Katie Hopkins: our elderly should be at the centre of our lives. Say & have what they want. Plus VAT

[@baitclicker9414]

Taxed when you earn, when you save, when you buy, when you sell, when you win, when you inherit, when you live, when you die. For wars you don't want, politicians you don't want, laws you don't want, restrictions you don't want.

[@marcusmurphy3640]

💯correct.

[@andrewelliott4436]

+ VAT - surely.

[@lynmedcraft]

Absolutely correct 🎯💯

[@SRobinson1485]

Correct but who's fault is it. Your fault the peoples fault for voting the same political parties in at elections. You all keep voting the same rich elite in every time the main parties. You need to vote for something different but you won't so why would things ever change

[@AngelaLander]

Even what we wipe our asses with is taxed.

[@Buddy-nt6rd]

The elderly should be our top priorities, but unfortunately they’re not hostile illegal immigrants are

[@ArtLoverScotland]

Elderly AND the children! I woke this morning and immediately on my mind was how WE could rearrange society - give children back their childhoods, enable them to learn how to play, enable real natural learning - support families, as we need them to really care for their children and have communities and society supporting eachother to do this. WE need to re think all of society and what it is we are allowing by our sheer complacency.

[@charlestaylor8566]

I agree with every word , it would mean clearing out 3/4 of our teachers and collage lecturers who have been corrupting our young for years now , the country could be so easy to get it back to what it used to be , but it would take a government with guts !

[@naturelover9778]

VAT is actually an EU tax. So we should not be paying that to the EU any more at all, since 2016. Total Corruption

[@roblloyd1879]

It is not paid to the EU! It is just a tax that was invented by the EU and when we joined we replaced purchase tax with VAT on purchases. As we are' in theory' not in the EU it goes direct to our wasteful and useless government.

[@SimonCox-d6r]

Ya ,I remember my grandfather grumbling about it coming in in the early seventies to pay the them EEC EUROPIAN ECONOMIC MARCKET .later EU. UK out of the EU but the tax still paid.

[@RoxanneSharbono-mb8ol]

Praying for you, Tommy Robinson and the United Kingdom .

[@freyjabeth4372]

A quote from my grandfather many moons ago ' if people looked after their own, the world would be a better place' - I was too young to understand then

[@everlast3079]

I remember my grandad saying that same thing. If everyone looked after their own then nobody else would have to

[@Steinbecker]

There's alot of countries in the middle east and Africa Also alot of religions with mental health issues. And they all need feeding eating clothing and housing.

[@wilde1049]

I call out our MP for Chester Ms Sarah Dixon at every opportunity. She has shat on the vulnerable pensioners in her constituency. Evil 😈

[@AngelaLander]

Good for you! Keep it up 👍

[@cassandrade-wolfe6926]

👍🏻 good on you.

[@stephenholmes1036]

We treat our elderly with contempt, Its a disgrace

[@suefrench1964]

It would be great if we could choose where our tax goes, our country would be in a much better position I think!

[@Steinbecker]

We just donated money to Syria last week. Bloody ripped of Britain. ❤

[@DavidEdwards-uf5lg]

Yeah, starmer funding terrorism, think about it?

[@SR-cz5yy]

Yes. Donate all that and then bring them to UK to give them everything free!! It's called money laundering.

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

@@SR-cz5yy its called irredentism. jesuit bavarian illuminati wants new world order

[@laceandwhisky]

£50 million is a drop in the ocean compared to £12.8 billion to Ukraine and £22billion carbon capture and £8billion ilĺegal migration, £2 billion benefits to non UK indigenous people 😢

[@sheilakimber4806]

But can't afoird winter fuel allonces for pensioners, yet quite happy to pay for fuel on their 2nd & 3rd homes of course as if giving the finger to us pensioners. Xxx

[@Jimmiburn]

This beautiful lady speaks so much sense. ❤🇬🇧

[@marybarnett9645]

Absolutely Katie, our elderly should be priority 👍🏻

[@gaynorwait147]

You are so right Katie, we should look after our own first. Much love ❤️

[@lindaa9778]

I am 63 now and my whole working life I have had the attitude that our elderly are very important people . That they have contributed a lot in taxes and more their whole life . As I grew up I was grateful that they had seen us through a terrible war and deserved all the help and respect that we can give them now in old age . They have contributed a lifetime and deserve to be looked after as best we can to give them a most comfortable retirement and I expected that that was what the government would be doing , making sure they were well looked after because of all the tax they'd payed in their lifetime , how disappointed I am now as an older and less naive person that they are not being looked after in comfort at all . I always donated to Help the Aged because of my respect for the older generation and their contribution to making our younger lives better . The cycle should be , they look after us , then we look after them . I believe a countries taxes should be for that country and it's natives first and foremost to make everyone the most comfortable here .

