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@JohnSwinney The issue in Scotland is tax keeps going up, income tax and council tax the main culprits. This is SNP controlled. We are paying out way too much on benefits across the board whilst those who work for a living get zero help. Bet none of that is in the manifesto John?

Bills keep going up, food prices are extortionate and people need urgent support. While the UK government is not lifting a finger, the SNP will act. Tomorrow I will launch our manifesto focused on supporting people with the cost of living, full of ambition for Scotland.

@narindertweets Blame Ed Miliband and his insane net zero nonsense. We fire him and things get instantly better.

This is dreadful. We need to rejoin the EU yesterday.

@GMacdonaldSNP Because of the SNP and Labour doing all they can to destroy oil and gas in the UK. It needs to stop.

Scotland is a major oil producer yet Petrol stations have been forced to close after running out of fuel. With shortages in Dundee, across Fife, South Queensferry and North Ayrshire. Why are Norwegian drivers not facing the same empty pump crisis? news.stv.tv/scotland/petro…

@DeborahMeaden You do know that solar panels are made from crude oil , not directly but no crude no solar panels.

Nicely put…

@SBurke10 @wesstreeting @zubirahmed Not one in Tesco is called an Easter Egg or advertised as such. They used to be. Our kids aren’t allowed to celebrate Christmas but encouraged to participate in Eid whatever that is.

@Marco_79 @wesstreeting @zubirahmed Not been to Tesco's then there are lots of Easter eggs there?! But then you seem to be prone to exaggeration or is if delusion.

It would be nice if all the people outraged by Muslim prayers in Trafalgar Square shared this wonderful post about the Passion in the square today. On my way to church this afternoon, I saw local rabbis in Gants Hill and Muslims going for Friday prayers. This is 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

@StephenFlynnSNP Bit of gas lighting there Stephen, did you not vote against drilling in the North Sea only a week ago. Labour and the SNP are both both bad for Scotland.

Grangemouth produced jet fuel for all of Scotland. The UK Government let it shut. Surely people are realising that outsourcing jobs, investment, emissions and energy security leaves us weaker, not stronger. Scotland’s resources should be controlled by Scotland.

@Euan4Falkirk @IanMurrayMP Let’s get at the truth here. UK industry can’t compete with foreign competitors due to sky high energy prices and taxes. This is right across the board , energy, chemicals and manufacturing. This is on Labour but they are blind to it. Sack Miliband.

A devastating day for 115 workers in our community. Only days after the SNP once again sent a majority of their scheme's taxpayer funding to China when bids to buy from Falkirk were blocked.

@macnahgalla @nats_tired There is no way on earth I’m voting Labour. As much as I hate the SNP they are worse.

This is the first Tactical Voting advice for constituency’s in the May Scottish election that I have seen. I’m sharing it but not endorsing it! Personally, I will be voting as per this advice, however, my list vote will be with Reform.

@SteveAkehurst @PaulJSweeney Three basic things, tax revenue from the still millions of barrels left in the North Sea. Thousands of well paid jobs being lost with no real replacement and the tax revenue they bring in. Finally the gas for heat and power in this country , security of supply.

Two basic things that used to be uncontroversial: - the vast majority of North Sea oil is sold abroad, so cannot meaningfully contribute to UK energy security - gas and oil prices are set internationally, what’s left in the North Sea is too small to move it

@PaulJSweeney It’s an absolute joke Paul. I have never felt so far away from the Government of the UK. If I had the means and circumstances I would leave the UK. Milliband is driving us into economic despair. Only hope which seems likely is that Labour will get kicked out asap.

This is a massive breakthrough for the industrial development of wind turbine manufacturing in Scotland. Nacelles are the most complex and high value elements of wind turbines. They have never been made in the UK before. It's a huge coup that they will now be made in Scotland.

@SwampDredger @BellaWallerstei Maybe read some books on tax revenue and security of supply.

@BellaWallerstei Maybe read some books to understand the North Sea petrochemical licences and how oil is bought and sold.

Up to 7 billion barrels of oil and gas still lie beneath the North Sea yet Britain stands idle. Recent weeks have once again shown the UK is dangerously vulnerable and energy independence isn’t optional. This week the government must lift the North Sea ban

Rosebank and Jackdaw could both be supplying heat and light to millions of homes and British businesses by the end of this year. But they are stuck in limbo because Ed Miliband refuses to act in our national interest. He’s inflicting an act of economic self harm on our country.

