David Watson
10.8K posts
David Watson
@DavidW63
Views are my own. Weather enthusiast! Retweets do not mean endorsement. Democracy needs Proportional Representation #FBPPR
Katılım Haziran 2011
824 Takip Edilen427 Takipçiler
Reports 15 Labour MPs voted against the whip and 50 abstentions. Much higher than expected. Places Starmer directly in the danger zone regarding a formal leadership challenge (around 80 names needed).
English
@Lorna_TVeditor Love Attenborough but this hagiolatrous treatment is nauseating in the extreme made worse by rolling out the Kirsty Young Royal family state occasion treatment
English
Counting down to Sir David Attenborough's 100th!
🤗
BBC Press Office@bbcpress
You’re cordially invited to Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday bash at the Royal Albert Hall Kirsty Young presents David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth on Friday 8 May on #iPlayer and BBC One Full details ➡️ bbc.in/4vVTZaO
English
"No one votes the wrong way because they've had a pint of bitter or a glass of wine," says @jonsopel
"They're told by the whips if they are voting for, or voting against."
Alcohol for MPs in the House of Commons – yes or no?
thenewsagents.co.uk/article/should…
English
@DavidW63 @TraceyY10897 @keithand1957 We know from previous experiences with the Tories that politically targeted demonisation & scapegoating of ill & disabled people usually culminates in imposed cuts to their support.
English
I'm 63 years old. After working hard for many years, I now claim PIP as I am seriously ill and disabled, I also claim Universal Credit, since I am not yet eligible for a pension. I can tell you that no-one in my situation gets 50K per year, that's pure, inciteful, utter bullshit.
Lee Anderson MP@LeeAndersonMP_
Just throwing this one out there as I was asked this question earlier today. A couple both working with a combined income of £50,000 would pay £11,500 a year in income tax and national insurance, Another couple receiving £50,000 in benefits including Universal Credit, Personal Independent Payment, Housing Benefit, Income Support and Child Benefit would pay no income tax or national insurance, keeping the full £50,000. Should the non-working couple on £50,000 a year pay the same amount of income tax and national insurance as the working couple? Please leave a comment below.
English
@TraceyY10897 @keithand1957 @SueJonesSays … probably 3 disabled children with 2 disabled parents.
Anderson has done this deliberately.
English
@keithand1957 @SueJonesSays No they will not! In order to get £50k you will need to be disabled and have children
English
@bluesbreaker2 @MerrynSW To prevent the boats problem getting worse.
You think 662m saves the NHS … hmmm
English
It always amazes me that politicians don't just do something about the things people say over and over that they care about!
English
@bluesbreaker2 @MerrynSW Fewer arrivals this year?
Net immigration down to tens of thousands?
English
@MerrynSW Totally agree
Mandleson, Heating Allowances, Employees NI, etc would be irrelevant if Starmer had simply Stopped the Boats.
English
@MerrynSW Because what voters say isn’t always true?
They’ve been sold the line again and again that a life on benefits is both easy to get and more lucrative than low paid work. Neither is actually true.
English
@JamesMelville There is a big risk of market rates for renters rising steeply due to landlord costs rising. I don’t think banning rises will help but the concern for renters is very real.
English
She could also cut fuel duty on diesel and petrol. But she hasn’t.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering banning landlords from raising rent on private homes for a year due to the Iran War [@guardian]
English
@LupineLives Even without a rent cap a raise would be limited to market rates. I guess what Reeves is worried about is that market rates would rise steeply due to underlying landlord costs - which is probably true ….
English
So if you have to remortgage as landlord and your rate has gone up you as the landlord just eat the cost
Can’t see any second order consequences from that 🤔
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering banning landlords from raising rent on private homes for a year due to the Iran War [@guardian]
English
English
@DavidW63 @ShepherdWales @PolitlcsUK @guardian Subsidising a private tenant to rent my property for as many years as these 🤡s are in charge is a huge risk.
There are plenty of first time buyers trying to get on the ladder. Happy to help them.
English
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering banning landlords from raising rent on private homes for a year due to the Iran War
[@guardian]
English
@BStardAlan @ShepherdWales @PolitlcsUK @guardian Huge risk if you don’t find a buyer quickly or the sale drags on.
English
@DavidW63 @ShepherdWales @PolitlcsUK @guardian No, a certainty.
My bills are going up, my mortgage costs will increase when I have to renew, & I'm have zero interest in losing money because I'm subsidising private tenants.
So I'll sell.
English
@ShepherdWales @PolitlcsUK @guardian Yes, I suppose so .. but if the landlord was running that tight then they’d sell up.
Reeves should stay well out of rent controls. But she is far from the smartest…
English
English
English
@PolitlcsUK @guardian And what if they have to renew their mortgage and the rent doesn’t cover it?
Eviction?
English
@MatthewStadlen @MittensOff I doubt he is remotely popular with Reform voters. He has money though so Farage is happy enough.
English
This guy is utterly unfit for public office. He complains about threatening language and then uses it himself. Grotesque.
Zia Yusuf@ZiaYusufUK
Friendly note to Labour MPs ahead of the vote tomorrow to decide if Starmer should face an ethics probe: If you vote against it, Reform will carpet bomb your constituency to ensure all your constituents know you voted to save the most unpopular PM of all time. Vote wisely.
English
More people in crypto are starting to notice.
Cardano has real products, and it shows.
Explore what’s live ↓
English
@ZiaYusufUK Friendly…. Right.
When are you standing for election? Your arrogance is second to none.
English
Friendly note to Labour MPs ahead of the vote tomorrow to decide if Starmer should face an ethics probe:
If you vote against it, Reform will carpet bomb your constituency to ensure all your constituents know you voted to save the most unpopular PM of all time.
Vote wisely.
English
@Mumofone2009 @CountBiffa @PaganOrigin @LeeAndersonMP_ You understand Anderson’s scenario?
This would be a disabled couple with 3 disabled kids. Hardly a common scenario and certainly not ‘one’ person.
Stay healthy.
English
@CountBiffa @DavidW63 @PaganOrigin @LeeAndersonMP_ Not one person on benefits should be receiving £50,000.
Period!!
English
Just throwing this one out there as I was asked this question earlier today.
A couple both working with a combined income of £50,000 would pay £11,500 a year in income tax and national insurance,
Another couple receiving £50,000 in benefits including Universal Credit, Personal Independent Payment, Housing Benefit, Income Support and Child Benefit would pay no income tax or national insurance, keeping the full £50,000.
Should the non-working couple on £50,000 a year pay the same amount of income tax and national insurance as the working couple?
Please leave a comment below.
English