Frugal Delusions

Estimates put total non-participation (registered non-voters + eligible but unregistered/missing from the rolls) at ~27–28 million adults. To say Labour won the majority at ~33% when ~27 million people sat out is disingenuous and deceptive of reality.

Appreciate the balanced take. My original post was pure frustration and head loss — not my finest. Norway nailed it from the 90s: stable rules + their Oil Fund is now for the green transition hedge against volatility. UK could’ve copied that early, but we’re too far gone. North Sea as a smart side hustle still helps cut import reliance and buffers price swings. Won’t drop bills overnight though, so focus must be renewables + nuclear. Painful for pockets short-term, but politicians on all sides move painfully slow.

@FrugalDelusions @PolitlcsUK I agree to an extent but i just feel the UK has zero patience for this. Norway is significantly richer than the UK to do this. I agree the north sea is a must but wont automatically give what people want straight away and thats lower prices. A new change doesnt solve this

🚨 WATCH: Donald Trump gives advice to Keir Starmer as 90 Labour MPs call for him to resign “I’ve told him from day one… open up your oil in the North Sea and get tough on immigration”

@42ERMorningstar @LShort84707 @PolitlcsUK You first?

@FrugalDelusions @LShort84707 @PolitlcsUK Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about cheese

@Nigel_Farage @DizzyLi4616536 You demanded a retraction from Habib. Where’s yours for the false police referral you and Zia ran on Rupert? Two-tier Nigel?

My lawyers have formally written to Ben Habib. They demanded an immediate apology and public retraction for the baseless allegations he made today. I do not take legal action often. But I will not accept slander & politically motivated smears after winning a national election.

Can't be having the locals fight back now, can they?

Norway got it right: stable policy on their North Sea fields built a $1.7T+ fund they’re now using for the green transition. Not saying this halves fuel prices or solves everything — it’s a hedge against global volatility and import shocks. The ‘corruption’ bit is mostly bad incentives from unstable policy. Smart, consistent rules = more investment + smoother transition.

@FrugalDelusions @PolitlcsUK No your wrong, do you think it comes at no price? Country would be even bigger debt opening it up and would take years to make it back. And in that time youd still be moaning. You honestly think prices would go down also? They wouldnt. Energy companies are corrupt.

Starmer’s path is the opposite of every successful turnaround. We’re choosing higher bills, open borders, and failure by design. Time to copy what works.

Countries facing worse problems turned it around: • El Salvador went from world’s murder capital to one of the safest via decisive enforcement. • Hungary sealed its borders and kept energy bills lower than most of Europe. • Italy slashed small boat arrivals with proper deals instead of blank cheques. The UK has the North Sea and political will. We just need leadership that actually wants results.

Trump’s advice was obvious: open the North Sea + get serious on immigration. Starmer had early NHS wins (waiting lists down 312k, extra appointments delivered) but abandoned them. Just signed another £660m France deal while returns stay tiny. Why?

@PolitlcsUK Starmer did deliver early: NHS waiting lists down 312k and hit the 2M extra appointments target. So why ditch the momentum? And the France deal? Just signed another £660m while returns stay tiny (hundreds back vs 21k crossings). Why keep paying for failure?

If Starmer had listened and opened the North Sea + got serious on immigration, we’d have lower fuel bills right now and less pressure on housing/welfare. Instead we’re paying premium prices for imported energy while the taxpayer foots the bill for record migration. Simple. Effective. Ignored.

@MaliceinOH @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 Okay bro.

@FrugalDelusions @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 Starmer got a little more than 18,000 votes, Trump got over 77,000,000

🚨NEWS: Keir Starmer has been told he MUST agree to resign at his 10am cabinet meeting today or face an open revolt from the Parliamentary Labour Party It's over He's finished

@Gabs2984741130 @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 It would be nice, but it still depends on what that new government does.

@FrugalDelusions @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 A new GE is really needed

@JohnCleese Maybe he is the good guy

Forgive me, but... ...Isn't this what the country wants ?

This is what communism looks like in the 21st century. I have just been denied entry to the UK in order to speak at the largest patriotic event in Europe. Starmer will be sued by me. Not the government, not the Home Office but Starmer personally. Once you lose the next election, communist, we’ll meet in court! Tommy @TRobinsonNewEra , this communist cannot silence millions, nor can he take away their right to vote! UNITE THE KINGDOM!

Well I voted — just not for this. I genuinely thought Labour would sort the NHS when they promised major reform last year, but it’s stagnated. Now we’ve got immigration out of control, hundreds of millions paid to France with nothing to show for it, taxes hammering small businesses and driving corporations away — it’s complete mayhem.

@FrugalDelusions @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 It still has nothing to do with it Labour got the seats needed to form a government if people didn't vote what legitimate reason do the have for complaining now. If they were so opposed to Starmer/Labour then they should have voted in the GE.

Rejoining the EU is not about growth. It is entirely ideological.

From time to time, I see this clip and I always make sure to share it because we can never let this one get put down the memory hole.

@barton76327 @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 This is what I mean by misleading.

@FrugalDelusions @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 Whybis it misleading we always vote for a 5 year term.

@TheRabbitHole Exactly. Bureaucrats chase budgets, not results. Elon’s open-accounting offer proved it — incentives beat blank checks.

The issue with bureaucrats is that they think money can magically solve any problem if enough of it is spent. It's usually not that simple.

@Pattyca33355681 @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 I meant the face of the snake rather than the head. The PM is just the front man. The real issue is the bloated, slow-moving body — the civil service — that’s weighing the whole system down and making progress almost impossible.

@FrugalDelusions @BasilTheGreat @chriscork89 The head of the snake has already been removed. If it hadn’t been, you wouldn’t be seeing Keir being removed. It works from the top down, not from the bottom up.