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CEO at Black Book Finance @BlackBookFin

London UK
Joined March 2010
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Patrick Stewart. Turned up so early and so unobtrusively to be a star in the reasonably priced car, we mistook him for a delivery driver and asked him to go round the back. Took his hat off and said, “But I’m the captain of the Enterprise”. Fucking nice guy.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Restore once again taking just enough to come 4th, and in doing so letting Labour in by TWO VOTES! If it's not obvious already what their main goal is, it should be (hint: it's not to win these seats for themselves).
St James (Dudley) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 38.0% (+16.2) ➡️ RFM: 37.9% (-11.0) 🌳 CON: 13.8% (-0.1) ◼️ RES: 6.9% (New) 🌍 GRN: 3.4% (-7.2) No LDM (-3.9) or TUSC (-0.9) as previous. Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2026.
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It’s pretty clear now Restore exist solely to undermine Reform. I originally supported Rupert because he said he’d do what’s best for the country. He isn’t. He’s handing election after election to Labour to spite Farage.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Restore have no interest in winning power, they aren’t standing in seats to win them they are standing to stop Reform winning them. Rupert’s fan will soon realise they are being used.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Strong Reform wins overnight! In Worksop East (Bassetlaw), we went from nothing to 46%, with Labour sinking from 74% to 37%. We also smashed the Lib Dems in a ward in Halton, Cheshire, which they won in May this year. The Westminster bubble is as out of touch as ever. Sadly, we did lose one ward in Dudley. We won 872 votes, Labour won 874 - and Restore took 159. The next election will be existential for Britain. I’ll deport everyone who is here illegally. Vote Restore, get Labour.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Congratulations to those 159 people that voted Restore. You now have a Labour Councillor. Maybe a nice migrant camp next. You can lead a horse to water but you can't give it brains to understand tactical voting for your own greater good. 🇬🇧💙
St James (Dudley) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 38.0% (+16.2) ➡️ RFM: 37.9% (-11.0) 🌳 CON: 13.8% (-0.1) ◼️ RES: 6.9% (New) 🌍 GRN: 3.4% (-7.2) No LDM (-3.9) or TUSC (-0.9) as previous. Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2026.
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Those who know me will know how profound an impact @SirPatStew and his legendary portrayal of Captain Picard have had on me over the years. I was/am so saddened to hear of his passing. RIP Captain Picard. Thank you for 'making it so'.
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Replying to @SirPatStew
Oh captain, my captain. 😭 Other that my own dad. Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard might’ve been the best male role model anyone could hope for. He exudes strength, logic, respect, responsibility, integrity and intelligence but also humor and adventure. Patrick made that character real for so many of us and made us better people. I’m so sad he’s gone but so glad he was a part of all of our lives. Godspeed Captain
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Michael Clapper retweeted
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund    alzresearch.org/giving/ Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources     alzfdn.org/donate/ Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again. That’s why Reform’s Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures I’d take if I were Chancellor: 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮 1. Approve Rosebank 2. Restart oil and gas licensing 3. Legalise onshore exploration 4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy 5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8 9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full 10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites 12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing 13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain 14. Exit the Aarhus Convention 15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality 16. End the boiler ban 17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules 18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements 19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard 20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick 22. Auction airport landing slots 23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation 24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications 25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects 26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop 27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions 28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules 29. Scrap the social value test in procurement 30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport 31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption 33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8% 35. Introduce a migrant worker levy 36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act 37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses 38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending 40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits 41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies' 43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates 44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips 45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods 46. Back the M4 Relief Road 47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years 48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀 49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act 50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units 51. Review all unchanged EU law 52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary 54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors 55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56 56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent 57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays 58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules 59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate 60. Abolish the packaging tax 61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms 62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty 63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs 64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations And there are more to come! Britain’s full potential is waiting to be unleashed 🚀
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Rupert Lowe should not be celebrating what happened in Peterlee. Restore Britain took more than 14% of the vote, while Labour held the seat by just 18 votes. Whatever your view of Nigel Farage or Reform, the reality is obvious: splitting the anti-Labour vote helped Labour survive. That is not a victory for the right. It is not a victory for change. It is a gift to Labour. Lowe appears so determined to damage Farage and Reform that he is willing to ignore the political consequences. Every vote diverted from Reform in tightly contested seats makes it easier for Labour to remain in power. For those who oppose Labour's approach to immigration, border security and deportations, that should be a serious concern. Many voters believe the country cannot afford another full term of the same policies, yet vote-splitting risks delivering exactly that outcome. To Reform supporters: hold the line. Do not be distracted. Do not lose sight of the bigger picture. The objective is defeating Labour, not fighting each other while Labour benefits from the division. To Restore Britain supporters, ask yourselves a simple question: if your priority is changing the country's direction, how does helping Labour win seats achieve that goal? Politics is ultimately about outcomes, not egos. If the result of Restore Britain's campaign is to take votes from Reform and leave Labour in power, then history will judge that accordingly. The harsh truth is this: every percentage point taken from Reform in seats like Peterlee makes a Labour victory more likely. If that continues, Rupert Lowe's political legacy may not be that he challenged Farage. It may be that he helped keep Labour in power when many voters were desperate for change. That's the reality, whether people like hearing it or not.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
This is superb from @SuellaBraverman. She tears SHREDS out of the govts dangerous decision to ignore safety concerns and house illegal migrants in Piddington. She rightly calls out the fact there are NO female Labour MPs taking part in this debate. She does NOT hold back! 🔥
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Michael Clapper retweeted
If All the Restore voters voted Restore at the GE they will possibly win 1 seat and nothing they want will be achieved. 🤦‍♂️ If they all vote Reform and Reform win then Restore will have nearly all their policies delivered. 👍 Let that sink in Restore supporters when it’s time.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
October 7th revealed a darkness in Britain. We must fight it at every turn. 👉 nigelfarage.substack.com/p/o…
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Well done you’ve done it again.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
I will cut foreign aid, migrant welfare, welfare fraud, and mad net zero spending. Andy Burnham will cut your pension.
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Michael Clapper retweeted
Reform up FOUR POINTS with YouGov. BACK to first place! Keep going Reformers! 💪🇬🇧
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Michael Clapper retweeted
🚨 Mahmood spent MONTHS talking tough about making it harder for migrants to claim Leave to Remain and citizenship – and all the benefits that come with it. From the beginning, she faced a rebellion on the Labour backbenches, led by Angela Rayner herself. Those backbenchers say that migrants haven't been given enough of your money, and seek to throw open access to our welfare state. Today, Labour’s Home Secretary threw in the towel to those people. She says she'll water down her reforms to ensure "fairness" - which to Labour MPs means giving them everything they could possibly dream of at taxpayer expense. Far from a principled driver of change, Mahmood has become the mouthpiece of the most deranged open-borders lunatics in Britain. But it shows once again, when push comes to shove, the old parties will always bend under the weight of their woke MPs. Reform has the fortitude to do what it takes. To put British people first.
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