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At least your wallet will be slimmer! Boris Johnson's posh food tsar urges UK to introduce the world's first tax on sugary and salty food in war on fat that would cost a family of four £240 a year each
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 21:31 EDT, 14 July 2021 | Shaun Wooller

Posted on 07/14/2021 7:10:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 07/14/2021 7:10:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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“You foolish peasants don’t know how to eat! You’re doing it wrong! Here — let us help you stop being stupid.”


2 posted on 07/14/2021 7:14:30 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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Just another reminder why we made a good decision to break away from this mindset and form our own country.
3 posted on 07/14/2021 7:15:38 PM PDT by Vercingetorixbc (Veni, Vedi, Butti - I came, I saw, I kicked butt)
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To: Olog-hai

If it tastes good tax it.


4 posted on 07/14/2021 7:16:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: Vercingetorixbc

Well, the UK broke away from the EU, but not in the heads of the Red Tories.


5 posted on 07/14/2021 7:16:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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A 100% tax rate would solve all the world’s problems.


6 posted on 07/14/2021 7:16:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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Oh what a great conservative Boris Johnson is...NOT


7 posted on 07/14/2021 7:25:23 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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Out of control government is out of control.


8 posted on 07/14/2021 7:33:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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President Trump should have never sent him the Trump pills.


9 posted on 07/14/2021 7:36:13 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (No masks necessary? I guess voting by mail will be eliminated for 2022 and 2024. Yippee!)
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in britain the tories and labour argue over who is best at managing the welfare state

never any talk of paring it back


10 posted on 07/14/2021 7:37:05 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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Couldn’t he have just iupdated the DIET chocolate ration to 25 grams?

Typical liberal. He’s packed away enough fried crisps in his day, this much is obvious. Then, he pulls up the ladder!


11 posted on 07/14/2021 7:43:01 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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They’re going to have to create nice underground business if they don’t put a stop to this.


12 posted on 07/14/2021 7:51:51 PM PDT by Trillian
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Our masters are planning on starving us to death.


13 posted on 07/14/2021 7:54:13 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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This whole scheme also reminds us that the welfare state needs money as in taxes to sustain it.


14 posted on 07/14/2021 7:58:28 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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No welfare state is so “sustained”.


15 posted on 07/14/2021 8:02:12 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Boris has been a stunning disaster—I never saw this coming when he was first elected.


16 posted on 07/14/2021 8:15:43 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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Kind of reminds me of Dr.Phil giving dieting advice.


17 posted on 07/14/2021 10:04:10 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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Or Michael Moore


18 posted on 07/15/2021 12:03:38 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: BenLurkin

We’re not the only country with a Deep State.

And they all seem to use the same playbook.

Example: Wembley and our January 6 DC “insurrection”.


19 posted on 07/15/2021 2:05:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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If they want to tax anything, they need to tax carbs, as that’s where all the health problems are.


20 posted on 07/15/2021 3:06:14 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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