Lifelong Tottenham Hotspur supporter and horse racing enthusiast. Retired FCMA.

Lowton, Warrington, UK
Joined September 2019
Neil Tolson retweeted
🚨 THE GREAT GREEN LIE COLLAPSES: LABOUR'S OWN THINK TANK ADMITS 90 PERCENT OF NET ZERO JOBS DO NOT EXIST! The single biggest promise used to justify the destruction of British industry has just been officially exposed as a total fraud. Ed Miliband swore to working class communities that Labour's Net Zero crusade would create 860,000 clean energy jobs across Great Britain. Now Labour's own favourite left leaning think tank, the Resolution Foundation, has admitted that fewer than one in ten of those roles will ever be permanent jobs in industrial hubs like Aberdeen and Grimsby! They wiped out our North Sea oil and gas, crushed domestic manufacturing, and sent household energy bills soaring to 1,723 pounds a year on the promise of a green jobs boom. And what did our proud coastal and industrial towns get in return? Collapsing living standards, lost careers, and managed decline. Net Zero was never about creating wealth for British workers. It was an ideological scam designed to deindustrialise our nation and make us dependent on foreign energy. RT and SHARE this everywhere to shatter Labour's green jobs myth and demand we back British industry NOW! 🇬🇧🔥
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RT @geoffbanksbet: ‘We need a thorough review of the behaviour of the gambling commission’ ‘There has been a degree of capture of the regu…
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One of the three licensing objectives of British gambling is keeping gambling free from crime. Not a source of it, not associated with it, not used to support it. It sits alongside fairness and protecting the vulnerable. Those are the only 3 objectives, there is no formal objective to reduce gambling. In 2021 the Gambling Commission asked people what they thought of affordability checks. 12,124 responses. 78% said businesses should not be required to assess affordability. Only 14% said they'd hand over financial information if asked. 42% said they'd refuse. It refused an FOI request to release the survey in 2023 and published a summary. The full data came out in 2024, after Regulus Partners forced it. Worth being fair to that survey: around 75% also said operators should be required to act where they know a customer is vulnerable. Punters aren't asking for no protection. They're refusing the particular mechanism of affordability checks. And we know where they go. The Racing Post's survey of 10,000 punters: black market use up from 3.6% in 2023 to 4.9% in 2025. Of those, 64% said it was a direct response to an affordability check. Among punters staking £100-250, it's 20%. That's where the bulk of the money is. We've seen similar patterns in the Netherlands, where around half of all gambling spend is now in the black market, even though only a small portion of consumers use it. So a policy most engaged gamblers don't consent to, which most say they won't comply with, and which measurably pushes the biggest stakers towards operators who pay no tax, fund no sport and check nothing. The question isn't whether harm matters. It's whether the crime objective is being weighed at all, or simply ranked below the others by people nobody voted for.
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Further evidence that @GamRegGB are corrupt and @DCMS have used flawed data to set policies; causing job losses, restrict freedoms of the individual and zero impact on Harm! substack.com/@danwaugh/note/…
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Just another corrupt quango damaging the lives of the majority. Our freedoms are being eroded away by zealots!
For me this is the greatest 5 minutes ever given to the discussion on gambling regulation beautifully edited by Chris Fawcett The man speaking is Dan Waugh - and he's an absolute expert in gambling and gambling harm matters Please share. Especially if you work on racing dogs or horses
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Neil Tolson retweeted
🚨🗣️ BREAKING: UNAI EMERY SPEAKS AFTER ASTON VILLA’S DEFEAT TO ARSENAL: “Congratulations to Arsenal on the victory but they can make football very frustrating to watch. Once they take the lead, they slow the game down, waste time and constantly disrupt the rhythm and and rely heavily on set pieces. It’s not the kind of football I enjoy watching, but I understand why they do it. You can call it game management; I call it killing the game. Honestly, that is one of the reasons I was so furious after our previous meeting, they make you hate playing against them. #AVLARS #AFC
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Neil Tolson retweeted
Villa fans boo Saka because he’s a diving little prick Arsenal fans - “They’re only booing Saka because hes black” They are thee most insufferable and idiotic fanbase in world football
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Neil Tolson retweeted
I honestly in the whole of my 62 years of watching English football , never seen a team BLATANTLY CHEAT as much as @Arsenal . Diving , Feigning Injury , Wasting Time , Deceiving Officials and off the ball tricks , they are the most obnoxious club on the planet. #avfc
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Neil Tolson retweeted
PLEASE my friends ask yourself a simple question. Why would a government spend public money in court to stop the public seeing a migrant data spreadsheet? A think tank asked the Ministry of Justice for the figures on offences committed by foreign nationals between 2018 and 2024. The MoJ said no. The Information Commissioner looked at it and ordered the department to hand it over. That should have been the end of it. Ruling made, data released, argument had in the open like grown-ups. Instead, Burnham’s government is appealing. Lawyers, court time, your money, all deployed to keep a file shut that the regulator has already said belongs to you. And remember what this file is. Not a research project. Not some vast new collection exercise costing millions. It sits on the Police National Computer already. Denmark publishes this. Germany publishes this. Sweden publishes this. Somehow only in Britain is it a state secret. Victims have now written asking for it, like my friend Siobhan Whyte, whose daughter was murdered by a hotel migrant. People who were attacked, whose families were destroyed, are being told the numbers are too dangerous for them to see. Think about what a government has to believe about you to take that position.
