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@angusproud @implausibleblog …presumably buying even more houses - thus pushing the price of them up even further so a) even more people can’t afford their own and so b) having to pay even more exorbitant rents Landlordism is a drain on our economy.

@implausibleblog That's also £18 billion out of the pockets of 2.86 million landlords. Money that could be spent on....

Zack Polanski calls for rent controls, "If we froze rents in Autumn 2022 households would save £3,300 per year" "That's £18 billion of purchasing power back into pockets of people" "Money that could be spent on local businesses, buying a coffee on the way to work, or a few pints at the end of a hard week" "Instead, straight into landlords pockets" "Leaving our high streets hollowed out" "And our Green MP Carla Denyer has been raising the alarm on this scandal" "We need to bring in rent control" "We would stop the choke hold of rip off rents and bring life back into our communities"

@alanyouwanker @spectator Ignorant serfs like you, unquestionably parroting capitalist propaganda like this is why we have the country we do. But you’re WAY too intelligent to know this.

@spectator You mean to tell me that a communist can't do maths? Remarkable. Who'd have thought it?

So far, Polanski has risen to prominence on vibes, and an amiable personality, without troubling himself with much in the way of policy. As he attempts to turn his party into a real force – and persuade sceptical voters – he is finally fleshing out what he would actually like to do if he gets the keys to No. 10. ✍️ Matthew Lynn Article | spectator.com/article/the-gr…

@Join_OxVox Hi I don’t suppose this is being streamed for those of us out of the county? No worries if not 👍

Tonight’s #oufc fan forum is in the exhibition bar (downstairs SSU) from 7pm, please use the door on the right hand side as in the pic below. If you are driving, please remember to register your number plate upon arrival at reception to avoid parking charges.

@PoliticsJOE_UK The president of the United States has become that embarrassing uncle who doesn’t get invited to family gatherings.

Trump in front of the Japanese PM: Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

Amazon are partnering with Comic Relief to sell their red noses. Last year Comic Relief raised £34 million which is how much Jeff Bezos makes in six hours. Dig deep everyone.

Any minute now his industry colleagues from the Guardian, Times, BBC, Sky News, LBC and Channel 4 will express solidarity in the face Israel’s barbaric targeting of a journalist. Any minute now.

An illegal war waged by two countries the UK arms & supports B52s launched from British soil. Israeli jets built with British parts A UK economy still hooked on fossil fuels. We must end support for the war, cut fossil fuel addiction & support families facing this price shock

@FDForum @Manics My favourite album of theirs - and the reissue is even better.

📆[19/03/2001]| On This Day 25 years ago Manic Street Preachers released their sixth album Know Your Enemy. Chart Position: #2 #ManicStreetPreachers | @Manics | #KYE25

@Ali3nInvAd3r @BBCNewsnight @jfwduffield Oh god my mad uncle is back.

@BBCNewsnight @jfwduffield Convid 2.0

“I put him to bed with paracetamol and Nurofen and I went in in the morning and he was dead - it was that quick.” Author and poet Michael Rosen remembers the sudden death of his late son Eddie to Meningitis C in 1999. #Newsnight

@LBC Attacks that killed 70,000 Palestinians was fine but sure has gone too far now that they’ve hit a gas field.

Trump rages at Israeli attack on Iranian gas field as he demands no more strikes on energy sites lbc.co.uk/article/trump-…

@RupertLowe10 32,000 likes, 31,900 of which are from people who have no intention of going anywhere near a church until they die.

Britain is still a Christian country, and a Restore Britain Government will ensure it stays that way.

Something genuinely different happened in British politics today. Zack Polanski gave his first major economic speech as Green Party leader and it wasn't the usual vague gestures you get from other party leaders. It was a diagnosis and a plan. The diagnosis: privatisation, austerity and Brexit haven't just been bad policy choices, they've locked Britain into a structural trap. A "bond market doom loop" where financial markets constrain every government before it's even started. The plan ("Zackonomics") is built around ending rip-off Britain for the people who actually keep this country running: → Freeze energy bills now (£8.4bn, funded by the windfall tax) → Cap rents → Nationalise water → Scrap Right to Buy → Forgive student debt → Rejoin the Customs Union and eventually the EU Funded by making wealth pay its share: a wealth tax, equalising capital gains with income tax, and closing the loopholes that let the richest opt out. Is every detail nailed down? No. But this is what it looks like when a party leader actually tries to match the scale of the problem. Britain's economic settlement is broken. Someone finally said it. #Zackonomics x.com/TheGreenParty/…

@StewartWood This has tempered any such concerns I may have had.

Last night I entrered all the World Cup group games into my diary, & I think the biggest test of my continuing childhood insistence on watching every match will be most sorely tested by the Uzbekistan v Colombia fixture at 3am on Thursday 18th June.

Never have I seen any of the headbangers screaming about the so-called "benefits bill" talking about how much public money disappears into the pockets of the private sector, to rent back or subsidise assets that Thatcher sold them at bargain basement prices.

@theradgeygadgey @ZackPolanski It was a one-time only transfer of public assets to private individuals who now rent it back to the public for extreme profit. For every person who benefited from it thousands more lose out. So naturally the Green Party, full of people who want a more equal society, oppose it.

@ZackPolanski It’s the largest transfer of wealth to the working-class in history. So, naturally, the Green Party, full of comfortable middle-class activists, opposes it.

One in six private renters is now renting a former council home, often at extortionate rates – and often partly paid for by the government in the form of housing benefit. It's not just deeply unfair - it economically doesn't make any sense. standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

@LondonLabour @ZackPolanski Why did you delete this guys? Afraid your hypocrisy would be pointed out to you? And getting obsessive aren’t we? Anyone would think you’re worried about something..,

'I'm proud of the coalition's record' @ZackPolanski

@LindseyGrahamSC @POTUS Suck it up, buttercup.🇬🇧

Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake. The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure. The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America. I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.

Distracted by the slaughter of children in Iran & Lebanon? Me too! But what better time could there be for govt to quietly relaunch its Digital ID plan? Missed it? Me too! But look who’s celebrating… The director of ‘govt innovation’ at the Tony Blair Institute! 1/

@ukJ0N I presume you are not wealthy to the point where you avoid £600K tax (let alone earn that much)? So why would you in any way cheer this on? In what way do you think someone like this would ever want to help you out? And shame on labour/ anyone else aggressively avoiding tax too

This is gold – Richard Tice took on The Times' criticism of his tax affairs straight away in this morning's press conference, then exposed the real dodgy dealings: Labour's massive £30 million property portfolio with ZERO corporation tax paid in 25 years. Hypocrites caught red-handed! @TiceRichard #ReformUK

@TheEconomist Shut the fuck up you ridiculous cunts. Your idea of economics has us in more debt than anytime in history, our nation stripped of its assets, every penny of profit offshored and a handful of state subsidised billionaires controlling every aspect of our lives.