Politics Reform UK Robert jenrick
Reform UK were the only ones who didn’t spot the enormous flaw in their brand new HMRC policy, and the takedowns were just glorious
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For that, they will need many more operators. How does this square with Kruger's ambition to gut the civil service? https://t.co/yPczaZTTeM
— Pete North (@FUDdaily) August 26, 2026
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Are they offering backdated payments? Because I’d be a millionaire by now. https://t.co/Y1CtPYpdKS
— #HYFR (@bxns_hyfr) August 26, 2026
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This is how desperate Reform has become. https://t.co/lowkuQcG77
— Rt Hon. Will || Portfolio for Sarcasm (parody) (@colder_sarcasm) August 26, 2026
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NEW: Reform will make harassing HMRC employees one of the highest paid jobs in Britain. https://t.co/R80hV1UhGR pic.twitter.com/20ax25KDJ8
— Scott Goetz (@ScottGoetz_) August 26, 2026
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The admin on this is going to be a nightmare and will cost more money. https://t.co/pH7U0lZ63A
— Joe Hardy ♿️ #RightToLove (@BlokeOnWheels) August 26, 2026
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It feels like incentivising people to waste HMRC time may end badly…
…especially in an age when AI calling bots are basically indistinguishable from real people.[sends £30 invoice to Robert Jenrick for this reply]
— dan barker (@danbarker) August 26, 2026
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So people will be repeatedly ringing the HMRC with pointless questions, in the hope of making £30 that other taxpayers will have to fork out.
Genius Bob, genius! That's why we need a Reform government, right there! 🤡🤡
— Clean Energy (@EnergyMix_UK) August 26, 2026
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The current wait to get someone at HMRC is a minimum hour in my own experience, Reform also says it will cut the number of civil servants, that’s going to be an awful lot of £30 they are paying back.
Just as well this is another edition of Fantasy Politics by Reform https://t.co/BLLY6VheG4— Robert Burns (@Nugent4nil) August 26, 2026
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Just starting a WhatsApp group to all call HMRC together as a group and jam up the call centre. https://t.co/Q8dRsxpuK4
— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) August 26, 2026
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They are one step away from literally holding up a sign saying,
‘WE WOULD BE FUCKING AWFUL IF WE WERE IN POWER, WE WOULDN’T HAVE A SCOOBY’#Reform https://t.co/wVLZmGyIKJ
— Richard Sefton (@richardosefton) August 26, 2026
Dan Tomlinson had a suggestion.
There's a much better way Robert. It's called just getting on and fixing things.
At the time of the election the average wait on HMRC phone lines was 24 minutes.
In recent months, it has been around 10 minutes.
This is because Labour invested in HMRC customer services &… https://t.co/IqRNCUrVeK
— Dan Tomlinson MP (@dantomlinsonmp) August 26, 2026
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