[@SimonCox-d6r]

No we are Paying for Bidens Barisma war in Ukraine 10% to the big guy. Insulating house from losing heat in tropical and subtropical Africa. Probably sex change operations in India.

[@bobbysilver272]

The tax that people and hard working folk pay is utterly ridiculous. They slowly strangle us. We are like slowing boiled frogs in a pan. AND we see hardly anything for it. That is the kick in the guts when we are already on the floor.

[@Rita-g6m]

Scandinavia is a highly taxed place, only they give so much but get so much in return by way of services all across the board, unlike here We are treated as a tax farm for globalists for the rest of the world, or those from elsewhere who have chosen to come here off their own fruition- some illegally too! Anyone and everyone else benefit from our hard work, all except the very people who are perpetually run roughshod over and treated as acceptable collateral damage -us the taxpayers!

[@raaraa-1]

Unfortunately the elderly seem to be the last on the list of concern in the UK it’s a shame as they have provided so much to the country over the years. Reform UK for a brighter future 🇬🇧

[@michaelrandle4128]

Civilisations are judged on how they treat there elderly and disabled, this country must come the bottom of the list,

[@ebnanaann5644]

as a 77 year old who always paid my taxes and saved for a rainy day. I feel sad that my state pension does not cover my basic needs

[@herewegoagain632]

great speech Katie 100 % yes!!!

[@moretus2270]

Totally agree with you Katie ❤

[@GloriaHoulihan]

I listened to an Oxford professor today and he says 50 people in the Treasury in Whitehall are financially running the country. They all come from wealthy backgrounds and have never actually done anything before going into powerful positions. Everything is centralised in London.

[@jamesilersich8696]

You nailed it

[@WhiteRabbit-7866]

Totally agree Katie.. was in New Zealand last week in a supermarket, elderly ppl were a couple of bucks short in the bill... husband without thinking just paid it for them so they didn't have to give up a basic necessity. Pay it forward ❤❤

[@Puppy-chino]

Totally agree. So many elderly are just a few pence short of qualifying for heating allowance. It’s almost as if it’s deliberately arranged. £884 per month but to qualify for the Heating allowance you need £880 😢

[@janettemccubbin8246]

Well said, Katie. As a 70 year old widow I can say that I am offended by idiots who take offence at something absolutely stupid. My old dad used to say if you don’t like what people say to or about you just ignore them and go on your merry way, they’re obviously not worth your time or effort.

[@peterhaynes8258]

Thank you Katie, 110% correct as always, Stay Safe and God Bless You and Yours.

[@MrScaramoosh]

Qualifications: To be a politician, you must be an untalented sociopath.

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

You forgot narcissists and psychopaths?

[@deanelodge6991]

Don't forget being fluent in bullshit 😂

[@mavericmorph5358]

Why do we still pay VAT? We left the eu 8 years ago.

[@fisherman5517]

because we have been governed by very greedy and very corrupt persons for the last 20 odd years or so.

[@joseevaniersel7280]

It's ransom money Britain is still paying..

[@mikesmart390]

When did our goverment become a charity giving money away to Syria if so what's there charity number and can I cancel my prescription as I never joined

[@SRobinson1485]

Whe people like you keep voting the same political parties in at elections. The main parties are all the same. Vote for something new

[@erinobrien8793]

Demand that before any millions go to Syria that several millions is used to pay for the heating allowance for UK senior citizens.

