Nick Risdale

@DavidEbury @TheRealJamieKay I bet you’re a ‘St George was a Turk’ bore too.

@TheRealJamieKay A flag made in China no less

Modern nationalism seems to involve wrapping yourself in the flag while complaining the country has collapsed every waking hour.

@Heccles94 Whatever

If you don’t think that Britain has a far right, then you are probably part of it.

@justdavenow89 That’s not necessarily for the benefit of British, English speaking people.

English interpreting services are widely available in Spain. The Spanish government and private agencies provide or facilitate English interpreters for healthcare, legal, and administrative needs. In some regions, public hospitals even offer 24/7 telephone interpreting for non-Spanish speaking patients.

do the brits in spain learn spanish or do they just point and speak louder

@MirrorBreaking_ I literally burned my finger scrolling down.

Urgent heat alert for 5 UK areas with 'greater risk to life' warning - full list mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/h…

@AaronBastani @RobertJenrick Are we playing ‘let’s pretend to misunderstand very simple things’?

@RobertJenrick So immigration isn’t the issue any more, it’s that people leave?

246,000 Brits left last year. Net, 136,000 went. A city the size of Watford. Many are entrepreneurs, investors, small businesspeople. It’s the Starmer Exodus. Reform will Bring Brits Back.

@NetZeroTrader @LordHenrySmith @KemiBadenoch @grok Far enough, so banning new licences is a performative gesture policy. With maths this simple it’s odd that someone sensible and respected, in a position of authority, doesn’t just shut the debate down. If only we had someone sensible and respected in a position of authority.

The maths: breakeven ~$80/bbl. Past 15yr Brent averaged at ~$79. Pre-tax margin: -$1/bbl. The project loses money before a single penny of tax. Scrap the EPL entirely, drop from 78% to 40% …doesn't matter. You can't tax-cut your way out of a negative margin. On 2.9bn boe remaining reserves, this basin doesn't work at historical oil prices. That's the point.

After 18 months of “standing up to Putin” the Labour govt quietly issued a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined in third countries. Yesterday Labour MPs voted AGAINST UK oil and gas licences. We are now importing from Russia instead of drilling in the North Sea. Insane.

@NetZeroTrader @LordHenrySmith @KemiBadenoch @grok High costs and thin margins not helped by 80% tax rates. It’s an ideological position so morally good but economically bad. We need fossil fuels so it makes sense to increase domestic production and review the tax system. 40% of something is more than 80% of nothing.

The problem with “just remove the ban” is it assumes regulation is the primary constraint on North Sea production. It isn’t, the economics are the constraint. High costs, aging infrastructure, thin margins. Removing the ban won’t change any of that. It only a tool for politicians to rally the crowds for or against them. No depth.

@bencsmoke Do you have any images of a landlord wrapped in a flag? Asking for a friend.

find it funny when landlord shaggers say stuff like 'good luck finding places to live when the landlords go' like we live inside landlords and not in bricks and mortars houses that aren't going anywhere!

being a landlord is morally repugnant. remains a great social failure that we allow landlords to extort profit from working people for the luxury of 'having shelter'. they must be taxed into oblivion, releasing housing stock, bringing down prices + making living affordable.

@William_Dunn @AnjaliEwing @Bbmorg Taking the UK as an example, an elected national government can gain power with c30% of the vote. My MEP would have been voted in on a very low turnout representing a minuscule proportion of the electorate. Neither my MEP or I, had any say in EU council appointments. Sounds fair?

@AnjaliEwing @Bbmorg Democracy in the EU is built on a "dual legitimacy" model. Power doesn't just sit in Brussels; it flows directly from European citizens and their elected national governments.

Do you know anyone who has gained anything of substance from Brexit?

@William_Dunn @AnjaliEwing @Bbmorg So neither EU citizens nor MEP’s get to vote for the Council?

@AnjaliEwing @Bbmorg 1️⃣ The European Parliament is directly elected by EU citizens every 5 years. 2️⃣ The Council is made of ministers accountable to their own elected national parliaments.

@NetZeroTrader @LordHenrySmith @KemiBadenoch @grok In which case they won’t buy new licences. So why ban them?

@NickRisdale @LordHenrySmith @KemiBadenoch @grok The experts are not caring for British North Sea drilling though. They know that the econs don’t work.

@NetZeroTrader @LordHenrySmith @KemiBadenoch @grok Yet the government has decided to ban new licences. Surely, the viability of new projects is best left to the experts?

It’s simple why… North Sea project economics are genuinely poor right now. High operating costs, aging infrastructure, and thin margins mean new licences often don’t translate to new production. Operators in Aberdeen will tell you the same. Waving a licence around as a solution is political theatre. The energy security debate deserves more honesty than this

@socialdemrejoin @wincynufc @SullyDrummer @KemiBadenoch Supply and demand influences prices. North Sea oil and gas revenues are taxed at c80%. But most of all, if it’s actually unviable to drill new oil, why ban new drilling licenses?

@wincynufc @SullyDrummer @KemiBadenoch For what matey, 92% of it is gone. Would take us 5-10 years to start drilling and the oil would be sold by BP & Shell on international markets which wouldn't lower our energy prices.

@christianjbdev The best way to avoid being called racist is to never contradict a leftist.

You know, a really good way to not only avoid being called racist, but also to avoid being racist is to stop going on and on and on and on and on and on about race. I accept it’s not foolproof. But if you find yourself thinking about race 200x a day, seek medical help.

@Froglet_602cc @englishtoneb @Bbmorg Yea I definitely gave examples above. If you can’t navigate your way round a Twitter thread, do you really think you’re qualified to overturn a national referendum?

@NickRisdale @englishtoneb @Bbmorg No, you give no examples above. Only conclusion a reasonable person could reach is that you don’t actually have an example.

@AdnanHussainMP Publicity stunt being milked for as much publicity as possible. They’ll be home soon.

Will our government do the right thing for once and follow suit? Summon the Israeli ambassador, demand the release of these hostages, 14 of whom are British nationals!

@Froglet_602cc @englishtoneb @Bbmorg See comments above.

@NickRisdale @englishtoneb @Bbmorg I have zero desire to have a second (or a first) home in France. Truly. So try answering my question please. Two examples would so. I’ll wager you couldn’t actually name one.

@mundialdelnano @englishtoneb @Bbmorg Were there any other candidates?

@NickRisdale @englishtoneb @Bbmorg Of course they have a say 🤦🏻‍♀️ they voted against Ursula. Just turns out the majority of MEPs supported Ursula. Not very hard to understand

@mundialdelnano @englishtoneb @Bbmorg No expert, I just know that you and your MEP have absolutely no say in who heads the European Union. Glad you’re happy with it though.

@NickRisdale @englishtoneb @Bbmorg I would be very happy to learn. I have lived in the EU for 19 years & participated at several European Parliament simulation events, that copy the way the EP works (& even won one of them) I’m assuming you’re an expert?

@mundialdelnano @englishtoneb @Bbmorg I’m not convinced you understand how EU ‘democracy’ works. Glad you’re happy with it though.

@NickRisdale @englishtoneb @Bbmorg & voted against her