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@zerohedge reality of the cost ( & borrowings required) to fund a war will only come to weigh heavily of fiat currencies

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@LBC @stellacreasy stella creasy lacks any moral compass , no Western European country allows abortions ( ex in extremis) over 24wks !!!!

'The Handmaid's Tale was meant to be science-fiction, not a manifesto for a future government!' Although steps towards de-criminalising abortion have been taken, @stellacreasy warns people not to let their guard down, and keep fighting.

it is the declaration that the "world temperature" can even be calculated to 0.4deg that is so disingenuous. Frigging hell the @metoffice have even had to admit they extrapolate many of their "reading" so embarrassing they have even removed so records & banned FOI by @RaySand17710097

Adding sulfur dioxide to the atmosphere could reverse a 0.4 C of global warming, buying us time to develop technology to manage CO2 emissions cheaply and effectively. Listen now!

if we were being totally honest mass displays also happen in Muslim countries so it is a muslim cultural event however IMO it totally lacks respect & sensitivity to the host country where this is not part of our habit. Imagine mass prayers by christians in Saudi or Iran? no this is arrogant declaration by one religion in the full knowledge of their leaders of what they are doing @NJ_Timothy @Nigel_Farage

If they were a crowd of people donning the Union Jack flag, they’d be “Far Right”. This mass display of religious dominance is diversity though.

@John_Stepek @MerrynSW yes to dip no to blip - things can only get worse when the mkt drop 25% or more that is the dip !

@MerrynSW "Buy the dip!" could make a good campaign slogan

She has the worst luck with timing

@MartinDaubney @KemiBadenoch @NJ_Timothy yes i agree with every word , I just don't trust the Tory Party too many of the old guard still there but I do trust Reform

Have to say I thought @KemiBadenoch was excellent here - standing by her man @NJ_Timothy over the disgraceful calls for him to be fired by Starmer - and sticking up for the intrinsic British freedom to criticise Islam 👏🏻

@ArtUnturned @terriwin @SamanthaTaghoy @dshensmith genuinely believe the calibre of Labour MPs ( for this is their legislation ) is v low & lacks any moral compass @UKLabour

@terriwin @ThompsonRollo @SamanthaTaghoy @dshensmith Not just ignorance, but that they don't stop to wonder how an at home 'abortion' would even work. Do they think it's now legal to bash in the head of the newborn?

This is what a full-term baby looks like. The UK government looked into the eyes of sweet, innocent babies like this and decided to decriminalise their murder.

@MarioNawfal The Druze need protection just like the Yazidi did- remember what happened to them!

While Israel bombs Iran and Lebanon, they've also just bombed the Syrian military last night Not because they pose a threat to Israel, but because of their 'attacks on the Druze' This is getting out of hand...

@Artemisfornow & removal of jury trials closes the loop of govt control loop

Ah… remember we were told the new anti-Muslim hostility guidelines would not stifle free speech? I don’t think that’s true. Political speech and criticism of religion are among our most protected freedoms under UK law. Those legal protections still apply. BUT if even a Shadow Cabinet Minister can have serious official complaints raised against him for a tweet criticising a public event, imagine what happens to the average citizen at work, in private WhatsApp groups, or even in the pub. In my opinion this guidance will be used as a blasphemy law in all but name, and influential groups & institutions will use it exactly that way, to shut down criticism or comments about Islam, they don’t like. As anonymity on social media platforms is about to be scrapped, people will be terrified to voice real concerns and they will not have the protections of an MP. Be very worried.

Labour MPs when it comes to: Nick Timothy. Batley schoolteacher.

Public praying en masse in civic places & highways was not a feature of civil life in all of my life then suddenly one religious group decide to do so on frequent occasions not all around key dates - this is political statement wrapped up in religion, it is covert assertion of political aims of one community over others. It is not diversity or inclusive or integration! Nick Timothy & Nigel Farage have every right to point this out.

Yes - pensions payments are an unsustainable issue - 3 options - cap the govt general taxation level of future individuals payments to max £70k with individuals paying into SIPP once govt theoretical pot to fund the£70k is reached. Cut the size of the cs to fit a sustainable payout level. Use commercial annuity rate to calculate pension pot sizes & ban 25% tax free cash lump sum withdrawals

@ThompsonRollo @matthew_elliott Most of the cost is pensions. Unemployment benefits are a very small proportion of the £330bn

The Government will collect £331bn in income tax this year, and spend £333bn on welfare. In other words, we now spend more on people not working than we raise from those who do. And the cost? Debt per person has risen from £11.5k in 2000 (inflation adjusted) to over £41k today.

Given that govt taxes for a significant % of the cost of living via direct but also indirect taxation that need to be the first area to address, wage stagnation ( in the private sector) is driven by UK biz environment driving away job creator & too many imported workers + netting zero destroying 300k well paid oil gas & ancillary jobs & replacing them with low value low number solar panel technicians

@ThompsonRollo @matthew_elliott How about addressing long term stagnated wages and the soaring cost of living first?

@Fox_Claire You are always on the right side of the moral & common sense argument ! Always

I'm being named & shamed for my views on abortion. Let me be clear. Name away. But I won't be shamed for sincerely held views & trying to win arguments last night in Lords & more broadly in public for years. PS online version of putting opponents in stocks weakly avoids argument

@John_Stepek In my old business we paid for pay rises within budgets determined by what the customer would pay. In the public sector that statement can be shortened to “ we will give pay rises & the customer will pay”

UK wage inflation (quarter to Jan '26): Regular pay +3.8% y-o-y (previous 4.1%, revised down from 4.2%); +0.5% in real terms (using CPI) Pay w bonuses +3.9% y-o-y (previous 4.2%); +0.7% real Public sector 5.9% (7.2%); private 3.3% (3.4%) (both ex-bonuses)

@Osint613 Wow how naive is that guy - they had a fatwa but bizarrely also had an enrichment plant to enrich beyond civilian needs.

Tucker Carlson: “Was Iran on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon?” Joe Kent: “No, they weren’t. Not in June either. The Iranians have had a religious ruling, a fatwa, against developing a nuclear weapon since 2004. That’s public knowledge, and we had no intelligence suggesting it was being ignored or about to be lifted. The Iranians know the stakes in their region. Their strategy has been to maintain their nuclear program just enough, seeing what happened to Muammar Gaddafi in Libya when he gave up his nukes.”

What a pertinent observation & the police lied to get them banned !

@antoguerrera @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan @repubblica @NJ_Timothy @TRobinsonNewEra or perhaps the constant Palestine / gaza / hamas protesters arching & carrying provocative banners saying inflammatory chants is having an effect just not the one Khan wants! Democracy is being used by muslim block & it is only to be expected that pushback will come

.@MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan tells me and @repubblica his reaction to @NJ_Timothy’s words on Muslims’ praying as “act of domination”: “Until a few years ago I expected this sort of comments from the far right and @TRobinsonNewEra. Now these comments are mainstream both in @reformparty_uk and the @Conservatives. These guys are poundshop president @realDonaldTrump”