James B 🇬🇧

@DavidMcGregorBN @ElectoralCommUK Starmer bribed voters with lies at the general election "we won't raise Council Tax etc." ...in fact Labour binned their manifesto pledges and brought in others they never mentioned

Can the @ElectoralCommUK confirm if you’re allowed to threaten voters into voting for your party?

This is Labour's record... Since the General Election: Inflation is up Unemployment is up, at 10 year highs Youth unemployment is massively up Business closures up Deindustrialisation up Energy bills up even before Iran Gilt yields higher Government borrowing at record levels The benefits bill is now higher than income tax receipts And we have the highest tax burden since the 1940s Plus...under @Keir_Starmer... Two people with close links to pedophiles were promoted to high office His ex deputy is in hot water with HMRC One minister resigned because she turned out to be a literal criminal His anti corruption minister has been convicted overseas of corruption A homelessness minister had to resign over evicting tenants A heath minister resigned after hoping a constituent would die Another Labour MP resigned after punching a constituent in the face 6x A Labour MP was suspended after being arrested for sex offences The Business Secretary thought he was a solicitor when he wasn't His Chancellor seems extremely confused about her work history. She also failed to get a licence to rent her property Multiple ministers including the PM accepted gifts including clothes from donors despite earning more than double what most people earn The Attorney General has failed to act on conflicts of interest and supported baseless lawfare against British soldiers The Labour Welsh First Minister was forced to resign over so many allegations of corruption it's hard to know where to start typing them On top of all that there's the cronyism, firing officials without due process, and the Chinese spying case

@LindaR39 @soniasodha @geof24 @Keir_Starmer @labour I'm still waiting for my energy bill to come down. Starmer lied just to get elected. If he had plan, I've missed it. He cut Pensioner's fuel allowance when he said he wouldn't, then U-turned umpteen times on everything else he's done. The man's clueless and incompetent

@soniasodha @geof24 I’m 70 this year and @Keir_Starmer is one of the best PM’s in my lifetime. He & his govt have achieved a great deal in a short space of time despite the hostile media. We don’t all fall for their attempts to bring him down. They want @Labour gone regardless of leader.

Starmer is a v bad PM. Voters (understandably) really don’t like him. To claim switching PM would be disastrous for the UK is to claim to know better than voters which never ends well. There’s a *lot* Lab needs to do before next election but getting rid of PM is high on list.

@footballforfans @calculus52 @bbclaurak The local elections won't get rid of Starmer. He'll superglue himself to No10 first

@calculus52 @bbclaurak All political commentators were saying how much trouble Johnson was in. Starmer not out for himself? Of course he is hence u-turns etc, the man will do anything for a vote but what will ultimately finish him off is the terrible results at the locals caused by cost of living etc.

How dare @bbclaurak have a headline of "PM on the brink" how is that impartial? So sick of her and her cronies who give a free pass to reform whilst running down the government

@JohnCrookes7 Starmer honest? Like "we will not increase council tax, will will not increase National Insurance, energy bills will come down.The Chagos deal will cost £3.4 billion" and when he's not lying he's economical with the truth. The man's best talent is to avoid being completely honest

The fact that Sir Keir Starmer's opponents want him gone shows how much they fear his ongoing success will deny them the opportunity of being elected to government. His honesty and decency is a breath of fresh air and we are lucky to have him in charge.

@SurtseyAna @spennybig ...or contracted to the government for migrant housing at a bigger profit

@spennybig That makes no sense. The 1.7 million properties will still exist. They will be purchased by individuals or new letting companies.

I own an estate agency in hertfordshire, about 14 percent of our landlords have or are selling due to the negative tax and legislative environment. Assuming thats replicated nationally there will be 1.7million less properties for renters in a year, with no plan on replacement

A minimum wage of £15 would end my coffee shop, it would have to close, as would many other businesses. I’ll explain for the economically illiterate. Staff costs are currently half our costs, a £15 minimum wage is actually more than £15 an hour for the company, because you have to add: - 12.07% holiday - Sick pay - Maternity pay if and when required - National insurance - Pension contributions These costs would mean the shop loses money because remember, energy costs are up, rates are up, regulations are up. Now you can pass these costs onto the consumer - that would mean charging a lot more for coffee, people won’t pay it. The likes of Starbucks and Costa can, because they have economies of scale. The independent doesn’t. Now the little socialist will say well this is your fault, if you can’t run a business that can afford to pay its staff properly, but the little socialist has never run a business and does not understand the dynamics. Now I could pay some staff off and fill those hours myself or reduce us to one staff member during certain periods - but this proves the point that a minimum wage costs jobs. There was a time when these jobs were done by kids, perhaps on the weekend, paid a lower wage, no holiday and no silly employment rights. Perhaps they were even paid cash. The dynamic worked and small businesses like this could operate. It was also a great first job. Sadly now it isn’t worth employing entitlement youngsters at this level of pay. So alas, I don’t need the stress, the business would close, a number of jobs would be lost. Economics is about understanding these dynamics, no vibes. The cost of living is not solved through passing on inflation to the business, it is solved by ending high inflation and creating prosperity. This is what socialists don’t understand, they can’t create prosperity, they can only destroy it.

