Former Civil Servant, ex-publican. Views are my own. I follow a range of people because I want to hear a range of views. I refuse to be micro managed by Govt.
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This is gas we would buy from elsewhere and cause more environmental impact by transporting it here. It’s also going to make the country some money. In addition, to reject these benefits shows just how mad the environmental/net zero lobby is.
Sacha Lord clearlythinks that no-one in hospitality can see that his loyalty to Andy Burnham is more important than his supposed passion for hospitality.
I keep being asked if Hospitality is going to get a VAT reduction in the Budget.
Whilst I absolutely think we should, I just honestly can't see it.
The war in Iran has cost the UK billions.
I do think we will get a reduction in the near future, but right now, the moneys not there.
My guess is something to encourage employers to get NEETS into our sector...maybe around National Insurance.
MitreGary retweeted
Every single sentence in your post is untrue.
Labour’s 2002 ‘deal’ had very little long-term impact on migrants trying to sneak into the UK by lorry/container/vehicles. It simply moved from Sangette to other routes.
Between 2014-2019 55,000 came in that way — an underestimate since many came in undetected and disappeared into society. Unlike boat people, nearly all of whom are counted.
So it’s an obvious nonsense to say people weren’t being sent back because nobody was arriving. Tens of thousands were arriving.
They switched to small boats when major advances in technology, perimeter defence of lorry/container parks and detection made lorries etc too risky to take.
That’s why, from 2018 onwards, the small boat numbers grew fast.
Nothing to do with EU, Brexit, Dublin rules, fairy dust etc. Why do you peddle such falsehoods?
MitreGary retweeted
Build a business for 30 years.
Hand it to your kids.
Healey now wants 45%.
Not 24%.
45%.
A £1m family firm.
£450,000 to the Treasury.
Up from £240,000.
For passing it to your own children.
They'll call it closing a loophole.
I call it Labour stealing your life’s work.
So I’ve sold my short-term holiday let. Business rate increase, capital gains changes, the introduction of the tourist tax,a Licensing regime from 2027, quarterly digital accounts, potential net zero upgrades, and whatever else they dream up. It’s too uncomfortable to keep going.
MitreGary retweeted
🚨NEW: Britain is losing pubs at a rate of around one a day with almost 300 pubs closing in the first nine months of the year, taking 5000 jobs with them
[@Telegraph]
The social care tax is the way they are going to get around their commitment not to raise income tax.
Andy Burnham urged to raise income tax on over-40s to fund social care
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MitreGary retweeted
🚨 Labour came to power warning of a £22bn black hole.
Since then they have:
❌ Put taxes up by around £70bn
❌ Borrowed another £310bn
And now, after taking more of your money AND borrowing hundreds of billions more…
…there is apparently another £35bn black hole.
At what point do we admit the problem isn’t that Government doesn’t have enough money?
It’s that Government cannot control its spending.
You cannot tax your way to growth.
You cannot borrow your way out of overspending.
And taxpayers cannot keep being handed the bill.
Enough.
MitreGary retweeted
It looks as if President Trump and President Putin might have averted an imminent worldwide diesel crisis with its resultant catastrophic effects on our economy and living standards.
Russia are to release 300 000 tonnes of diesel immediately onto world markets with another 500 000 tonnes for November.
All this from the country we have been firing our Storm-shadow missiles at from Ukraine for the last 3 years and our leaders tell us are about to invade us at any moment.
Wake up people
BREAKING: Donald Trump has thanked Vladimir Putin for providing "the American and global marketplace" with '300,000 tons of diesel'.
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Completely ignores that the consumer cost of fuel is actually tax and he promotes a website so people can compare how much to pay for tax inflated fuel 🤦♂️….Burnham’s leadership is fucking embarrassing now and even dire hard Labour people must be cringing….
I know people are worried about fuel prices. And I get it. You get to the pump, watch the numbers climb, and wonder why it's costing so much more than it used to.
The reality is that global events are pushing up costs, and families here at home are feeling the impact.
But I won't accept that there's nothing I can do to help.
That's why from today, you'll be able to see petrol and diesel prices on Google Maps, compare nearby stations and find the cheapest option before you fill up.
It's a small change, but if there's a practical way to help people keep more money in their pocket, I'll do it.
MitreGary retweeted
EXCLUSIVE. Hampshires Police and Crime Commissioner just confirmed the Police response to the illegal migrant arrivals in Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour on Sunday cost over £200,000 to the taxpayer!
That doesn’t include ambulance, local council clean up, coastguard, coach and travel costs.
Disgusting. For 149 undocumented people. That’s before they get to their hotels with 3 meals a day
Honestly what a joke
MitreGary retweeted
Here are two career politicians who have never built a business that had to survive on its own. Their entire adult lives have been spent inside politics - drawing salaries, climbing political ladders, and spending other people’s money - without ever running a business, making a payroll, or answering to a customer who could simply walk away.
Jesus please save us from this twit.
You know that feeling when you book a flight for 50 quid and somehow it ends up costing 100?
Getting seats together, correcting a typo, another charge here and there, it all adds up.
When the cost of living is already squeezing people, those endless extras can feel relentless.
So we're changing the rules for you.
Parents won't need to pay a penny extra just to sit next to their own children.
You'll be able to fix any name errors on your booking free of charge.
And because the last thing you want once you're on the plane is more stress, we're working with the industry to make sure that disruptive passengers who have been banned from one airline can be banned from flying with other airlines too.
I know holidays are expensive and these are small things, but hopefully they'll make your trip just that little bit cheaper and easier.
That's exactly the kind of thing I want this government to keep on fixing.
Delusional. The tax take has increased massively from the huge increase in price that we pay for both energy and fuel, we’re getting £45 as a token cash back. It’s already been swallowed up by the increase to the price cap, which will increase further.
If the difference between a triple and a double lock is so small then why bother doing it….if it’s a huge reduction in pensions, then why is a socialist Govt doing it? There’s so much more to this than meets the eye.
For decades, these politicians have vastly increased housing demand with immigration, run down social housing to rely on private rentals and pushed private ownership. Now they attack property owners with Regulation after Regulation and tax after tax 🤷🏻♂️
