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ALEX BRUMMER: Labour’s big pension lie… They claim to be the party you can trust with your retirement. In fact, Keir Starmer is planning a secret tax raid (just like Gordon Brown!)
Before New Labor's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, I learned from reliable City sources that the party's future chancellor, Gordon Brown, and his economic adviser Ed Balls were planning a tax seizure of Britain's pension funds.Working secretly with the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, they worked on a law that would repeal the tax breaks that British companies enjoyed on dividend payments into company pension schemes.The estimated £5 billion a year the government...
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Burpengary dog attack: Woman in serious condition with ‘significant hand and arm injuries’ in Brisbane hospital – just days after tougher laws for owners came into force
By Kylie Stevens for Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:35 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 | Updated: 00:32 EDT, April 23, 2024 A woman has been seriously injured in a dog attack, just days after Queensland introduced tougher laws against aggressive dog breeds.Emergency crews were called to a home in Burpengary, north of Brisbane, about 6.30am on Tuesday and treated a woman in her 60s for “significant” hand and...
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The real reason for Erin Patterson’s courtroom bombshell – as her prison conditions come to light
Accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson has asked for her hearing to be held in her area even though it means additional prison time - and her lawyer reveals why.Ms Patterson, 48, appeared via video link at a special hearing in LaTrobe Valley Magistrates Court on Monday - her first public appearance in more than five months.The mother-of-two will be represented by barrister Colin Mandy SC in a hearing expected to last three weeks.Mr Mandy argued there was a "strong case" for the hearing to be held...
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Bill Barr says he will support Trump in 2024 because the “far left” poses a greater threat to democracy (though he calls him a crook and says he would jump off a bridge if Donald were the nominee).
Barr made the comments on Fox News after saying about his voting choices: "I'll jump off that bridge when I get to it."He previously called Trump's election fraud allegations "bull " He called Biden “the greater threat to democracy” By Geoff Earle, deputy US political editor Published: 5:51 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 | Updated: 5:55 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 Trump's former attorney general, Bill Barr,...
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AOC praises pro-Palestinian protesters causing chaos with encampments at Columbia and Yale and introduces Biden saying, “Listen to this lady.”
AOC praises pro-Palestinian protesters causing chaos with encampments at Columbia and Yale and introduces Biden saying, "Listen to this lady." - Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez applauded pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday as she addressed President Joe Biden at an Earth Day event in Virginia. AOC and fellow progressives Senators Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey were tapped to open for an event where the president announced an expansion of the American Climate Corps, a green jobs...
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Arj Barker: The comedian hits back after kicking a breastfeeding woman out of his show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
Arj Barker: The comedian hits back after kicking a breastfeeding woman out of his show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival - Arj Barker has made a peace offering to a breastfeeding mother he asked to leave his comedy show - while also reiterating his decision. The popular comedian sparked a firestorm when he ejected mother-of-three Trish Faranda from his show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival on Saturday night.Barker told fans he would do the same if he was a "disturbing audience."Ms Faranda...
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Biden pushed to send the National Guard to deal with anti-Israel protesters in Columbia, as top lawmakers side with Jewish students and call for the school’s president to resign
Lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as it deals with intense and sometimes violent anti-Israel protests. A dueling coalition of Democratic and Republican lawmakers visited the university to condemn the anti-Semitic, pro-Palestinian protests and called for the immediate resignation of the institution's president.The demonstrations have been ongoing since last Wednesday and have seen outbreaks of violence and arrests, including the detention...
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Has the Rainey Street Knight struck again? Texas serial killer fears renewed as two more bodies are found
Fears that a Texas serial killer could be on the loose have been rekindled following the discovery of two more bodies in the same Austin lake.The victims, who have not yet been identified, were removed from the infamous Lady Bird Lake within days of each other.The discoveries mean a total of 12 bodies have been recovered from the body of water since 2022.Police quickly denied rumors of a murderer, saying the deaths were most likely accidental drownings due to the lake's proximity to popular...
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Villains armed with catapults are terrorizing a quiet Surrey village – and have recently even targeted a FUNERAL after previously blinding and mutilating swans
By Katherine Lawton Published: 2:12 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 | Updated: 3:00 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 A catapult-armed group is terrorizing a quiet Surrey village and has made a funeral its latest target after injuring swans. In the peaceful village of Godstone, windows of houses and several animals were mutilated, swans and waterfowl were found dead. An employee at a local swan sanctuary said he saw...
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Real-time deepfake romance scams are here… and frighteningly real: How YOU could be duped by scammers in Africa using face-swapping devices
Online daters may believe they are too smart to fall for one of the love scammers who swindle smitten Americans out of millions every year.They may need to think about it again.Scammers have done their best, hitting their targets with real-time deepfakes in shockingly convincing video calls.For the victim – often an unremarkable middle-aged couch potato – it is all too convincing.You meet an attractive candidate online, start chatting, and then do Zoom or WhatsApp video calls. The “Yahoo...
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Leading hi-fi store chain Theater at Home is collapsing – sparking a bitter legal battle over alleged $4.5 million in debts
Leading hi-fi store chain Theater at Home is collapsing - sparking a bitter legal battle over alleged $4.5 million in debts - By Stephen Johnson, Business Reporter for Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:05 EDT, April 22, 2024 | Updated: 00:49 EDT, April 22, 2024 A chain of home theater hi-fi stores has gone bankrupt after store owners claimed unpaid rent, leading to a messy legal battle....
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Leading hi-fi store chain Theater at Home is collapsing – sparking a bitter legal battle over alleged $4.5 million in debts
By Stephen Johnson, Business Reporter for Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:05 EDT, April 22, 2024 | Updated: 00:49 EDT, April 22, 2024 A chain of home theater hi-fi stores has gone bankrupt after store owners claimed unpaid rent, leading to a messy legal battle. Theater at Home has eight stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and the NSW Central Coast, but shuttered earlier this month.Trading was...