Werknemers in Nederland zullen enkele miljarden euro’s meer belasting betalen, terwijl huizenbezitters juist profiteren van een ruimere hypotheekrenteaftrek. Dat is het onverwachte gevolg van een belastingmaatregel die het kabinet in stand laat, ondanks een geschrapte verhoging van het eigen risico in de zorg.
The actor Sydney Sweeney is under fire for ‘sexualising women’s sports’ in an ad campaign for US sports prediction company Novig, which features a series of images of her in various states of undress as she pretends to play different sports. The ad has been widely criticised by a number of sportswomen, including Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus who described it as ‘infuriating’ and a ‘kick in the teeth’ to women who have ‘spent decades perfecting their craft’. Sweeney has responded by saying the ad was about ‘embracing a fun idea’. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian writer Elle Hunt
Continue reading...You can’t buy Dicky’s level of stupidity though it could be argued that Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo just have
Never in the field of British politics has so much been given to so many by so few. You’d have thought Nigel Farage would have wanted to explain Reform’s sudden windfall from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo himself. To bask in the glory of the donations from two down-to-earth, anti-establishment crypto billionaires. Men who know what it’s like to graft, who know the meaning of an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay.
There again, Nige is keen not to appear as a one-man band these days and he could do with some downtime to enjoy his own £5m handout. And besides, he’s got a police investigation into Reform party funding to worry about. Even so, it wasn’t the best of looks to send Richard Tice out on to the morning media round. Dicky may have his talents, but he keeps them well concealed. His main talent is the unfortunate ability to make Honest Bob Jenrick sound trustworthy. But he does always leave you guessing. Is he being wilfully stupid or is he naturally that half witted?
Continue reading...With Lula mired in scandal, Flávio Bolsonaro is firing up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbing
A giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morning breeze as his eldest son, Flávio, touched down at an airfield on the fringe of a city that will soon help decide the future of one of the biggest democracies on earth.
“Brazil is rudderless. Brazil has no president and Brazil needs a president – and that president is Flávio Bolsonaro,” the far-right senator declared as he waded into the flock of supporters who had gathered to welcome him to Juiz de Fora, one of the largest cities in the battleground state of Minas Gerais.
Continue reading...HEERENVEEN (ANP) - Schaatsster Jutta Leerdam komt dit seizoen niet in actie op de ijsbaan. Dat heeft de olympisch kampioene op de 1000 meter maandag bekendgemaakt via haar eigen YouTubekanaal. De 27-jarige Leerdam wil zich voorlopig richten op andere aspecten van haar leven.
"Één ding is zeker, jullie zullen mij niet zien schaatsen dit seizoen", zei Leerdam in de videoboodschap. Het woord 'pensioen' klinkt volgens Leerdam te definitief. "Ik heb een obsessie gehad met schaatsen. Het is een groot deel van wie ik ben. Het zou niet goed voelen om die deur volledig dicht te doen."