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The day I won twitter.
Thank you all for sticking with me during my mediocre burns, it has all led to this moment.
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And I do follow some right wing commentators, just not Darren Grimes et al because they are blatantly lying about objective reality in order to peddle their thoughts. Any genuine traditional conservatives are not still defending the current government.
What is the point of following anyone on Twitter…
…if the new Twitter algorithm won’t show you what they tweet?
But rather aggressively push you right-wing political content based on highly tenuous link of who you know who follows them?
Again - what’s the point of “Follow”?
This is why when talking about recession and natural decline, it is reasonable to say things could have been managed better.
...This shows UK productivity relative to those two peer economies...
🇫🇷In 2000 the UK’s productivity was 89% of France’s.
By 2010 it was 91%.
In 2021 it was 88%
🇩🇪In 2000 the UK’s productivity was 91% of Germany’s.
By 2010 it was 93%.
In 2021 it was 87%...11/
There are a stubborn core of activists who genuinely believe annoying people will change their minds. Anyone who supports these actions already agreed with the cause. Lazy and self-absorbed.
Activists with @JustStop_Oil have thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the national Gallery and glued themselves to the wall.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The action was dramatic but the picture was unscathed and is already back on display. The frame was damaged slightly, according to The National Gallery. Adding as context because people might believe the protesters damaged the painting. twitter.com/nationalgaller…
Yes, but honestly if anyone at the Adam Smith Institution had ever read any Adam Smith, they'd be a lot more rational in their policy recommendations.
RIP the European Research Group .RIP the Institute of Economic Affairs. RIP the Adam Smith Institute. RIP the Free Market Forum. RIP Lord David Frost and Allister Heath. RIP, in a few years time, Brexit. The long journey to a prosperous economy and sane polity can now begin.
After 12 years of spending cuts the line is now "vote Labour get austerity", deranged.
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After 12 years of spending cuts the line is now "vote Labour get austerity", deranged.
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Because they hate you. Well, that's not exactly true, but it's also not as untrue as you'd like it to be.
Your periodic reminder that John Redwood is a fellow at All Souls. He definitely knows that the Bank of England intervened to protect the value of the pound, but is choosing to pretend the small rally was a natural fluctuation.
When the pound briefly fell to $1.03 government critics said it showed the tax policy was wrong. Now the pound has rallied to $1.12 why don’t they see that as support for the tax policy which has not changed?
Okay, a nest of comments but this is solid gold 🤣🤣🤣
I was just saying earlier how you hadn't done that yet.
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Kwateng's former boss makes huge profits betting against UK bonds following the most irresponsible budget in my lifetime. Lucky guess for him?
reuters.com/business/finance…
Many Conservatives like Hutton are pretending the price of electricity hasn't gone up 215%, food up 30% post Brexit etc. Would be nice to see someone in goverment who believes running the country is their responsibility. #energycrisis mol.im/a/11164397 via @MailOnline
Very good evidence based analysis of NHS pressures, worth a read!
NHS waiting times are turning into a very serious problem. In the meantime while Tory leadership hopefuls compete over who hates queer pronouns the most, I urge you not to fall ill.
The NHS is under extreme pressure in the middle of summer.
It's not really being talked about.
Certainly politicians seem to be ignoring it and hoping it goes away.
Here's a thread on just what's happening.
Please share far and wide. This affects all of us.
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The wholsale cost of oil continues to fall, whilst prices at the pump remain stable or continue to rise. Government needs to intervene to prevent monopoly interests manipulating the prices, forcing ordinary people to pay for their yachts. #FuelPrices
And the highlight of the tax discussion thread for me 🤣. This is exactly on point, the Laffer curve is pure "doodled on a napkin" nonsense. Lowering corporation tax will self-evidently not increase the total tax paid by businesses.
The debate was subject to a vote. I won. Those voting came from the American Chamber of Commerce in Europe. They weren’t chosen for their left-of-centre credentials. I won because Laffer talks twaddle.
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This upgrade is not factored in by people who claim wind and solar are cheap. That is to say, wind and solar are cheap if you intend to use them as a supplementary power source. Nuclear power is low carbon and can be plugged into the existing grid.
54 Billion in grid upgrades necessary to accomodate wind power in the UK. I bet that didn't make it into the LCOE calculations. We are being fleeced.
"Wind and solar are a cheap way to make expensive electricity" @energybants
bbc.com/news/business-620852…
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Blink twice if you need help Nadine.
I’m not sure anyone actually doubted this, however, I am 💯 behind @BorisJohnson the PM who consistently gets all the big decisions right.