ANDREW NEIL: There's a bunch of clueless inadequates at the tiller mol.im/a/15665931 via @DailyMail
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Andrew Neil
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Andrew Neil
@afneil
Columnist for Daily Mail UK and MailOnline USA. @TimesRadio anchor. Former Chairman of The Spectator, Editor Sunday Times, BBC TV anchor, Chairman Sky TV
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ANDREW NEIL: We’re heading into what could be the greatest energy emergency ever with a bunch of clueless inadequates at the tiller mol.im/a/15665931
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Great line from @afneil in his article today...
"Put aside the ungracious thought that the concept of Rayner lecturing investors on the flaws of the OBR’s modelling methodology is the equivalent of me lecturing the Royal College of Surgeons on brain surgery."
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ANDREW NEIL: We're stuck in an oil and gas crisis - and there's a bunch of clueless inadequates at the tiller trib.al/Q8uqF42
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Oh yes. I am well known for my enthusiasm for aristocratic toffs.
Matty Smithy♿️🇬🇧🇪🇺@Matt247821
@afneil So you would want a aristocratic toff who would give free money to the billionaires whilst millions of working class and vulnerable people struggle to keep the lights on with hyperinflated energy bills? I would have thought you lot learnt Austerity kills by now.
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Then you should have no problem producing that record. Go on then.
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This is not good news given what will now happen to UK finances as a result of the war on Iran.
And perhaps we can have some silence from all those who piled to exaggerate the significance of January’s freak figures.
The UK borrowed a higher than expected £14.3bn in February. The shortfall between government spending and income was £2.2bn higher than in the same month a year ago and far above the £8.5bn forecast by economists polled by Reuters.
At a time of peril for nation’s finances it is frightening to have R Reeves as Chancellor.
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Just an everyday tale of infrastructure in the UK — how to spend £179m on not building a tunnel.
LBC@LBC
Stonehenge tunnel officially scrapped - after more than £179,000,000 spent on plan lbc.co.uk/article/stoneh…
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ANDREW NEIL: there’s a list of reasons as long as your arm why the NATO allies should not join Trump’s war
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Also the most backward. It assumes we must more closely align with the EU again because it remains a great economic success story when the reality is it’s a bloc in long-term, systemic and increasing decline. A mid-tech backwater which is nowhere in AI or any other major development of the digital economy (in which the UK is doing rather well). Labour’s strange, nostalgic, outdated obsession with Europe is reminiscent of the Old Tory Colonel Blimps and their longing to recreate the British Empire.
George Eaton@georgeeaton
Reeves says in her Mais lecture that “Brexit did deep damage” and that “our fate as a country is inescapably bound with that of Europe”, vowing to make the case for closer alignment. This is the most pro-European speech a cabinet minister has given since 2016.
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Well, if you now want to take the position that we’ve lost 8% of GDP growth in only the last five years (since formally leaving EU), be my guest. It’s an even more ludicrous proposition than claiming 8% loss since 2016.
KC@KCCantiaci
@afneil You keep putting up graphs from 2016 when we still had 4 more years of growth within the EU. Why? Cos it shows a better picture than the outright reality of Brexit! This is from the HoC showing our growth SINCE Brexit👇🏼
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@afneil should be required reading for those who want to retain an objective view on reality!
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So if Reeves’s claim that Brexit cost us 8% of GDP is correct it would mean we’d have grown four times more than Japan/Germany and almost twice France/Italy. Up there with Canada/US. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. In reality, even with Brexit, we were fastest growing European economy in G7. Just a tad more than France (with no Frexit).
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Another close run race in North Korea.
Open Source Intel@Osint613
BREAKING 🔴 Kim Jong-un wins North Korea’s parliamentary elections with 99.93% of the vote.
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There were 10 Americans in Battle of Britain. Not exactly a game-changer. They weren’t provided by America. They were just pro-Brit yanks. And we paid US oil companies fuel market price for that high octane fuel. No favours were involved.
Tom Bluderson III@TomBluderson3rd
America provided the high octane fuel used in the Battle of Britain. We also provided a small contingent of pilots. After the UK ran out of money (because of the costs around the Battle of Britain), the US switched to Lend-Lease in order to keep supplying the UK with food, weapons, fuel, etc...
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You want the NATO allies to join you in a war you started without ever consulting these allies about the war or explaining your war aims. We’re meant just to meekly fall in line.
You recently supported a US invasion of a NATO ally (Denmark/Greenland) but now you want these same allies to join your war.
Your president disparaged and misrepresented the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan. But now you want them to join with you again in a war of your making.
You went to war with Iran without a thought of how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and without involving your allies in the matter. But now you want the NATO allies to bail you out, even though there’s still no plan for Hormuz.
You want the NATO allies to join you in a war in which you still cannot articulate the endgame. Or what victory would look like.
You went to war thinking the Iranian regime would quickly topple, that Tehran would not attack the Gulf States or close Hormuz. Why would we align with such Epic Stupidity?
You and other know-nothing blowhards started this war all on your own. You can finish it on your own. If you’re able to …
Lindsey Graham@LindseyGrahamSC
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.
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Only way UK petrol could be cheaper would be if government tax didn’t account for 55% of every pound you spend on it! Your belief that even more government would make it cheaper is really rather quaint.
lwormald@lwormald
@afneil You’re being funny. US consumers are paying more for petroldespite massive US production. Only way UK oil could be cheap would be if fully nationalised!
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So if Reeves’s claim that Brexit cost us 8% of GDP is correct it would mean we’d have grown four times more than Japan/Germany and almost twice France/Italy. Up there with Canada/US. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.
In reality, even with Brexit, we were fastest growing European economy in G7. Just a tad more than France (with no Frexit).
Julian Jessop@julianHjessop
And here's headline GDP on the same basis (similar points apply)... 🤔
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