[@deborahchaves8180]

Katie I agree totally, how did the horrible politicians ever get control of all of us and our money and rights. We the people know what is best. We will take care of each other. We can govern ourselves, right? Sending you prayers, blessings, much love and a great big hug. ❤🙏

[@reagarrett8548]

WELL SAID KATIE ❤❤❤

[@shelleymuttock]

Love your videos featuring your dogs. 3 weeks ago I had to put to sleep my beautiful boy Ziggy a handsome english pointer. Your content is a great distraction thank you, you're doing a grand job.

[@abercass4683]

As always I enjoyed your rant, it makes me feel there is a glimmer of hope left. Regarding Politicians they are no more than asset strippers.

[@kristian5009]

The whole taxation system is so corrupt. A fair system would choose to either tax you on your income OR tax you on your expenditure. The fact that we have so many post tax taxes is practically criminal. For example, a high rate tax payer with a nice home will have to pay say £3000 council tax but would have to earn around £6000 gross income to end up with the £3000 so that council tax bill literally costs you £6000. The system is designed to keep us all down. Keep up the good fight Katie.

[@_Why_123]

@kristian5009 - Does anyone actually remember a time BEFORE VAT? ... It's been in use for so long, 70-80 tears, that it's just accepted and rarely questioned! ... I've tried many times to understand how it's meant to work, the pro's and the con's, and always come out with the same result: To benefit the wealthy, and the Gov., while making life more expensive to the final consumer! 🤔

[@douglasskinner]

Income tax is problematic because no one can define income. At the very least it involves an intrusive government investigating every citizen in order to define and thereby determine his income. It also assumes the subject of each inquiry is guilty until proven innocent--without due process. Tax examiners become their own courts rendering judgments as to a person's liability. Expenditure tax, on the other hand is paid at the point of transaction and is collected kind of like a toll and once it's done, it's done. Moreover, with limited government doing as few things as possible, expenditure taxes could be very low. The most just form of expenditure tax is simply a sales tax i.e., a fixed percentage of the sale price. In America it is an itemized item on the bill of sale, so you always know what you're paying. And when it rises it is more likely that this will incur voter ire, making the politicians chary about raising it. By contrast "value added" is too nebulous largely hidden, and thus open to mischief.

[@E.bsmith]

You’re right Katie

[@robertpayne6847]

Weirdly, I dreamt of you last night. We had a lovely night of drinking and laughing... no hanky pinky, just loved talking freely with you. Then a lovely Mark came and you drove off . Thank you Katie. X

[@mrobo9037]

The illegal immigrants shouldn't even be in the " Q"

[@RoseDennis-zk4up]

Well said Katie❤

[@leaveitalone777]

Excellent video

[@pixl8me]

Nothing you say can be true? 😮 🎤🅱️🍿🍘🐍

[@SpacedOdyssey]

"The greasy pole of Politics"

[@catb7059]

As always, brilliant Katie 👌🙏👍

[@laceandwhisky]

Gets me is you wouldn't give money to a friend that you know will waste it on shite. So why are we letting the governments take taxes to pay for shite. 😢 not got a say in it cos we are subservient.

[@colin25250]

I understand where gypsies and travellers are coming from by not paying any taxes, or contributions to the state! Pity that we don't have the option to do the same. But PAYE, VAT etc has been designed to give us no choice.

[@traceywilliamson3299]

Love you and that lab of yours❤ BLESS YOU

[@frantrictantric]

I'd rather entrust the government of the United Kingdom to the first 500 people listed in the London telephone directory than to the faculty of Oxford University. Unless the party is the Reform Party.

[@IreneRelph]

Eee Katie your such a lovely person ❤

[@vinnyOdea878]

Centre! I'm giving up my council flat and moving into a tent at the age of 61,I can't stand the authorities on your back living in a property, gas,electric, rent, council tax water etc etc even hassle letters from tv licensing, though I don't need one!,done with it all

[@lindarogers8095]

Good luck live long live free live happy

[@craiga631]

If you have seriously chosen to live in a tent I would stay in your place and pay no bills what so ever and save every penny until they get court action to evict you which would take months, ignore threatening letters, hide your money, screw the system, it stinks and it's rigged, good luck

[@chrisdavis5020]

That's what I did in April! Shouldn't have too though!!

[@Dudley-x2c]

I'm waiting for the weather to improve mate. But I'm packed and ready !

