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- For years, the Adam Smith Institute has called out how terrible the Online Safety Act is. With Peter Kyle’s shortsighted comments today, we think the government should go further and REPEAL the Online Safety Act. Why? It does not keep children safe, and endangers everyone
- Did you know that the CEO of Motability is paid a total pay package of £748,000? 💸 That’s for running a service that wastes taxpayer money buying brand-new luxury vehicles. If we’re serious about fixing public finances, we need serious welfare reform.
- Hong Kong’s freedom is being extinguished. The UK must not turn her back on British nationals in need. We are reiterating our decades-long call that Hong Kongers be given residency rights in the UK. RT & tag your MP to show support.
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- |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / づ
- ╭╯ ╭╯╭╯╭╯╭╯╭╯ ████████████ █ Blaming everything ███ █ on neoliberalism █ █ █ doesn't make you ███ █ edgy or cool █ ███████████ ◥█████████◤
- Last year, Motability cost more than the entire school maintenance and repairs budget. How did Motability, a government-backed scheme to improve the mobility of disabled people, become so expensive? A 🧵.
- "It is not an exaggeration to say that today might be my last chance to speak in public as a free man... Hong Kong is now again at a crossroad." @joshuawongcf on the ASI's Hong Kong webinar.
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03:07I’m calling for rent controls in London so that private tenants won’t have to live with the fear of their rents rising by unpredictable amounts, at a time of their landlord’s choosing.- ...and everybody else too, far too much. The tax burden is higher than it has been since 1995! adamsmith.org/news/happy-tax…
- "(1) The right of any person, and of the people, to freedom of speech shall not be violated by the state." - ASI Legal Fellow @prestonjbyrne's draft UK Free Speech Act. Read more: adamsmith.org/blog/draft-tex…
- Roses are red, Violets are blue, Abolish the triple lock, And Motability too!