@johnredwood There won’t be the will in that Cobra meeting to do what you suggest. They are weak and incompetent and can’t see what is right in front of them. In honesty the Tories weren’t much better before them.

The Cobra crisis meeting needs to end the Bank of England sale of bonds in the market at big losses. Target help with fuel bills on the lowest paid. End net zero energy policies that are self harm. Rejig farm subsidies to promote food growing and lift the farm tax.

@RobertJenrick Nothing more dumb other than calling yourself dumb.

Britain has paid Norway over £100 billion for gas since 2021. For gas they’re drilling in the North Sea, the same sea Ed Miliband has banned new drilling in on the British side. Madness.

@Anniepop2027 @BBCNews You have no idea what you’re talking about. North Sea oil is all about tax revenue. If we drill for oil and gas the gas can fuel homes, if we didn’t close refineries we could make our own fuel, the increased tax revenue could be used to help homes and business with energy costs.

North Sea Oil was sold off by the Tories and is sold on the open global oil market so it would NOT be cheaper. Helen Whately calls it “our own gas” no it isn’t Helen .. your party sold it off for a fraction of its worth. Stop misleading the public @BBCNews

Iran’s strike last night on the Ras Laffan facility in Qatar is a significant escalation. It risks a prolonged supply crunch on the global LNG market. Yet here at home, the Chancellor says all countries must play their part in boosting oil and gas production - while her own Energy Secretary bans new drilling in the North Sea. Ed Miliband’s position is untenable. Those desperate to shut down our own industry will say it takes too long to get our own wells up and running. They argue it won’t make a difference to the current crisis. This is bogus. By autumn, Jackdaw could be producing enough gas to heat 1.6 million homes. All of it will go into our pipes. The approval has been sat on Ed Miliband’s desk for months. If the conflict is not resolved, we will be in for difficult times. Turning our backs on the tax revenue and extra supply from the North Sea is inexcusable. However, so too is Ed Miliband’s other mistake. He has spent the last two years making electricity expensive, when he should have been making it cheaper. If you want people to use electricity to heat their homes or drive their cars, we need to address the biggest problem we have - our electricity is too expensive. Our Cheap Power plan could have been adopted by the Government by now to cut everyone’s electricity bills by 20%. Expensive electricity has stopped consumers from adopting technology which gives them options in energy price spikes. We also need to cherish our industrial power. The crippling Carbon Taxes - which have doubled because of Labour’s policies - mean we lost a third of our refineries last year alone. That makes us more reliant on imports at the worst moment. In the longer term, renewables tie us to gas as we always need flexible power that we can ramp up when the wind stops blowing. Yet Labour’s plan means that gas power gets four times more expensive. The Government must reinstate my plans for a third large-scale nuclear plant. That’s why our Energy Resilience Strategy is as follows: BACK THE NORTH SEA MAKE ELECTRICITY CHEAP STOP IMPOSING CRIPPLING CARBON TAXES ON INDUSTRY DOUBLE DOWN ON NUCLEAR

@EdConwaySky You are talking shit mate, did you get this from Miliband? Look at Norway in the same basin. We haven’t looked to the west yet. Energy costs could be drastically reduced using tax revenues from oil and gas without crippling the industry.

📽️ From Donald Trump to Britain's wind power trade body, there's a growing coalition calling for more drilling in the North Sea. Raising the question: if we DID encourage more exploration, how much oil & gas could we actually get? Our MEGA primer on the North Sea👇 Ps it's longer than usual, but it turns out this topic has SO MANY misconceptions. Time to put some of them right. Let me know what you think

@Keir_Starmer What did you do for the people in the Grangemouth refinery and what are you currently doing about the mass job losses in the North Sea oil industry. Madness given the current state of the world. This is a gas lighting post.

Last year, the future of British Steel was on the line. Scunthorpe’s steel furnaces were hours away from shutting down. I couldn’t let thousands of people lose their jobs. So we saved British Steel. Time and again, people want to write off Britain’s workers. The Tories did it again and again. My Labour government will never leave workers behind. We’re investing in British steelmaking across our country – so we can make more of our own steel here at home.

@nahidulislam404 Great post

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