Nick JPThrough1

@GlobeEyeNews As a human race, we don't really get on very well, do we.

@PeterMcCormack The @TheGreenParty headed by @ZackPolanski, are fierce advocates of 'Modern Monetary Theory' (MMT), where taxes don’t actually fund anything. So how are their much publicised and lefty popular billionaire taxes going to help us non-billionares?

Why does the Green Party not answer questions on economics?

@KemiBadenoch ChatGPT is benchmarked at 87% accurate. @RachelReevesMP is more like 8.7% accurate...and that's pushing it. She's created an economic climate that's devastated our business.

This is a Spring Statement written by Chat-GPT…

@renewablesmiffy @ReaperSteven @BBCPolitics Your figures are close to official data, but they're for England only, not UK.

@BBCPolitics A reminder for the angry folk here “Solar Farms are killing U.K. Farming” U.K. land use 63.1% farming 20.1% woodland, water and open land 8.7% development 4.9% residential gardens 1.3% residential 1% golf courses 0.2% solar farms

More solar farms on the way after record renewables auction bbc.in/4qnKxsV

But not, apparently, anything to do with these two.

Somehow, I don't believe a word of what you say. Can't think why!!!! ...when the highlight is tariffs on whisky halved.

@moving_charlie Depends on owner's vision and effort. When we first moved in the garden was just rough grass surrounded by chicken wire.

When did we lose our way so badly?

That’s not quite right. Court delays are a real issue, but they’re not automatically “over a year”, times vary a lot by area and priority cases are faster. If a landlord regains possession to sell, they don’t have to prove the house actually sold, only that selling was the genuine intention. The 12-month re-letting restriction is to stop abuse of the system, not to force homes to sit empty. If circumstances genuinely change, that can be explained. Double council tax is a local authority policy, not automatic or nationwide, and many councils give exemptions during sale or renovation. There is more risk than before, but it’s often being overstated online. The aim is to stop no-fault evictions, not trap landlords with empty homes.

@JPThrough1 @moving_charlie But the court waited is likely to be over a year and then if the house doesn’t sell they have to keep it empty for 12 months before they can re-let it with all the double council tax and other costs. It’s risky.

Comes into effect on 1 May. Many landlords getting their S21 eviction notices in before it’s too late.

Property investments in pension portfolios may need to be fire saled after death tax is imposed on pensions in 2027. That's because commercial property is an illiquid asset that often takes years to sell, whereas HMRC demands payment of IHT within 6 months of death, or charges 8% interest. More than 55,000 savers have commercial property in their self-invested personal pensions (Sipps), according to FCA data. 8,500 contain property investments with multiple owners, even more difficult to sell. Yet another reason why Rachel's new death taxes should be scrapped.

I doubt he has made it up. There is substantiated evidence, primarily from animal-welfare organisations, watchdog reporting, and inquiry records, that: Hunts and packs of hounds have caused disturbance in rural communities, including entering gardens and public spaces. Pets and other animals have been chased or distressed by hounds. Complaints from rural residents have been recorded, and some inquiries have noted these as genuine sources of distress. Illegal hunting still appears in incident reports, although prosecutions are uncommon. Sources: The League, GOV. UK, Yahoo News UK

@SEANLWOODCOCK Utter codswallop. You made all that up! Publish the original correspondence from your correspondents so that we can judge for ourselves. Not holding my breath.

The main complaints I have received about hunting are from people in rural areas sick of pets being killed, gardens wrecked and kids terrified as horses chase a fox down their street. I've also heard from villagers of hounds being left to drown in rivers. #EndTrailHunting

@PeterMcCormack A devil you know....

It is time for Keir Starmer to step down. He has failed and he can't recover. It would be the only honourable thing he can do.

For the blood pressure

This is what you claimed: "We are about to have 5 consecutive quarters of growth for the first time in over a decade." Between Q4 2015 and Q3 2019 UK had 16 consective quarters of growth. Between Q2 2021 and Q1 2023 the UK had 8 consective quarters of growth. ons.gov.uk/economy/grossd… You haven't a clue what you're talking about.

@JPThrough1 @StevenJonMiller See below. This has not happened for over a decade. You not being able able to understand the data and it relevance that Chat GTP has given you is not my problem, it's yours. x.com/Jaydee_Old_Boy…

⚠️BREAKING: Britain slips down wealth rankings as Reeves' tax hikes hold back economy. Britain will slip from 19th to 21st in a league table of gross domestic product (GDP) per head in 2026. Source: The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).

@Jaydee_Old_Boy @StevenJonMiller Point me to the ONS growth data that shows Q4 2025, with the link.

@JPThrough1 @StevenJonMiller This is from he ONS...? You haven Q4 is clearly a projection - do you not how these things work? Are you new to this?

@Clainy6 @highamnoone @PeterMcCormack So in short, it was a few years of severe (advised) austerity, followed by a gradual softening, and then total abandonment by 2020. Not 14 years.

