with thanks to thisisnorthkensington.wordpress.com

Comments

DAMESATHOME@GMAIL.COM
send the Dame your information, discretion assured.
Comments are welcome but do not necessarily reflect the view of the Dame.
Offensive/inappropriate comments will be deleted and the poster banned.

Monday 4 November 2019

BUCHAN HITS OUT AT CARPET BAGGERS



Dear Dame,
I notice you have not asked Felicity Buchan any questions on issues relevant to Kensington constituents so I sent her questions I would like answered. 


I suppose you are being your usual partisan self.
I notice Miss Khan(now sent off to work in the Lords) and Miss Horlick have answered none of your questions so you should be praising Buchan for answering the questions I set her.
Through no fault of my own, my humble flat is worth £2.2 million. 
Labour supported by the Liberal Democrats will hound me out of my home of many years as my fixed income will not cover the additional tax. 
The idea it can be rolled up and paid on my death is just another confiscatory tax.
If you are like me you would be mad to vote for a party that aims to destroy your way of life.
Angrily yours, dearest Dame,
Name and address withheld
"It is wrong this reader describing the Dame as partisan."
The Dame


BUSINESS RATES
I would like to see Business Rates reformed and it is something I am very focussed on.  Too much of the burden of business rates is falling on High Street Retail.  We need streets like High Street Kensington and Notting Hill Gate to be revitalised and if elected I will work with freeholders, businesses, Local and Central Government to achieve this.  
I agree with the Treasury Committee’s conclusions that we need reform of Business Rates.

LAND TAX ON MY HOME
The Labour Party is advocating an annual Land Tax akin to a Wealth Tax on Property.  
This is not just on properties of over £2mm.  
We estimate for the average property in Kensington this will mean an additional bill of a whopping £6771 per year. (That is based on an annual 0.7pc Land Tax based on the average property price in Kensington minus the average current Kensington Council tax bill).  
The LibDems have also supported such a Land Tax and were the first to introduce the concept of a Mansion Tax on properties over £2m which Jo Swinson has personally supported.  
As you rightly point out, this is a huge and unexpected bill for those who may have low and moderate incomes including the elderly.  People should not be forced out of their family home by a tax which has nothing to do with their ability to pay it.
INHERITANCE TAX
The Lib Dems have also advocated massively increasing Inheritance Tax by introducing a lifetime gift transfer tax taxed at income tax levels with threshold of only £250,000.

THE EU
 I have always campaigned for a negotiated Brexit deal and a deal which protects the rights of European citizens living in the UK.  We have an agreed Brexit deal with the EU - which passed Parliament at its first reading.   I think it’s important that we get this agreed deal through Parliament and we provide certainty for business and individuals.  We cannot have years more of uncertainty and paralysis.  We need to move on to focus on the important domestic agenda - police, schools, NHS.

The Liberal Democrats say they will revoke Article 50 but they will never be able to get enough MPs to form a Government, so they will get into bed with Corbyn and the SNP -which causes more uncertainty.

The Brexit Party will not be able to win in Kensington (if they take 500-1000 votes off the Conservatives then all they do is increase the likelihood of a Labour victory in Kensington).
The Lib Dems are being very opportunistic about this seat and not thinking about what’s in Kensington voters’ interests.

NO CARPETBAGGER!
I’m local - I’ve lived in K&C for 25 years and I live and breathe the issues here.  
I’m intimately involved in the community here.
The Lib Dems can’t win in Kensington.   
In the last election in 2017, the Labour and Conservative Parties were both on 42pc with the Lib Dems a whopping 30 percentage points behind.  In the 2018 Local Elections, the difference between the Conservatives and the LibDems was even greater.  The LibDems will point you to the Euro elections but we all know turnout there was very low and the Euros are notorious for protest votes.  The Conservatives did not even campaign in the Euro Elections in Kensington.

I believe that Kensington needs a hardworking local MP and not someone who jumps party and constituency.
         
Thank you, Mrs xxxxxx for these interesting questions.
Felicity  

22 comments:

  1. The Lib Dems and Labour are in collusion to massively tax income poor residents. I am no Turkey so won't vote for them.

    ReplyDelete
  2. The Lib Dems and Labour are tremendous ar spending money they would never be able to earn.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. How come the tories have doubled the national debt then , spending more than all the Labour Governments Spending joined together. Not very fiscal is it ?
      And I thought Boris said there would be £350 million a week for the NHS. If that's the case why the need to flog it off to Trump.