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Neil Tolson retweeted
The dumbest thing I did was be a 'good boy' for my entire working life: work hard and pay my taxes. 45 years of being systematically and arbitrarily robbed by criminals, some wearing blue ties, some wearing red, and even some sporting a splash of yellow. I now struggle to pay my bills in retirement and I am still being fleeced via tax by the same clowns. Meanwhile, these crooks choose to send cash abroad, squander it on insane initiatives such as 'net zero' and DEI, pay themselves tidy expenses, fund wars, and welcome with open arms anyone illegally entering the country, people they are happy to spend billions of pounds on whilst simultaneously making those of us who paid a fair whack into the system, struggle. People often ask me why I don't vote any more ... and I think it should be fairly obvious. None of these 'senior politicians', across all parties, have any interest in the wellbeing of the common man or woman. They are only interested in their own self-promotion and pressing ahead with whatever harebrained agendas they support whilst in power. It's only the window dressing that changes ... what awaits in the shop is always the same bullshit that shafts the good, honest folk of this country.
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So much talk in the last week about the UK gambling market. Just none of it remotely surprising. We have been headed down this path for several years now. The writing has been on the wall for such a long time. It was just a case of how quickly it got there and what the trigger points would be. In many respects a catastrophic and calamitous end would seem fitting on so many levels. I think most would benefit from a fast end to the debacle rather than a death by a thousand cuts. (Obv not those employed in the industry but it is just delaying the inevitable). The hope being the industry could start again in a way that actually makes some sense. I was sceptical of the Black Market 3/4 years ago. Mainly because I didn’t feel the need to get involved in what they offered. Partly because of the dire situation in the UK markets, I dipped my toe into it. I have written many long tweets about the experiences I had. The names of the establishments involved. The money still owed and effectively stolen. It’s there in black and white for people to see how the Black Market operates and the dangers posed to customers. The decision makers in power have no excuse for ignorance as to how customers will be affected. It isn’t going anywhere. I could write thousands and thousands of words as to how we have ended up here. Who is to blame. I have done previously years ago. It doesn’t serve any real purpose at this stage. One of the problems is that the industry mirrors so much of life elsewhere these days. Incompetence. Greed. Self interest. Incompetence. Abolition of personal responsibility. Everyone offended by everything. Incompetence. Lack of decision making. Lack of intelligence. Incompetence. Lack of leadership. Removal of risk. Incompetence. Sucking the joy out of life. Lack of accountability. Incompetence. Over regulation. Unfit regulators. Incompetence. Nothing is going to change positively in this situation. It is only going to get worse and worse. That’s just the reality. The decision maker’s incompetence will see to that. It’s just a shame that an industry that was once envied around the world and one I have been involved with in various guises for 25 years, has ended up here. A complete and utter shambles.
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Neil Tolson retweeted
🚨 THIS IS NOT DEBATABLE: YOUR HOUSE IS YOURS, YOUR MONEY IS YOURS, AND YOUR SAVINGS BELONG TO YOUR FAMILY! We need to remind Westminster of a fundamental British principle that the Labour Party is desperately trying to erase. You worked 40 years for your income. You paid off your mortgage with your own sweat. Your hard earned savings belong to your children, not the state. The socialists in government genuinely believe that your bank account, your home, and your pension are just uncollected Labour property. They freeze tax thresholds, slap stealth raids on savings interest, and plan massive inheritance wealth grabs to fund open borders and managed decline. 🤡 While everyday Brits get squeezed for every single penny, illegal arrivals get free housing and taxpayer funded perks! They treat the British taxpayer like an absolute cash machine. RT and SHARE this everywhere if you agree that your hard earned money belongs to YOU, not the Labour Party! 🇬🇧🔥
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Absolutely insufferable this virtuous hypocrite. A man who clearly can't control his impulses & check emotions judging by his reactions to criticism on here. Like so many antis this & that his criticism & viewpoint of "gambling" is blinkered & based exclusively on his own inability to control his urge to throw his own money at slots. An odious individual with no coherent arguments rehorse racing gambling in particular beyond simply lumping it in with high risk betting on virtual slots. As a MD & owner of three different businesses I've met plenty of people like @mattzarb who just want to proportion blame & direct their personal anger due to their own failings & lack of personal responsibility & accountability onto others.
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Every UK Citizen should support this.
