Bill Morris

@jollygandt @MartinSLewis "unctuous abhorrent individual"? If so he's the perfect leader of the modern Tory party, I'm not sure why he's given up wanting have the top job.

@MartinSLewis If it weren’t all so laughable it would be rather pathetic. Having gone to school with Gove in Aberdeen I know he’s always been an unctuous abhorrent individual

Wasn't expecting to read this today... "Fraser Nelson is to step down as editor of The Spectator. Michael Gove will succeed him."

@UKverifried @MartinSLewis Who cares? The printed media is in it's death throes. Disinformation finds it's audience in other ways in the modern world.

@Alexverycalm @IsabelOakeshott Of course she's read the article but she's picked the bit out that supports her prejudiced point of view.

@IsabelOakeshott Read the bloody article - idiot

‼️TRULY SHOCKING. The OBR has just declared that low paid migrant workers cost taxpayers £150k each and are an immediate drain on the public purse. What a monstrous lie we have been sold all these years about immigration being "good for the economy."

@Pietros1 @LlandaflambJohn @LeeAndersonMP_ The Dublin III Regulation enabled the UK to return some asylum seekers to EU Member States without considering their asylum claims. We could have negotiated something similar for prisoners if we were still EU members.

@LlandaflambJohn @LeeAndersonMP_ Deport foreign national prisoners. You forgot that option…

I have to be careful what I say. No I don't. Lunatics the pair of 'em.

@MrMatthewTodd @Peston "Why is the media allowing everything to be Murodochised."? Maybe because a large part of the media was owned by Rupert the Bear Murdoch and those he doesn't own all aspire to be like him. I like the expression Murdochised though.

Robert, it’s not personal, but why is anyone even talking about this? it’s meaningless fluff. We have really serious problems facing us. Why is the media allowing everything to be Murodochised and infantilised. We are being constantly treated like 5 year olds and it’s having an effect. Why arent you all focusing on this? standard.co.uk/news/uk/summer…

Keir Starmer’s explanation for why he removed Margaret Thatcher’s portrait - that he hates portraits of people staring at him while he is working - is so eccentric that it has to be true. Quite what it implies about his psychological makeup is somewhat pre-occupying me

@walte82627 @TitusCrow1 @Nigel_Farage "I may have an interest in politics personally, but these do not enter my classroom." Why do I find this so hard to believe?

How much more of this can we take?

@RichardBurgon Taking back control of the train operating companies is the easy bit and doesn't cost a lot of cash. Re-nationalising the rolling stock companies is the problem: 87% of the rolling stock on Britain's railways is owned by three companies, known as the ROSCOs.

Tonight in Parliament we passed the Bill to bring rail back into public ownership. This is the beginning of the end for the rip-off, privatised rail system. After decades of failure, it's great that we are going to get a rail system that puts the public before private profit!

@he1entweets @DavidGHFrost "dictate what folks choose"? That's a contradiction in terms. If the govt dictates, you don't have a choice but of course they're not doing that.

My daughter bought electric. She now dreads longer journeys having to spend so long at services recharging. She regrets it. It is not as if you can be rude when you get to a relatives and ask to charge on their domestic supply. I learnt from her. Electric is ok if you only ever do short journeys but who wants to be so restricted. I just bought a new fully petrol. Unbelievable that Government should be allowed to dictate what folks choose to drive.

"“The new car market is no longer a market, unfortunately. It’s a state-imposed supply chain.” So says the head of one of Britain's biggest car dealerships. The net zero ideology means that car manufacturers are selling to satisfy, not the consumer, but the government - always a route to disaster wherever it is tried. (And yes, my party is responsible for this law. It shows so clearly how net zero risks deforming a party that should stand for free markets, innovation, and the consumer.) telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

@PhilipWard9903 @DavidGHFrost You had your chance at the last election but you and the other 'grown-ups' didn't win.

@DavidGHFrost Net zero is a nonsense, time for the grown ups to call this out

@Al9524937988388 @DavidGHFrost The grid capacity is not so crucial when you produce electricity locally and it's consumed locally.

@DavidGHFrost What really concerns me is, if I remember the numbers correctly, that transportation is of the same order as the energy carried by the electricity grid. Do we even have the grid capacity to do this? If not, can we even build capacity in time?

@DavidGHFrost Every consumer has a vote and the majority of consumer/voters chose a Labour govt knowing that the net-zero policy would continue so what's the problem?

@Feargal_Sharkey @thameswater As a Brit living in the Netherlands where we still have publicly owned water companies, I can't understand why consumers don't just stop paying their water bills. Thames Water would go bust in no time and the govt would be forced to take it into public ownership. Call a strike!!

I hear the chairman of @thameswater is claiming that the water industry "deserves a fresh start". Stupidity or arrogance, you decide?

@Ferdinand641 @eddiemarsan How do you turn the Brexit disaster into a success? Just keep repeating the lie until everyone believes it.

@Ferdinand641 @eddiemarsan "Brexit has been a success, though it would have been a far greater one, but for remainers in the party sabotaging our Conservative government. " ???? Johnson threw all pro-EU members out of the party. There were no remainers left to sabotage the govt.