Here's why. I'd recommend reading when you're sober: The atmosphere after the 2008–09 crash was one of deep fiscal anxiety. The UK’s budget deficit was about 10% of GDP, one of the highest among developed countries. Public debt had doubled in just a few years. The Eurozone debt crisis (especially Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain) was unfolding, markets were punishing governments with high borrowing. There was genuine fear that the UK could be next if it didn’t show “fiscal discipline.” Credit rating agencies were issuing warnings, and the public mood, shaped by comparisons with households “tightening their belts”, supported the idea of cutting back. Why it seemed prudent: Avoiding a crisis of confidence The Coalition argued that showing seriousness about debt would reassure investors and keep borrowing costs low. This was plausible at the time, given what was happening in southern Europe. Political credibility: After Labour’s long incumbency, the Conservatives framed austerity as “cleaning up the mess”. It resonated strongly with voters and financial institutions. Economic orthodoxy of the time: Many international institutions, the IMF, OECD, and even the European Commission, initially supported fiscal consolidation, believing that credible plans to reduce debt would boost business confidence and growth. Fear of rising interest rates: It was not yet obvious that the era of ultra-low global interest rates would persist. Policymakers worried that higher debt could make the UK vulnerable if rates rose. WITH HINDSIGHT, a few things became clearer: The UK’s borrowing costs stayed extremely low, showing markets weren’t losing confidence. The recovery was weaker than expected, implying that cuts had reduced demand. The IMF and others later admitted that fiscal multipliers were larger than they thought, meaning austerity hurt growth more than expected. TIMELINE 2010–2012: “Full austerity mode” The Coalition (Cameron–Osborne) launched the Emergency Budget (June 2010) and Spending Review (2010), cutting departmental budgets by up to 25% in real terms. The goal: eliminate the structural deficit by 2015. Result: GDP growth stalled in 2011–12; the UK narrowly avoided a “double-dip” recession. Despite signs the recovery was faltering, the government held firm, arguing that staying the course was essential for credibility. This was the period of strictest austerity. 2013–2015 Quiet softening. By 2013, it was clear growth had been weaker than forecast, and criticism was mounting from: The IMF, which warned the UK was “playing with fire” by cutting too fast. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which found that austerity had knocked several points off GDP. Osborne didn’t publicly reverse course, that would have undermined his credibility, but in practice: The pace of spending cuts slowed. Public investment crept up again (e.g. infrastructure). The deficit reduction timetable was pushed back, from 2015 to the end of the decade. So while rhetoric stayed “fiscally tough,” policy quietly became more flexible. Economists sometimes call this the “austerity pause.” 2016–2019: Post-Osborne moderation: After Brexit and Osborne’s departure, Philip Hammond, as Chancellor, explicitly abandoned the goal of a budget surplus by 2020. Fiscal rules were loosened; small stimulus measures were introduced. However, no major reversal of earlier cuts, public sector pay caps, welfare restrictions, and local government cuts largely remained. In essence, austerity stopped tightening further, but the deep cuts made earlier were not undone. 2020 onward: COVID and the end of austerity: When the pandemic hit, fiscal orthodoxy was dropped entirely: Massive government borrowing and spending returned (furlough scheme, health funding, business support). The Treasury explicitly said “this is not the time for austerity.” This marked a clear break with the previous decade, but it took a global crisis to make it politically acceptable.

There is a Boxing Day slump because people are broke. People are broke because of government decisions. This isn’t hard.

I'm all for tradition, Andrew, but not when it involves deriving enjoyment out of seeing an animal chased to exhaustion, in sheer terror, and then ripped apart whilst alive in a manner akin to the most depraved human beings on this planet. As a lifelong Conservative voter, you're not endearing yourself to my vote in a few years time. "Trail hunting is not simply misused, it is structurally unsound. Its reliance on intent makes enforcement ineffective, allowing illegal hunting to be concealed behind claims of accident. At the same time, the practice inevitably places hounds in environments where foxes and other animals are present, making unintended chases entirely foreseeable. A system that cannot prevent deliberate abuse and cannot prevent predictable harm is not a credible animal-welfare safeguard."

Great to see the largest turnout that I can ever recall for the Boxing Day hunt meet in Kirdford this morning. The countryside has been under relentless attack from this out-of-touch Government. As a rural MP and a Conservative I will always back Britain’s traditions.

@Clainy6 @highamnoone @PeterMcCormack The first for starters.

@highamnoone @PeterMcCormack Tell me one thing above that is not correct. I'm quite happy to help you understand facts. We will start off by you explaining to me where I mentioned. ' sums ' When you say, ERM, ERM. Then that's when I will call you a thick cunt !!

🥀 DEVASTATING news - but sadly, no surprise. New figures from Indeed show UK job adverts have fallen by 12.3%. That’s by far the worst drop in the G7. Rachel Reeves has wrecked the economy - and working people are paying the price.

For the blood pressure