🚨 WE ARE OVER HALFWAY TO FORCING THE GOVERNMENT TO ANSWER. More than 5,000 people have now backed one simple principle: If they can’t pass an audit, they can’t raise our taxes. For years, politicians have demanded more and more of our money, while billions are lost to fraud and error and public bodies repeatedly fail audit. At 10,000 signatures, the Government has to respond. Let’s force them to answer a very simple question: Why should they get more of our money if they can’t properly account for what they already have? Sign it. Share it. Get us to 10,000. 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Queridos musulmanes de España: Mi familia y yo hemos decidido mudarnos a un país musulmán. Todavía no hemos elegido cuál — seguimos comparando cuál ofrece el mejor paquete de beneficios. Naturalmente, todos mis vecinos quieren venir también. Y los vecinos de mis vecinos. Y sus colegas. Y los colegas de sus colegas. En nada, medio país aparecerá con maletas y un vago sentido de derecho adquirido. Como una gran comunidad cristiana, necesitaremos unos pequeños ajustes: Por favor, empezad a construir iglesias inmediatamente. Iglesias de verdad, con campanas. Campanas bien fuertes, que se oigan desde la plaza del pueblo. También necesitaremos cerrar ciertas calles una vez al año para nuestras procesiones. Tranquilos, no es cinco veces al día — no somos animales. Cada supermercado debe tener cerdo de verdad, jamón serrano, chorizo, panceta y fabada en lata. Ahora somos minoría, así que tendréis que ser comprensivos y acomodaros a nuestro estilo de vida. Traemos todos los perros. Esperad muchos Labradores felices dejando regalitos en vuestras aceras. Necesitaréis parques caninos, y tendréis que sonreír mientras los paseamos delante de vuestras mezquitas. Ya que estamos, vuestras fiestas religiosas son un poco… demasiado. Podrían ofender a la comunidad cristiana, así que agradeceríamos que las eliminarais discretamente. Gracias. En escuelas y lugares de trabajo, nuestros niños y empleados deben poder llevar crucifijos grandes, comer bocadillos de jamón en la cantina y, en general, irradiar vibra cristiana sin que nadie se escandalice. También exigimos salas de oración en cada edificio, además de traductores porque no tenemos intención de aprender árabe. Si algo de esto se rechaza, por favor enviad una lista de direcciones de comisarías para poder denunciaros por discriminación, cristianofobia y mala leche en general. Una cosa más: si mis hijos queman vuestra bandera porque España acaba de ganar un partido de fútbol, por favor sed comprensivos. Les echaré una bronca muy seria. Incluso podría hacer que escriban “perdón” 50 veces. Por último, queremos beneficios generosos, vivienda gratuita y dinero de bolsillo mientras “nos integramos” durante las próximas tres generaciones. Trabajar es opcional, obviamente. También queremos beber alcohol y apostar de vez en cuando en las carreras de caballos. Y cuando hace buen tiempo nos gusta ir sin camiseta. Tened paciencia. Ya os acostumbraréis. Agradecemos vuestra tolerancia por adelantado. Al fin y al cabo, ¡la diversidad es nuestra fuerza! Atentamente, Un Cristiano Muy Razonable
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Neil Tolson retweeted
Today, I say goodbye to a place that, for five seasons, was much more than a club. It was my home, my challenge and the place where my family and I built such an important part of our lives. I leave with a heart full of memories and enormous pride for everything we lived and achieved together. When I arrived, I had a clear dream: to leave my name in this club’s history. I knew the only way was through hard work, sacrifice and achieving something that had seemed so difficult for so long: lifting a trophy again. **And we did it.** The journey wasn’t perfect, but I don’t want that to define my goodbye. I choose to remember the happy moments, the lessons, the people who stood by me and, above all, the love I received during these five years. Thank you to everyone at the club who shared this journey with me. Coaches, teammates, staff and every person working behind the scenes you are all part of my story and have a place in my heart. And to the fans: Thank you for loving me, respecting me and making me feel like one of you from day one. Thank you for every hug, every song, every flag, every applause and for always being there. I know I wasn’t perfect, but one thing gives me peace: I always gave everything. I defended this shirt with pride and with all my heart. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING I’m leaving the club, but a part of my heart will always remain here. Once I was one of you. Today, I leave as one of you forever. With all my love and respect. Thank you for everything. And goodbye @SpursOfficial 🤍
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There are just eight betting shops in each parliamentary constituency now. They provide heavily regulated and legal entertainment to adults who enjoy them plus they employ around 15,000 people. I'm not sure why you equate them to vape shops. Fast food joints do way more damage.
Vape shops. Betting shops. Dodgy businesses. If you look at your high street these days and think ‘who asked for this?’, you’re not alone. I’m doing something about it. We’re giving local people and councils more control over what opens, and tougher powers to crack down on businesses that aren’t good for our communities. For too long, Westminster has stood by while our high streets declined. That ends now.
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The ridiculous and incorrect narrative that ‘Gambling is Bad’ is impacting businesses and jobs due to a small minority trying to impose their will! The utility people gain from having a bet is totally ignored. 30m people cannot all be wrong!
These messages are appearing in the inbox more often than ever. Between @GamRegGB and bookmakers' ridiculously tight algos, punters are being squeezed from the game "Greed and incompetence" Corporate and political tails increasingly wagging the dog. What a sad state of affairs.
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