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Stuart Frazer retweeted
Think £2,000 in Council Tax is a lot? London Band D bills are set to pass that from April.
So why have homes up north been paying more for years? Blackpool’s Band D is £2,513.
We need a fairer system. Ask your MP to be at the debate on 23 Nov👇 link in 🧵
londondaily.news/london-coun…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Email Your MP to make sure they attend the property tax debate on November 23 👉 fairershare.org.uk/email-you…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Kensington & Chelsea raising Council Tax 70%? A Band D home there would STILL only pay £285 more than one in Middlesbrough today.
That’s what 1991 valuations do. Don’t argue over who pays more. Fix the broken system.
MPs will debate this in Westminster on 23 November. Make sure yours is there! Link in 🧵
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault.
I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking.
She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police.
🧵:
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Thank you to journalists, plus everyone else on here and elsewhere getting in touch with me about Russell Brand’s barrister, Ian Winter KC and the allegations against him which he has self-referred to the Bar Standards Board.
Few barristers know as much as I do about how our regulator operates - with the obvious exception of the brilliant Marc Beaumont (@Marc6464) who represented me and stood with me when they left me with no choice other than to blow the whistle on what the BSB were up to. The officials who ran my shameful and conflicted regulator were furious - but there was nothing they could do.
Every word of what we said was true and corroborated by the excellent report of Desmond Browne into their shenanigans. It is obviously desperately important for the administration of justice that lawyers are free to represent their clients fearlessly, no matter now ‘unpopular’ they may be.
The allegations against Russell Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter KC are serious - he is right to refer himself to the Bar Standards Board. The BSB is brutal with barristers alleged to have said the wrong thing.
They threw the book at me and wasted millions, and tried to ruin me, when I was exposing appalling wrongdoing in private prosecutions by the RSPCA - a ‘charity’ run by hard-left animal rights activists. I wasn’t representing a top Labour cheerleader and activist.
So we’ll see how this develops. In my case, the allegations were completely invented and I was prosecuted repeatedly - for nearly 15 years - despite the fact that the ‘offensive’ words I was routinely accused of saying did not appear on any transcript and none of the ‘wasted costs orders’ they alleged ever existed.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
The allegations against Russell Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter KC are serious - he is right to refer himself to the Bar Standards Board. The BSB is brutal with barristers alleged to have said the wrong thing.
They threw the book at me and wasted millions, and tried to ruin me, when I was exposing appalling wrongdoing in private prosecutions by the RSPCA - a ‘charity’ run by hard-left animal rights activists. I wasn’t representing a top Labour cheerleader and activist.
So we’ll see how this develops. In my case, the allegations were completely invented and I was prosecuted repeatedly - for nearly 15 years - despite the fact that the ‘offensive’ words I was routinely accused of saying did not appear on any transcript and none of the ‘wasted costs orders’ they alleged ever existed.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
In 2014, the present Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr, ruled in favour of #RussellBrand in injunction proceedings against Szilvia Berki who fell into dispute with the convicted rapist over a £500 massage arranged by his then girlfriend, Jemima Goldsmith: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
A case of further significance to me as counsel for #Brand and Ms Goldsmith was Aidan Eardley, before whom I appeared last year when he was sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the King's Bench Division: neilwilby.com/2025/08/18/wei…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Farage is a liar and a fraud who literally changes his opinions more often than his socks.
Never Vote Reform
Stuart Frazer retweeted
At a time when Councils are at financial breaking point, Council Tax arears are above £9bn for the first time, and families are struggling to afford their bills, we needed real, bold reform for property tax. Not one-off handouts.
Replacing Council Tax and Stamp Duty with a Proportional Property Tax would reduce bills by 77% and give households an average of £556 per year back in their pocket.
That's what real fairness looks like.
Do you live in England and pay council tax on a property in bands A-D?
Then you'll get £100 from your local council from January to help with your energy bills.
That includes if you're off the gas grid and rely on heating oil.
To check what council tax band you're in, go to: gov.uk/council-tax-bands
ALT Graphic for Budget 2026 stating households in council tax bands A-D will receive a £100 payment for energy bills.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Extremely sad to read this.
Why do some drivers not treat other road users as human?
He literally got out of his car after dragging him for a mile to dump his body in a random field.
