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@ABridgen On a serious note. How's the potato business these days?

On a serious note - Electric vehicles cause far more road wear and tear than internal combustion engine cars. This is because they are considerably heavier due to the batteries than their ICE equivalents. Electric vehicles also produce more toxic particulates in the air due to heavier wear on the road surface , tyres and breaking system - again due to the extra weight. So much for EVs reducing city street air pollution - they don’t.

@elonmusk Can you add a Colin McRae mode?

Try Tesla self-driving!

@mr_james_c I guess 20million battery cars + house batteries are not included in your calculations

What a lot of negative responses to this fail to understand: - If you want a functioning society, your grid CANNOT fail - If you need a gas backup renewables for your grid, you need it to be able to cover 100% capacity. - If that is the case then your backup isn't "backup", it is the basis of your grid - So why not just build nuclear instead? Does away with emissions from gas plus unreliability of renewables.

@ZackPolanski They are using harsh language.

Trump has just held up a model of a B2 fighter plane and declared these are dropping the biggest bombs on Iran you’ll ever see. B2s are reportedly taking off from British bases. Keir Starmer must answer my simple question. Are these planes attacking Iran?

@UKLabour The £150 off the gas bill is being made up via general taxation instead. So will they cut services to pay the £150, or will they just increase taxes elsewhere?

The Labour Government is taking £150 off the cost of your energy bills. And we're taking the action needed to bring down bills for good by investing in homegrown energy so we don't remain at the mercy of international markets.

@LizKershawDJ Night rates will be higher still

A seriously ill loved one currently needs carers to help him stay out of hospital and in his own home. They are all wonderful. They tell me they are paid just £12.50/hour. I have asked the private company that supplies their services what they charge the #NHS. It's £29.50/hour. This is blatant profiteering by them and piss poor management of resourses by the #NHS

@SuzieWo20886208 You're going to shit yourself when you find out what's in a laptop or phone battery.

Buy Electric Car = Support Child Labour Exploitation = pollute the earth with one of the most toxic elements known to man - Lithium.

An electric car battery costs about 50% of the vehicle's value. So a £40,000 car has a £20,000 battery. After just a few years the battery is worthless, and so is the vehicle. It's not worth replacing it. That's why electric cars are not selling. Fact.

@AvonandsomerRob You fill up your ev every night with you get home. Or in the office Or at the supermarket Orr the car park Or off street So range is not an issue £10 a gallon is an issue

One of the things that puts me off getting an EV is that most vehicles seem to achieve much less than their claimed range in road tests. I've heard owners struggling to get 200 miles from a car with a published range of 300. Do EV owners find the same drawback in practice?

@willshome @OctopusEnergy @MarinaHyde @richardosman Use an octopus Mini

Why do @OctopusEnergy not employ meter readers? I pay a standing charge every month for the privilege of having a meter. I do not want or need a smart meter and cannot read it myself without risk to my safety. Come on @MarinaHyde and @richardosman - you flog them as the best!

@jeremycorbyn The lesson is, ignore the collaborator

I have tabled a Bill to require Parliamentary approval for the foreign use of British military bases. We must learn the lessons of the past — and stop our Prime Minister from dragging Britain into another catastrophic, illegal war.

@AvonandsomerRob Luddites and edge cases. The same as always when technology changes. There are still people who black & white TV licences. Remember DAB replacing am & fm radio

With an Octopus Energy EV tariff, you can charge your car with 250 miles of range for £6, using cheap overnight rates of 7p/kwh. That's around 275 miles per gallon of petrol, equivalent. Why is there still a resistance to Electric Vehicles?

@ZackPolanski Can you prove it?

There is only one nuclear armed state in the Middle East. It is Israel.

This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that the USA and Israel are rogue states. The UK must end our cosy relationship with the USA and our ongoing support for Israel.

@RobertJenrick She is a Man utd fan?

🚨Tomorrow at 8:30am I will be revealing on X a truly shocking scandal about Rachel Reeves. It’s appalling.

@FishwickDavid @NetflixUK The films are great. You can never get too much Rory Kinnear or Def Leopard in a film. Keep up the good work. Sir Dave?

Thank you for the kind words about my films @NetflixUK #BankofDave

@DrJoGrady Perhaps Mickey mouse courses would be a better description then.

There is no such thing as ‘dead end courses’. But after 14 years of Tory misrule we have an underfunded university sector, and a labour market that doesn’t deliver a decent income to anyone, including many graduates. Abolish fees, the system is broken.

@johnmcdonnellMP I guess destroying RAF jets is just a bit of a harmless prank. You Muppet

Please urge the government not to appeal the court decision today that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. We must uphold our centuries old tradition of the right to protest. Contact your local MP to ask them to speak out against the government proposal to appeal.