[@MaureenSwan-uu7dx]

Thank you Katie , you have a very kind ❤ x

[@thelastaustralian7583]

they finish them of in Two years in age Care. Depending on family etc...efficiency for profiteering of basically covertly murdering our elderly ...

[@roxane7432]

Katie you are a precious, rare stone. As i was getting gas, i watched a man struggling to find change, for a gal of gas, i was able to give him $20.00 (7 gal) for gas. His face lit up with hope. Then at a grocery store, I watched a disabled elderly man in a w/c searching for change to buy a loaf of bread and a small pkg of deli meat.. ""I told him i hate going to the store for one or two items, he said,'' i cant ever afford to buy more than a few things Iso i helped pay for his food. The next time i was at that store, the cashier told me I started a trend, she was seeing more and more people help pay for our elderlies groceries. That was the only good news i heard in 4 yrs. Make sure when you help people, it doesn't go to drugs, i suggest never giving cash

[@milliej868]

Thank you Katy xxx

[@difficultkunt4050]

A great man in America recently said that old folk shouldn't have to pay taxes...😊 Theyve already paid in all their lives...👍 I cant think who said this great comment. But whoever he might be he sure is loved..😊 Nope I still cant think of who said it.. but i kinda agree with it and it should be implemented world wide..😊

[@difficultkunt4050]

I once had someone pay for my shopping at co-op although a bit uncomfortable... I was grateful. And it made their day as well as mine... To my suprise there are the odd nice persons amongst us..😊

[@susanwood829]

Sign the Pledge....The Peoples' Charter...❤❤....

[@SteveJones-gz4vd]

VAT used to be for Luxury goods Now it's for everything

[@ebwjehvuufsjehf]

Spot on, Katie. You're a gem.

[@jenniferfirkins1390]

Excellent Katie. You have a huge heart as well as a fantastic sense of humour. Take good care of yourself❤

[@ChrisKershaw-d2k]

We know we have to pay tax to keep the country running trouble is we are paying tax to keep the 3rd world running with the billions going abroad SPEND IT HERE there is plenty that needs fixing here

[@alexmelli8253]

Always makes me think of a quote from the great C.S.Lewis. ‘It is easy to think the State has a lot of different objects-military, political, economic, and what not. But in a way things are much simpler than that. The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time’

[@davidmoore7122]

Love Katie's

[@carolkilpatrick6674]

Could someone please tell our government, it’s OUR MONEY NOT THERES. WE WANT TO TELL GOVERNMENT WHERE WE WANT IT SPENT. STOP SENDING OUR MONEY OVERSEAS!!!!!!!!🤬😡🤬😡🤬

[@thomasspicer4130]

Yes Katie! I completely agree and i have thought about this for years on and off I’m so sick of seeing our taxes go to fund pointless foreign wars and fund the housing of foreigners it’s utterly soul destroying and infuriating.

[@denicase9444]

You are a real gem💎, Katie! ❤🙏👏👏👏🥲

[@redroses7025]

Please push the petition Katie

[@RD-650]

Hear hear katie 👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@luwray9280]

Thank you for standing up for us oldies. Its tough being made to feel a burden. Xxxxxxx

[@sarahgray5152]

Well said, you are a wonder! I adore you and your common sense……

[@sarajones6046]

You feed my soul Katie. Thank you for keeping me sane.

[@Dudley-x2c]

They spent the pension pot. They keep moving the carrot along the stick..

[@vevey75]

UK tax thresholds are far too high -> income tax, NI, capital gains, VAT, council tax, and highest transport/energy costs compared with Europe we are getting a raw deal. In the US workers who are on salaries can claim far more tax as expenses and have a lower tax threshold. If we had services which worked like in Sweden or Norway then the British public wouldn't mind so much.

[@suebiddle4483]

Katie, you say exactly what I & my husband think, believe & say. Why don't our Government etc listen to our people, all they do is financially support other nationals with donations which should be for our own. Thank you Katie for you voice xx

[@GWAYGWAY1]

If you add up every little bit of tax you would find the more goes to them than you get to spend on yourself. The percentages are greater for the tax. The treasury has 50 people from oxbridge that control all spending of every dept of the government.