He could have been alive.
RIP
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6e3…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
🚨 Breaking: Despite spiralling Council Tax bills, today's #Budget2026 leaves people in low and middle income areas to bear the brunt of the broken Property Tax system.
And this is compounding over time. In 10 years, the situation is even worse for people in places like Wigan.
Those who are already struggling deserve better than the can being kicked down the road yet again. The government can't continue to delay action on this.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Excellent from @tejparikh90
“Replace stamp duty & council tax with a revenue-neutral proportional property value tax to free up housing transactions.”
“The political appetite for a broad overhaul seems to be growing as living standards stagnate.”
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
How is a flat 0.48% property tax fair on those who have a property that's appreciated, but don't have spare disposable income?
As @Jonathan_Hinder explains on @TalkTV:
🏡 Payment can be deferred until the point of sale or inheritance
💷 There's a yearly cap of £1.2k
✅️ 77% of the country will pay less
We need a full review into property tax now.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Very good @sammerriman_
Labour MPs urge Chancellor to replace Council Tax with home value levy which would see an average Band D property paying £870 less each year. London & South East benefit from scrapping Stamp Duty, removing a major barrier to moving.
dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
NEW modelling in the @DailyMail : low and middle-income households face a projected £900 Council Tax hike over the next decade if nothing changes.
Labour MPs are now urging the Chancellor to act at the Budget. A Proportional Property Tax would mean lower bills for 77% of us.
The budget is the time to act 👇dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Why should a family in a £150k terrace pay a bigger share of their home’s value than someone in a £3m mansion?
A Proportional Property Tax fixes that with one rate, everyone pays their fair share, and 77% pay less 👇
hounslowherald.com/millions-…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Two years ago today, we exposed huge amounts of illegal sewage dumping in Windermere.
And still, the Environment Agency has done nothing about it.
@WindrushWasp
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Save Windermere has once again been involved in exposing United Utilities exploitation of Windermere. Today the BBC reported that in the last 3 years, United Utilities has ILLEGALLY dumped 143,000,000 litres of untreated sewage directly into Windermere from just one of their sites — that’s thethe equivalent of 23 million toilet flushes, 1,600 double-decker buses, or enough to fill Big Ben 30 times! 💩
According to the BBC, United Utilities claims they reported these incidents at Glebe Road Pumping Station as soon as they were aware, which suggests they simply didn’t know about the instances of illegality from 2021 to September 2023, despite it being their statutory obligation to show permit compliance. The BBC estimates an additional 24 incidents that weren’t reported at the time could have cost the company £2.5 million through lower rewards or greater penalties.
You might be thinking, where’s the Environment Agency? Isn’t this their job? Well, once again, they’ve turned a blind eye. They’ve failed to ask for the data, failed to hold United Utilities accountable and failed to protect Windermere from this predatory behaviour.
We need your help to stop this 🫵
👊 Tag @Keir_Starmer
👊 Email Keir Starmer
👊 Share the video with the hashtag #savewindermere
Let’s try and get this trending. Keir Starmer has often spoken about his love for the Lake District. Now it’s time for him to put his money where his mouth is and end sewage pollution in Windermere once and for all. Windermere is a symbol of our cultural heritage, a key driver of the local and national economy, and a sanctuary for rare and protected wildlife. This is a national and international disgrace, one of the country’s greatest natural treasures is being exploited by the multi-billion pound private water company. It’s time for Westminster to act.
@Keir_Starmer , it’s time to stop the sewage to Save Windermere.
Read the full blog to see how we uncovered this shocking story 👉
savewindermere.com/news/grps…
BBC article 👉
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj…
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
This is what happens when the broken Council Tax system is allowed to fester.
A £17.5m budget gap within three years should never been allowed to happen. We need affordable, sustainable, fair funding for local authorities.
A full review into property tax is needed to fix the system.
burytimes.co.uk/news/2664110…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Imagine being blocked by Currys for helping too many of its customers with complaints. 😂
I'll take that as an accolade and a compliment!
As Black Friday and Christmas shopping approaches, please for the love of God, look at the replies and complaints on their X account and choose a proper retailer.
You work hard for your money. Make sure you spend it wisely. 🛍️
#WePutOurCustomersLast #ConsumerRights