      Delete
  3. If you want to get rid of the Communist who educates her kids privately, Dent Coad then the only choice is Buchan

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. But who is Buchan , not exactly a local with her finger on the pulse now is she ? A brexiteer methinks !

      Delete
    2. Brexiteer but no commie like the hypocrite Dent Coad who lives in posh social housing and educates her kids at one of England's oldest and finest private schools...she's conned you, dimwit!

      Delete
    3. Comrade Dent Coad lacks integrity. She claims to be a socialist. Is she a credible socialist?

      Miss Dent Coad sent her children to the elitist Christ's Hospital school. Her so called socialist credentials are called in to question because she has used money to buy them a privileged education. There is nothing wrong with elitism if you work for it whereas Comrade Dent Coad's children have obtained an advantage by paying for it.

      Delete
    4. Can you be a socialist and think in terms of class?7 November 2019 at 01:29

      If, and it is not accepted that, Emma Dent Coad is a socialist, why does she make so much of her upper class background? I think she told me about her high class status because she thinks she is superior to me. She does not think like a socialist.

      In capitalism, all societies are class societies- socialists want different economic arrangements and an end to capitalist and class structures.

      Delete
    5. Where would the sweet talking Sloane be without class? and her pearls of course,7 November 2019 at 10:42

      Emma wants socialism redefined. She wants to incorporate classism in to a revisionist definition. Class is central to Emma's existence.

      Delete
    6. If after supper one of the girls suddenly misses her Woolworth's pearls, Emma would say mine are White South Sea Pearls, the highest class of pearls.

      Delete
  4. Our borough is looking like the borough of Hackney (no offense) with many empty shops and grafitti. Hop over to our neighbouring borough Hammersmith & Fulham and you won't see as much vacant shop fronts. But let's face it, the Council is there to spend. They hold a different value than us who wants to save and be economical but be efficient.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Clever of Emma to keep going with the Council allowance despite saying she wouldn't...she will need on Dec 13

    ReplyDelete
  6. Actually Ms Buchan claims to be the local candidate. She comes from Chelsea and knows little about Kensington. What she does bring is strong support for a hard Brexit.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I bet Buchan has not abused a political opponent because of the colour of his skin. Cannot say the same about Emma Dent Coad MP. Emma says she "represents everyone."

      How Black people can have confidence in her?

      Delete
    2. Foreign Policy and theWorld Socialist Order.7 November 2019 at 18:21

      If you vote for Emma Dent Coad, you are voting in a Prime Minister with a very nasty attitudes towards Jewish people and western values.

      Corbyn prefers the values of the Iranian regime and hates western values. The World Socialist Order that Corbyn wants, (and by default Emma Dent Coad wants because she has not said otherwise) is dangerous.

      Delete
    3. World Socialist Order11 November 2019 at 08:24

      How can I vote for Dent Coad?

      Corbyn hates our values and, therefore, hates what this country stands for. He embraces Iran, supports Putin's Russia and let us not forget he thinks the failed socialist state of Venezuela
      is great. Would he turn our Country in to a Socialist Republic like Venezuela

      Delete
  7. Emma Dent Coad comes from Chelsea too. Emma denied being in Momentum. Did she join Momentum on the quiet when the dust had settled? She started drawing her Councillor's Allowance on the sly after she made an issue of giving it up. We found out that she had double crossed us.

    ReplyDelete
  8. ‘Comes from’? Emma lives in Kensington. Ms Buchan lives in Chelsea. Judging by her accent she ‘comes from’ Scotland.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Buckie lives in Chelsea ...and the rest. She's been parachuted in ...Roman Abramovich has spent more time in Chelsea than Buckie .

    ReplyDelete
  10. Emma definitely comes from Chelsea but is too class conscious to represent Council tenants and people on social.

    ReplyDelete
  11. There are no residence qualifications for parliamentary elections. It would be a big mistake to consider Emma Dent Coad suitable just because she lives in Kensington.

    Emma knew how bad Kensington Council was, and continues to be, at discharging its housing responsibilities. It was a big faux pas for Emma to say that the Council's proposals for the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower showed that the Council had "listened" to residents. As a Kensington resident and former Director of the TMO, she knew full well that the TMO did not "listen" to anyone including her.

    Time to thank Emma for service as MP and say goodbye.

    ReplyDelete
  12. I think anyone standing for parliament has to be an egoist. This blog shows the defending candidate in a very poor light.

    ReplyDelete

Comments are your responsibility. Anyone posting inappropriate comments shall have their comment removed and will be banned from posting in future. Your IP address may also be recorded and reported. Persistent abuse shall mean comments will be severely restricted in future.