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CEO at Black Book Finance @BlackBookFin

London UK
Joined March 2010
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Replying to @SirPatStew
Oh captain, my captain. ๐Ÿ˜ญ Other that my own dad. Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard mightโ€™ve been the best male role model anyone could hope for. He exudes strength, logic, respect, responsibility, integrity and intelligence but also humor and adventure. Patrick made that character real for so many of us and made us better people. Iโ€™m so sad heโ€™s gone but so glad he was a part of all of our lives. Godspeed Captain
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Michael Clapper retweeted
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Johns Hopkins Alzheimerโ€™s Disease Research Center Fund ย ย  alzresearch.org/giving/ Alzheimerโ€™s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources ย  ย  alzfdn.org/donate/ Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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Michael Clapper retweeted
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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Rupert Lowe should not be celebrating what happened in Peterlee. Restore Britain took more than 14% of the vote, while Labour held the seat by just 18 votes. Whatever your view of Nigel Farage or Reform, the reality is obvious: splitting the anti-Labour vote helped Labour survive. That is not a victory for the right. It is not a victory for change. It is a gift to Labour. Lowe appears so determined to damage Farage and Reform that he is willing to ignore the political consequences. Every vote diverted from Reform in tightly contested seats makes it easier for Labour to remain in power. For those who oppose Labour's approach to immigration, border security and deportations, that should be a serious concern. Many voters believe the country cannot afford another full term of the same policies, yet vote-splitting risks delivering exactly that outcome. To Reform supporters: hold the line. Do not be distracted. Do not lose sight of the bigger picture. The objective is defeating Labour, not fighting each other while Labour benefits from the division. To Restore Britain supporters, ask yourselves a simple question: if your priority is changing the country's direction, how does helping Labour win seats achieve that goal? Politics is ultimately about outcomes, not egos. If the result of Restore Britain's campaign is to take votes from Reform and leave Labour in power, then history will judge that accordingly. The harsh truth is this: every percentage point taken from Reform in seats like Peterlee makes a Labour victory more likely. If that continues, Rupert Lowe's political legacy may not be that he challenged Farage. It may be that he helped keep Labour in power when many voters were desperate for change. That's the reality, whether people like hearing it or not.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
This is superb from @SuellaBraverman. She tears SHREDS out of the govts dangerous decision to ignore safety concerns and house illegal migrants in Piddington. She rightly calls out the fact there are NO female Labour MPs taking part in this debate. She does NOT hold back! ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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If All the Restore voters voted Restore at the GE they will possibly win 1 seat and nothing they want will be achieved. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ If they all vote Reform and Reform win then Restore will have nearly all their policies delivered. ๐Ÿ‘ Let that sink in Restore supporters when itโ€™s time.
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October 7th revealed a darkness in Britain. We must fight it at every turn. ๐Ÿ‘‰ nigelfarage.substack.com/p/oโ€ฆ
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Well done youโ€™ve done it again.
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I will cut foreign aid, migrant welfare, welfare fraud, and mad net zero spending. Andy Burnham will cut your pension.
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Reform up FOUR POINTS with YouGov. BACK to first place! Keep going Reformers! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
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Michael Clapper retweeted
๐Ÿšจ Mahmood spent MONTHS talking tough about making it harder for migrants to claim Leave to Remain and citizenship โ€“ and all the benefits that come with it. From the beginning, she faced a rebellion on the Labour backbenches, led by Angela Rayner herself. Those backbenchers say that migrants haven't been given enough of your money, and seek to throw open access to our welfare state. Today, Labourโ€™s Home Secretary threw in the towel to those people. She says she'll water down her reforms to ensure "fairness" - which to Labour MPs means giving them everything they could possibly dream of at taxpayer expense. Far from a principled driver of change, Mahmood has become the mouthpiece of the most deranged open-borders lunatics in Britain. But it shows once again, when push comes to shove, the old parties will always bend under the weight of their woke MPs. Reform has the fortitude to do what it takes. To put British people first.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
The song is called โ€œwe will dance againโ€and its lyrics are based on young people who went to a music festival on October 7, 2023 when thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza towards them. Then came the invading Nukba forces, who raped, dismembered and beheaded many of the party goers. @BoyGeorge is simply singing about those who were murdered on that day. But so many haters who wish to deny the massacre, now hate George for daring to share sympathy with the victims on that morning. @BoyGeorge has awoken so many artists who will now also declare their support for Israel and its right to go after its 255 hostages starting from November 2023.
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The next election will be an existential fight to save the country we love, a mission I have now been fighting for over 30 years. After two national election victories in as many years, many people now recognise that it will be a binary choice between Reform UK and Labour. With the prospect of an early general election increasingly likely, it is natural that people from across the political spectrum are considering which side of that fight they intend to be on. Patriotic voters believe in many of the same things, but only one party truly has the possibility of delivering change. To deliver that change, I understand Reform UK will need the support of people from other parties, as well as millions who have never voted before. That is the broad coalition I am building. Over the last 18 months, I have demonstrated that our movement will always be open to anyone who shares our commitment to restoring Britainโ€™s borders, rebuilding our economy, renewing our democracy and putting the British people first. My previous history in politics has also shown that I am always prepared to put country before party, as I did in 2019. But I will never turn my back on my team. There will always be a home in Reform UK for those who believe that 14 years of Conservative government, followed by the last 2 years of Labour, have failed the British people... and that our country now needs a fundamentally different direction. I will continue to do whatever is necessary to defeat the left and provide Britain with the strong, serious leadership it deserves. This is the last chance for our country, and we cannot afford to waste it.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
This is coming to Britain if we do not leave the European Convention on Human Rights. The small boats are just the start. We have to take back control of our own laws and borders or we will lose our country.
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Statement from Cllr Caroline Clapper Leader of Reform UK Hertsmere Borough Council Today, Reform UK Hertsmere has submitted a Motion of No Confidence in the Leader of Hertsmere Borough Council, together with a proposal for a Strategic Alignment Administration. Following the Bushey Park by-election, the current administration no longer has the support of a majority of councillors. At a time when Hertsmere faces Local Government Reorganisation and the delivery of a lawful Local Plan, residents deserve stable and accountable leadership. This proposal is about putting residents first, restoring confidence in the Council, and working constructively across political groups to deliver for Hertsmere during this important period of transition. Cllr Caroline Clapper Leader, Reform UK Hertsmere Borough Council
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