Mike Hales

@yesnik1966 @CarolineLucas Isn't the tax component and Subsidy the only thing you have a problem with tho? As price is what we'd pay, no matter what? Unless you think our Government could make the price cheaper, our main problem is the short sightedness of Thatcherism

Absolutely👍 you’re very welcome! Some have reposed it. I thought it was pretty self explanatory. In fact others have copied it and posted it too. Just for clarity it points out the extent of what we pay in the UK compared to other countries which I think is poignant when discussing energy costs. Given we are told we pay a global price for our energy.

A terrible decision, and one which will do huge damage to the Government's climate credentials. As Ed knows, this drilling won't lower bills, but instead it sends a clear message that Britain won't be a world leader on ending oil and gas exploitation

@yesnik1966 @CarolineLucas Ok be a prick, i was interested.

@halestwit @CarolineLucas

@yesnik1966 @CarolineLucas What is your point with this graph?

@CarolineLucas No lower bills will be reached by the abolition all green and renewable taxes paid through our energy bills. There is a cost of living crisis but you in your ivory tower won’t see that.

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@carlfhoward @ReemAmirIbrahim tax Burden in both Poland & Portugal is higher than UK, so it does seem strange choices, but I agree with the sentiment, I'd be happy to be taxed more for a better quality of living US is an outlier, because they have the market currency.

@halestwit @ReemAmirIbrahim For me I rather like Poland and Portugal although for work maybe the US

The state pension costs working-age Brits over £150 billion a year. Is it fair for young people to pay the highest tax burden in British history to fund every single pensioner? Especially when 25% are millionaires?

@seanathanp @AaronBastani It’s not environmental regulation (which is actually quite scrict now). China spent 15+ years building the entire solar & battery supply chain with massive state investment and cheap credit. The West outsourced manufacturing and focused on finance. Now we’re trying to rebuild it

@PepeMelTarts @ZoeJardiniere What by being self sufficient? All other options are expensive & won't pay us back, I would much rather push the agenda that will. It's just unfortunate we were not so committed to this year's ago. Then the Iran war wouldn't have cost us so much.

@halestwit @ZoeJardiniere Lovely. We’ll just be alone in committing suicide for the sake of Millibands ideologies

The best time to transition to a majority renewable national energy model was any time in the last couple of decades. The next best time is now.

@PepeMelTarts @ZoeJardiniere We could do, that would take longer and we'd barely extract anything, so I'd probably go with the wind turbines instead,

@halestwit @ZoeJardiniere They also commissioned 45 coal plants. Maybe we could do some of those too

@carlfhoward @ReemAmirIbrahim Do you have a country in mind?

@halestwit @ReemAmirIbrahim Not when tax levels are already so crazily high. If I were a young man today I'd emigrate to a serious country.

@PepeMelTarts @ZoeJardiniere China managed 17,000 last year, I would hope even with our slow infrastructure building we'd manage that well with in 14 years

@halestwit @ZoeJardiniere No. How long do you think it would take to build 10,000 windmills in this country?

@PepeMelTarts @ZoeJardiniere What about the time frame? Is it not a problem that best case it's gonna take 14 years, when we need the energy now?

@halestwit @ZoeJardiniere Everything we build costs a fortune. Wasting money on good things is better than wasting money on stupid things.

@carlfhoward @ReemAmirIbrahim Why? Do you not think they would benefit from an economy where more people can afford to live comfortably?

@halestwit @ReemAmirIbrahim So they can be excused from paying national insurance for 30+ years right or at least have it returned in full?

I met with the Prime Minister today and conveyed UNISON members’ priorities to him. We are clear about what we expect from Government: restoring the pay of public service workers, no more delays to the national care service, and an end to attacks on migrant workers.

Another fossil fuelled energy crisis is underway. The last time it happened the Conservatives' response was hugely expensive, and badly targeted. Labour has a chance to do this differently. We need to tackle the root causes not the symptoms. We need reform of the energy market. First, give North Sea operators a fixed, stable price for oil and gas - using the same mechanism that has been so successful for green energy projects - Contracts for Difference. Second, 'break the link' between global gas prices and the price we pay for our own green energy. Third, control the network operators by capping their profits in line with the retail cap. Set them at 2% instead of 40%. These are foreign owned, total monopoly businesses making extraordinary returns while failing to invest in our networks and jacking up our energy bills. These measures combined could halve our energy bills in normal times and right now help Britain weather the storm caused by Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war. And make us better protected from the next global fossil fuel crisis.

@TomPowell6742 @ZoeJardiniere It is an industry

@halestwit @ZoeJardiniere So… infrastructure, generation assets, electricity markets. Sounds suspiciously like an industry.

@carlfhoward @ReemAmirIbrahim I don't think the 2nd point gets her point, people who are Millionaires can live off of their wealth. Why should we fund them as well? Wouldn't everyone (especially poorer pensioners) benefit from that money going into our economy rather than a savings account?

@ReemAmirIbrahim Is it fair that taxpayers fund people who choose not to work or create imaginary health issues to claim PIP? I'd rather pay pensioners a living level of pension than fund an easy life for those who have never worked.

@CrownedNemesis @ZoeJardiniere You see the way China does it is mind blowing

@ZoeJardiniere So that means we need to double down on supply-side reform to get things built faster, right?

@TomPowell6742 @ZoeJardiniere In the construction and maintenance,

@ZoeJardiniere But how does one make make money from an infinate, renewable source? Come on Zoe.

@PepeMelTarts @ZoeJardiniere We have a massive Nuclear power plant being built in Hinckley it's been under construction since 2016 and isn't expected to be finished until 2030, the cost is potentially exceeding £45bn. Is that the answer to our problems?

@ZoeJardiniere Agree with you Zoe. Start working on nuclear today.

@GPCody60 @DouglasCarswell But when price of oil went up because of war in Ukraine, the war in Ukraine had everything to do with it according to Tories

@DouglasCarswell Yep, the high price of oil and gas caused by the Iran war has nothing to do with it, in Tory/Reform world.

Energy crisis? This, not Iran, is why.