@redpillb0t So Bill Gates now wants to play god and redesign the cow! If that's not deranged I don't know what is ?

Bill Gates: “Cows make 6% of global emissions.” “You can either fix the cows, or make beef without the cow.” That’s the conversation now: not about farming, not about land use — but redesigning the cow itself.

@BennettArron It's not about intelligence, more to do with ideology, naivety, misinformed and lack of knowledge in economics and fiscal policy

They are saying that people who vote for The Green Party are not intelligent. That is unfair and not true. They are clever and have every right to vote for the Greens. And you should vote for them too. So remember, vote Green at these coming elections on Friday May 8th.

@tomhfh @CaddyKathl51230 Let's hope Artificial Intelligence can save us because Human Intelligence isn't doing it

This is how you save the high street. Not through punitively taxing online businesses, or extended parking gimmicks. But by allowing more people to actually live on the high st - finally making the shops beneath their feet more convenient than Amazon dot com.

There are Home Office staff facilitating the invasion of Britain. This is the man the Tories allowed to oversee their ‘deportation program’. A man who openly advocates for open borders. He, and others like him, will be escorted from the building the moment Reform wins power.

The Green Party has complained about this cartoon of Zack Polanski by the The Times. They’re deeply unhappy with it. Whatever you do, do not repost!

@profsked @jemmm85517813 ...but more homes for migrants. Tell me this government aren't fleecing us ?

There is a stampede by landlords to sell up before Labour’s Renters Act becomes law. Fewer houses mean higher rents and more homeless families. Another Labour triumph.

🚨Two UK pub chains axed along with 3,500 jobs amid rising taxes Whitbread, which owns both Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, plans to close all 197 of its restaurant sites. CEO Dominic Paul said the decision followed “significant cost increases”, which includes higher employer National Insurance contributions and business rates. Reeves' relentless pursuit of businesses' money is ruining our economy! Rachel Reeves is decimating business and jobs.

@fragmentshore @BurnsideWasTosh Plan failed, so deport the 10 million. Next bright idea ?

'We need immigration to pay the pensions!' (Import 10 million) 'You're not getting a pension!' telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions…

The world will have to deal with 43 million tons of decommissioned wind turbine blades by Net Zero in 2050. To put that in perspective, it’s the equivalent weight of 215,000 locomotives. These blades are made of high-strength composites designed to survive decades of brutal weather, and they are notoriously difficult to recycle. They were built to last, but they weren't built to disappear. Every turbine standing today will likely be decommissioned and replaced at least once before 2050. Without a cost-effective way to recycle fibre-reinforced polymers, the majority of these massive blades are destined for eternity - buried forever in turbine graveyards. China, Europe, and the US will account for the vast majority of this waste, creating a mountainous industrial heartache that many Net Zero models simply haven't priced in. But 43 million tons of purely composite blade waste every 20 years is a colossal physical reality.

@rowlsmanthorpe @Fox_Claire Gives a new meaning to "meals on wheels"

Milton Keynes has some new delivery robots. Bit of a change from the usual wheely suitcase type

@BurnsideWasTosh ...and many Labour MPs consider Rayner a good pick to be Prime Minister. What a load of gormless cretins we have in our government

Presumably Rayner shouted "I'm a socialist" when it came to settling up for her drinks which would have been followed by "you pay for them" if she hadn't walked into a closed door.

@7Kiwi @jemmm85517813 Use the old oil rigs to house migrants

Miliband and Reeves are driving one of our biggest and best companies out of the North Sea.

@CutMyTaxUK Companies will buy them and get government contracts to house migrants. It's a massive con-trick

Landlords are bailing out. New research shows that some 254,000 buy-to-let properties in Britain came on to the market in the year to the end of March. That's 700 a day & it's an increase of 28% over 2024. Taxing & regulating landlords out of the market will result in tenants paying higher rents. It's such an obvious point but many politicians refuse to understand it.