[@SueCurwen]

HEAR, HEAR TO EVERYTHING. GOD BLESS YOU KATIE, ..... YOU COULD BE OUR NEXT FEMALE PRIMINISTER! 🥳 🎉 💪

[@dympnanightingale5627]

100% Katie 👏👏👏👏👏

[@angels3415]

Think we should be asked where we want OUR working tax to go 👍 Nice Watford jacket Katie 😍

[@Freebird67]

Thanks Katie correct as ever ❤

[@janfurze5708]

I feel your pain Katie, and totally agree!

[@stevedickson5853]

Spot on with your rant Katie 👌

[@Nook747]

Your beautiful dogs are having a wonderful run around Katie! They are supa nice 😊 xxxx Thank you for being you. Bless you ❤

[@johndeans1777]

Up the Revolution Katie ! Go !Girl

[@johnmartin4650]

Thank you KH……..well said .

[@julietbrathwaite1525]

Katie you are the best!

[@SharonSeaver]

Good morning, Katie ❤

[@OldhamSteve52]

Hospitals are full of oaps on trolleys in corridors waiting days for a bed on wards. Being sent back home when you can hardly stand.

[@deborahclark2558]

Well done Katie

[@DeanoEssex]

It "was" named Great Britian for a good reason. Life has lost it's magic in the UK 😞

[@sharonadams8570]

Someone is suing a pub for its name

[@christinejones826]

Watching and listening to Katie discussing important issues which in most cases have a negative effect on our lives is always a matter of concern to most people in this country. Unfortunately, the elderly have in my own opinion never been treated with care or respect by this country just look back into the past. As for the farmers they like the Health Service are extremely important to us each providing a service to maintain the welfare of all individuals. As for continuous immigration it will only destroy the fabric of our economy and the foundation of stability in a country which to all intents and purposes is an extremely rich one. despite the propaganda to state otherwise by mainstream media acting on behalf of this government. Which is not fit for purpose especially with Keir Starmer the Prosecutor in the driving SEAT and his counterpart Reeves.

[@Rita-g6m]

There are far more of us than there are of "them!" We need to wake up and realise that if we don't conform or comply with "their" directives, then what could they do?! We the people have power, if only we all stuck together and applied it!

[@heathermayes2279]

Well said Katie from an 78year old fan who knows a thing or two about life even if we are not allowed to say it ,I DO BY THE WAY.X

[@julianjolly6098]

So true 👏👏👏👏🙏❤️

[@jill-ti7oe]

GOD Bless.

[@Gittface73]

Well said 👍

[@4960-j4p]

I wish this woman was in REFORM

[@Kimllg88]

WELL said, Katie! This is the spirit of Christmas XOXO

[@trevorcarpenter6678]

Well said and that's from a lefty

[@johnchristiananderson5242]

That would be agreat world ,I totally agree with you Katie.I do charity shows for dog compounds in Spain .To be sure that the money goes to the dogs food.I take the money and buy huge sacks of food for the dogs .That way I know the dogs benefit .I would do free shows for the charities but after years of experience I,m not sure where the money would be going.

[@difficultkunt4050]

We pay taxes on our taxes... then they tax that..😮

[@JacReganX]

Had to watch this twice because on first watch I was completely distracted by the dog rolling in fox wee in the back ground and then checking to see if Katie had noticed 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@pamelahunter8659]

Haven’t we just given 50 million quid to Syria? I think Starmer’s forgotten we exist.

[@marienaailes]

Keep up the good work!!

[@alisonbrown1841]

If self employed with held their taxes indefinitely, will help shut down parliment its paralised manufacturing to bring in digital currency prison.

[@BeraVisuals]

Dear Mrs Hopkins, unfortunately what you describe is also happening in other (European) countries. The total lack of accountability, the dismantling of post-World War II provisions that were built up by today's elderly, the many billions of euros of taxpayers' money that mysteriously disappear. The people and parliament look at it but seem powerless. And yet here lies the possible solution. Because what can a few thousand civil servants ultimately achieve against almost 80 million inhabitants of the UK? I hope that, through the special way in which you take your fellow countrymen with you, you may be an example in other countries, where people who feel unheard are given a strong voice again, in their quest for a fair society. A deep bow to you.