crime survey began in 1981. Robbery is at a record low. Crime, excluding fraud, is 78% down on its peak in 1995. And the stats show this Government is delivering on its promises too: Knife crime is down 11%. Knife murders are at their lowest level in 35 years. Thefts including phone snatching have fallen by 20% in the last year alone. But I know there is more that we must do, and we will: We’ve put more than 3,800 extra neighbourhood officers into roles, with named, contactable officers for every neighbourhood. We’re introducing the most significant reforms to policing in a generation. We are tackling rising rates of violence against women and girls through our landmark strategy. And we are tackling crimes like fraud, more prevalent in our increasingly online world, with £250 million directed to this challenge in our Fraud Strategy published this year.

💥 NEW: Prepare for food shortages and disruption, Wes Streeting warns, on day one of three year campaign to make the public more resilient. Britons should have enough food, water, cash and medical supplies to last three days. Make a "grab bag" in case you have to leave home and keep essentials in the car boot. If you have a baby, make sure you have enough baby formula and nappies. Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says: "Those who can flow this advice should" thetimes.com/article/5971929…

This photo is a perfect encapsulation of everything wrong with modern policing standards. A woman who cannot even grasp the single most basic rule of firearm safety, keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot, is being publicly celebrated and armed by the Metropolitan Police. Her index finger is squarely on the trigger of a rifle while she smiles for a promotional photo under a banner that reads “Women in Firearms Attachment.” This is not a minor slip. It is the kind of catastrophic negligence that gets people killed. And the fact that a sergeant is standing right next to her, grinning, while this happens tells you everything about the quality of instruction and supervision in that unit. @metpoliceuk if this is the standard your firearms officers are held to, you have no business putting anyone in possession of a weapon. Retrain your instructors, or better yet, stop pretending this is competence. #firearms #incompetence #safety

Burnham is, by far and away, the most popular politician in the country. Something you’d have no idea about if you only consumed political news on X. The reality distortion field is as effective as ever!