Bob George
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Bob George
@BobGeorge01
Thunderian. Engineer. Fear of bats.
Third Earth Katılım Mart 2015
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@DPJHodges If the markets really went into meltdown at the prospect of Reeves's departure, it'll be because they fear her replacement would be even worse.
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Seen a lot of people spinning the line "look at the financial markets. That shows they have confidence in Rachel Reeves!". OK. But if that's the metric you're using, they had greater confidence in Truss/Kwarteng and Sunak/Hunt than they do Starmer/Reeves.
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@Euro_toff @trussliz As a result of Brexit we've just received a 10% competitive edge over the EU in terms of exporting to the US...
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@trussliz JFC
One of the main selling points of Brexit was to get a free trade deal with the USA,why didn't you negotiate that instead of signing the worst trade deal in British history with Australia
Nutjob
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Britain should do a trade deal with the US. But do not underestimate how hard the globalist, pro-EU Whitehall Blob will fight it.
I saw this when I negotiated the UK-Australia free trade deal.
All kinds of objections were raised and delaying tactics were used by the Blob and their allies in the Cabinet.
Everything from threats to environment, animal welfare and the NHS were bandied about.
We got the deal done. None of the ludicrous predictions came true. Yet the carping in the legacy media continues.
Is Starmer up for the fight? Sadly, I doubt it.
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@DPJHodges Doesn't his move now give the UK the most competitive edge as an import provider to the US of any major economy?
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At what point are people going to realise it’s not an act. Donald Trump literally has gone mad.
The Economist@TheEconomist
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/4j8e0DG
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There’s a clear pattern with Trump’s polling now. Still a long way to go in his Presidency. But it exposes the fiction his early manic burst of activity is proving popular.
Larry Sabato@LarrySabato
NEW Quinnipiac Poll--Bad news for Trump. Approval down to 42% (53% disapprove). Disapproval high on economy (54%), federal workforce (54%), Ukraine-Russia (55%), trade w/Mexico (56%), trade w/Canada (58%). 62% think supporting Ukraine is in our national interest. poll.qu.edu/poll-release?r…
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@DPJHodges Starmer and his cabinet are obviously not up to the job and the economy will suffer
But labour deserves a chance to govern. Is there someone in the Labour Party with a vision that can make socialism and business grow together for the benefit of the country
If so who 🤔🤔🤔
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Labour MPs have begun discussing the removal of Keir Starmer > Mail Plus > dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…
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@DPJHodges @minnymoaner You need to look at their % margins, not their bottom line profit. That's what dictates whether they can afford a certain % increase in costs or not.
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@minnymoaner No, I don't. Perhaps you could explain it.
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Tesco: Profits £2.3 Billion. M&S: Profits £672 million. Sainsbuty: Profits £277 million. Asda: Profits £1.1 billion...
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford
EXCLUSIVE from @alexralph Britain's biggest retailers warn Rachel Reeves that NI rise will lead to shop closures, job losses, pay restraint and higher prices 79 retailers sign letter warning combination of NI rise, national minimum wage increase and packaging levies will damage high streets and hit customers Signatories include: Tesco M&S Sainsbury's Asda Morrisons Lidl Aldi Ocado Greggs Boots Holland & Barrett Specsavers JD Sports Decathlon Next H&M Primark Burberry LK Bennett Superdry Swarovski Reiss River Island B&Q Currys Screwfix Wickes Oliver Bonas Mamas & Papas Leon Majestic thetimes.com/article/6e6c93…
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@DPJHodges These figures are totally meaningless. You need to look at their % margins.
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@annemflfc @simongalcock Agricultural land wasn't worth much until it boomed in the past decade or two.
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Fifth generation farmer….
So….for nearly 150 years her family has paid zero tax…
She’s facing a tax bill of £1mio …..meaning overall assets of in excess of £6mio.
Pass me my tiniest violin
#BBCLauraK
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@DPJHodges Fair point, but I'm not sure that'll work all that well when the budget leads to mass capital flight instead of said benefits
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Or what you're actually doing is communicating you're taking tough choices at the start of the parliament to establish your fiscal credentials, and paving the way for the classic "we know it was hard, but it worked, now here are the benefits".
Dominic Cummings@Dominic2306
When your comms is 'this is so shit we'll never do it again', your budget is as shit as your comms
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@nurseybird1 @BethRigby @MailOnline @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour How about someone who is a shareholder in their own business, and grafts to make that business money for them to live off? Why aren't they "working people" just because they work for their own business instead of someone else's?
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@BethRigby @MailOnline I'm a landlord Beth. The money I now earn from rent isn't grafted for in the way it was when I did shifts. It's not hard to understand.
Nobody likes paying tax but my country's in a mess and I've got broader shoulders than some.
Just do good with it @Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
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You’re not working people Keir Starmer tells landlords and shareholders ahead of tax grab via @MailOnline
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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@FisherAndrew79 "Working people" is what they said, not "working class", and the problem is that your definition (which seems perfectly reasonable) doesn't seem to match Labour's (which doesn't).
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People who own enough capital to live off the proceeds are not working class.
People who have to sell their labour in order to live are working class.
It's not complicated.
Beth Rigby@BethRigby
You’re not working people Keir Starmer tells landlords and shareholders ahead of tax grab via @MailOnline dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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@SASR666 Well for example let's take an electrician who set up their own business, and works every day to generate income for the business, and gets their income by taking dividends from their business. Are they a working person? I'd say yes, but I'm not sure Labour agree.
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@RatherBeCyclin @Steven_Swinford Not really. That "subsidy" was more than offset by the subsidy of the state education system that parents who choose to send their kids to non-state schools still pay for through their taxes, but don't use.
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@Steven_Swinford It's really removing a dodgy exemption though, isn't it - that the rest of us were effectively subsidising. Seems fair.
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BREAKING:
Labour has announced that it will introduce 20% VAT on private school fees from 1st January, 2025
The fee will also apply to **pre-payment of fees**, which many private schools have offered parents as a potential way round the tax rises
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@ItsMatt_Again I agree, but I can't help but remember the BBC interviewing pensioners worriedly saying they were going to freeze to death next winter when Theresa May proposed this same policy in her 2017 manifesto. Where are those interviews now?
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@BladeoftheS Would Ukraine have been invaded if they had a nuclear deterrent?
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We could save £205bn by getting rid of our nukes.
All these countries don't have a nuclear deterrent.
Germany
Spain
Italy
Poland
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Netherlands
Denmark
Switzerland
Brazil
Argentina
Canada
Australia
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
Mexico
Belgium
Greece
Hungary
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@RichardHewison I'm sure many EU subjects have done just that. They still have the bottle caps.
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Attention #Brexiters !!!
Are YOU outranged by the new plastic attached lids on bottles?
Don’t be!
Your MEP can raise the issue for you and ensure your voice is heard on this vital matter - that’s what being part of the EU is all about!!
🤦🏻♂️ oh yeah - you got rid of that so the U.K. now has to accept whatever EU standards are imposed on us 🤣
#Brexit #BrexitHasFailed #RejoinEU
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@ArchRose90 Quite so. He knew the oath he would have to take when he stood for election as an MP. If he didn't want to take the oath he shouldn't have put himself forward for election to the commons.
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Delighted to see that following a complaint to the Clerk of the House of Commons, Labour MP Clive Lewis has been forced to retake his affirmation of allegiance.
The right decision, the attention seeking was juvenile and not what we should expect from an MP.
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@carolvorders @chooselove I'm confused Carol. On what are you basing the assumption that Foden, Pickford and Stones have zero immigrant ancestry?
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