Thursday, 17 July 2025

Rachel Reeves Declares: The Air Will No Longer Be Free

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London, UK – 17 July 2025 – Amidst growing concerns over a £22 billion deficit in the UK economy, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a bold and unconventional fiscal policy: taxing the very air we breathe.

After dismissing an early proposal to impose a windfall tax on individuals named Eric—a personal vendetta stemming from a particularly unpleasant encounter with a Royal Navy officer a decade ago—Reeves took inspiration from humanity’s most taken-for-granted resource: oxygen.

“People go around inhaling like they own the atmosphere,” Reeves reportedly said. “It’s a government excuse for taxes.

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