@PlasFron @ikeijeh @TimesRadio @reallorraine @hugorifkind It's the EU / non-EU split that's causing the problem. Schengen only applies once you are in the area. Everyone has to show their passport to get in.

@ikeijeh @TimesRadio @reallorraine @hugorifkind In recent years I have travelled to Spain regularly by air, and car/ferry without queues or problems. Worth noting, as UK was never part of the Schengen Area, we always had to produce our passports. These people are deranged.

“I’m fed up with going away to Europe and apologising…you feel embarrassed.” Lorraine Kelly says queues at passport control post-Brexit make her feel like a “untermensch.” @reallorraine | @HugoRifkind 📻 shorturl.at/XaS1r

@ikeijeh @TimesRadio @reallorraine @hugorifkind "shouldn't be allowed to fly?" She was surely not piloting the plane was she?

@TimesRadio @reallorraine @hugorifkind Frankly, people this dim shouldn't be allowed to fly.

@sksanglia @DavidGauke @MelJStride @OneNationCons I think you'll find that immigration troubled Sunak.

@DavidGauke @MelJStride Typical @OneNationCons blame the messenger for the problems they created, they are a bunch of liars, won elections base on reducing immigration & leaving the EU. they Ignored members & voters, former MP's like you tried to sell out the UK to EU, Sunak troubled immigration.

All the Tory leadership candidates should be following the lead of @MelJStride in calling out Farage.

@Moonwatche31415 @scottygb Which organisation do you get your news from now? Just curious.

@scottygb Defund the BBC. Financially I ditched that hideous organisation 6 years ago and will not allow it in my house under any circumstances. I have zero regrets.

A BBC news reporter stood outside the BBC on BBC Breakfast saying that the BBC had not responded to a request for comment from BBC News about a BBC presenter being axed from a BBC show.

@adsfisher @scottygb One person's siloed organisation is another person's collection of independent news teams.

@EdenGreg @MartinSLewis @labour I'm not sure what significance the closing of a coal-fired power station has to do with the price rises. Explain.

@MartinSLewis Crystal ball gazing Prices may drop significantly in April 2025? Maybe @labour may intervene (Doubtful) In September 2024 UK closing power Station in Nottinghamshire UK 🤔bbc.com/news/articles/…

NEWS. ENERGY PRICE CAP TO RISE 10% on 1 OCT. (pls share). Here's my instant briefing incl who it'll hit hardest, why govt needs change winter fuel payments, standing charges & WHAT TO DO NOW. First, here's the average Direct Debit Cap (it varies by region) ELEC - Standing charge 60.99p daily (from 60.12p) UP 1.4% - Unit charge: 24.5p per KwH (from 22.36p) UP 9.6% GAS - Standing charge: 31.66p daily (from 31.41p) UP 0.8% - Unit charge: 6.24p per KwH (from 5.48p) UP 14% Prices nearly double pre-crisis: This rise means this winter many will still be paying nearly double what they were pre-crisis. From 1 October, the vast majority of homes in England, Scotland & Wales will see costs jump 10% – so for every £100 you pay today, you’ll typically pay £110. To be more accurate, as most of the rise is on the unit rate not standing charge, higher users especially those with gas, will overall see their costs rise by more than 10% rise, lower users less. Govt must rethink Winter Fuel Payments or almost ALL pensioners will need to find £100s more than last winter. While energy will cost less than during last winter’s crisis time, the reduction in rates only equates to a drop of roughly £100 over the six winter months for a household with typical usage. Yet specific pensioner energy support has dropped by far more... Last year pensioner homes got up to £300 extra per household cost of living support - that’s gone, and its loss alone is far bigger than the saving made by slightly lower rates. Piling on top of that is the governments new decision to means-test Winter Fuel Payments, that will leave all except usually those who claim Pension Credit missing out on a further £200 - £300. While there's a strong argument for ending the universality of Winter Fuel payments, eligibility is being squeezed to too narrow a group. Those just above the thresholds will be hardest hit. I'm due to meet the Chancellor in a couple of weeks, and will then be urging her to look at methods to widen eligibility – such as to homes in council tax bands A to D – an imperfect but workable proxy for lower household incomes. People can and should save by switching: The cheapest year-long fixes on the market right now are about 7% LESS than the new October price cap, but they mightn’t be around long, That looks a good deal, as its currently predicted once rates go up they won’t come down. Don’t just jump on any fix though, if you’re going to lock-in you want to grab the cheapest for your use and location, so use a whole-of-market comparison, like MSE’s Cheap Energy Club, and find out who will let you fix for less. Alternatively deals like E.on Next’s Pledge, or EDF Ensure are effectively discounted trackers, where they move with the price cap, but the unit rates or standing charges are guaranteed to be lower. And for more sophisticated energy users the Octopus Agile and Tracker tariffs where prices move rapidly can be far cheaper. Consultation to reduce Standing Charges launched: The Standing Charge is a daily poll tax that means everyone with gas & electricity pays a minimum £338 a year even if they don’t use it. This moral hazard penalises lower users, often many who are vulnerable, and means they will face a proportionately larger rise. I've long called for change, so welcome today's long promised consultation on reducing standing charges today - though I'm slightly disappointed even the maximum proposed reduction is only £100/yr - but I'll hold judgement until I've read the consultation in full.