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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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posted on
07/14/2021 7:10:11 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
“You foolish peasants don’t know how to eat! You’re doing it wrong! Here — let us help you stop being stupid.”
To: Olog-hai
Just another reminder why we made a good decision to break away from this mindset and form our own country.
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posted on
07/14/2021 7:15:38 PM PDT
by
Vercingetorixbc
(Veni, Vedi, Butti - I came, I saw, I kicked butt)
To: Olog-hai
If it tastes good tax it.
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posted on
07/14/2021 7:16:27 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
To: Vercingetorixbc
Well, the UK broke away from the EU, but not in the heads of the Red Tories.
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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)
To: Olog-hai
A 100% tax rate would solve all the world’s problems.
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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)
To: Olog-hai
Oh what a great conservative Boris Johnson is...NOT
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posted on
07/14/2021 7:25:23 PM PDT
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: Olog-hai
Out of control government is out of control.
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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.)
To: Olog-hai
President Trump should have never sent him the Trump pills.
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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!)
To: Nextrush
in britain the tories and labour argue over who is best at managing the welfare state
never any talk of paring it back
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posted on
07/14/2021 7:37:05 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
To: joshua c
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!
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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.)
To: Olog-hai
They’re going to have to create nice underground business if they don’t put a stop to this.
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posted on
07/14/2021 7:51:51 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Olog-hai
Our masters are planning on starving us to death.
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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 )
To: joshua c
This whole scheme also reminds us that the welfare state needs money as in taxes to sustain it.
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posted on
07/14/2021 7:58:28 PM PDT
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: Nextrush
No welfare state is so “sustained”.
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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)
To: Nextrush
Boris has been a stunning disaster—I never saw this coming when he was first elected.
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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.)
To: Nextrush
Kind of reminds me of Dr.Phil giving dieting advice.
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posted on
07/14/2021 10:04:10 PM PDT
by
Striperman
(Striperman)
To: Striperman
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”.
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posted on
07/15/2021 2:05:08 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
To: Olog-hai
If they want to tax anything, they need to tax carbs, as that’s where all the health problems are.
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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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