BrightKnight

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” #Plato

@BladeoftheS And yet the right don't learn...

What Privatisation has done for you. Most expensive Energy in the world. Dirtest most expensive Water in Europe in England. Slowest most expensive Mail ever. Slowest most expensive Trains in Europe Least number of Hospital beds ever.

@BladeoftheS It's extraordinary how right-wing parties are all about short-term greed, which inevitably leads to long-term decline, corruption & debt.

The Norwegian Government has $2tn, the UK Government -$3.2tn. We had far more oil and gas than them. Of course they kept theirs and have a fortune, Margaret Thatcher sold ours and we have crippling debt.

@floboflo He promised closer ties before Labour were elected, and they won a massive majority - so he has a democratic mandate for it. But you won't accept that because you only pretend to care about democracy when you win.

If Keir Starmer goes against the will of the British people and takes us back into Europe then I am done with this country and joining my parents in Spain! Disgusting!!!!

@dailybritainonx Starmer promised closer ties before Labour were elected, and they won a massive majority - so he has a democratic mandate for it. But Brexiters won't accept that because they only pretend to care about democracy when they win.

Keir Starmer is pushing for deeper EU ties again amid global instability - is this common sense or a Brexit betrayal? 🇬🇧🇪🇺

@TrishHodkinson He promised closer ties before Labour were elected, and they won a massive majority - so he has a democratic mandate for it. But you won't accept that because you only pretend to care about democracy when you win.

How dare he. How dare he make closer ties with the EU when 17.4 million people voted to leave those very said ties. HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!

@dailybritainonx Very much so, yes. We need a wealth tax, higher corporation tax & reduced avoidance to pay for housing investment, improvements to education, reducing NHS waiting lists, sustainable energy, etc. Job creation follows, & therefore likely growth.

Would Zack make a good PM?

All those who say a wealth tax wouldn't work, here's a pretty comprehensive myth-buster, with examples of how smart taxation HAS worked already. Proposals are to tax on wealth over 10 MILLION QUID! Very reasonable! ⚖️ taxjustice.uk/blog/wealth-ta…. #WealthTax #TaxTheRich #TaxJustice

@ThePosieParker @EleanorHarding Evidence shows that raising taxes on the wealthiest has a negligible effect on numbers leaving or national income.

We have to accept that many people who have vast sums of wealth are both greedy and careful with money. They are probably a little exploitative and spend a lot of their time jet setting around, they can live elsewhere and still see their families more than some people who only live a few hours away. When you're rich everywhere is a first class flight away. Economics aren't moral or even just, but they have to work. If you discourage people who contribute the majority of our tax revenue to live here, whether you think they're nice people or not, they will leave. This makes the entire country poorer. Whether they're sociopaths doesn't alter what happens when taxes get too high.

Zack Polanski gets a standing ovation from the NEU in Brighton today after pledging to tax the rich to give more money to schools

And with more turbines & solar being installed, more efficient than ever before, even a light breeze on a cloudy day is generating significantly. With modern smart grids & interconnectors, we could even be exporting power soon on a regular basis. The future of energy is bright!

65% renewables. 35% dinosaurs. That’s roughly the grid mix. “But what happens at night when the wind isn’t blowing?” An line parrotted far too often, revealing ignorance. Simply, we use a mix of what’s needed; gas, nuclear, imports, sun, wind, storage. #renewables #energy

@masuzafi Funny how Piers didn't even seem to know that the UK is primarily a services economy!

"Tucker Confronts Piers Morgan: 'You Don’t Produce Anything!' on the UK’s Struggling Economy"

For all those parroting the last desperate argument against taxing the rich, here's my answer to the various false claims about millionaires leaving in droves & utterly rubbish trickle-down propaganda. Read and weep, rich-wannabe sycophants! share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1… #TaxTheRich

@AndyGuy67 @EleanorHarding Read. ‘Wealth taxes will cause the rich to flee’: 12 wealth tax myths debunked - Tax Justice UK share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1…

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding Are you taking the piss? Come on surely you’re more intelligent than to fall for this nonsense, or maybe not 🤦‍♂️

@coulson_elle @EleanorHarding Another parrot - are you all programmed at the same factory? Read. ‘Wealth taxes will cause the rich to flee’: 12 wealth tax myths debunked - Tax Justice UK share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1…

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding You've never built a business, employed folk have you... Wealthy and entrepreneurs have left in droves. They pay the vast bulk of taxes More leave, because they can, then far more for the mid level to pay in taxes, when already battered Don't you understand basic eceonomics

@Touitter5 @EleanorHarding Read this. ‘Wealth taxes will cause the rich to flee’: 12 wealth tax myths debunked - Tax Justice UK share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1…

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding They haven’t done it yet, BrightKnight. It would be worth trying to answer your own question in good faith 👍🏻

@ukshambles1984 @EleanorHarding Read and weep, rich-wannabe sycophants! ‘Wealth taxes will cause the rich to flee’: 12 wealth tax myths debunked - Tax Justice UK share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1…

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding Wow! Tell me you know fuck all about economics without telling me you know fuck all about economics 🤦🏼‍♂️

@sacheetah_uk @EleanorHarding Studied it actually! Read this. ‘Wealth taxes will cause the rich to flee’: 12 wealth tax myths debunked - Tax Justice UK share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1…

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding And another that has no idea how economics work. Voting on sound bites

@b_donc @EleanorHarding Very much have. Paid top rates too. Still care about others. Some of us are nice.

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding Never worked for yourself and generated your own income have you.

@ColinWright584 @EleanorHarding They aren't. Prove otherwise!

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding Because, Einstein, the high-earning, job-creating investors will leave in droves (they already are) and these teachers with their massive pay rises will become the rich ones. Turkeys voting for Xmas. And these people are educating our kids. Frightening naivety.

@MNov1986 @EleanorHarding Read and weep, rich-wannabe sycophants! ‘Wealth taxes will cause the rich to flee’: 12 wealth tax myths debunked - Tax Justice UK share.google/wREXK9x7DBQsL1…

@BrightKnight15 @EleanorHarding "Obvious choice"! 😂 All I look forward to is the harsh realisation of people like you having to think "what on earth have we done?" if they ever got into power. When there's hyperinflation, food shortages, collapse of everything you know, I'll have zero sympathy for you.