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Nick Risdale

@NickRisdale

Bristol, England Katılım Temmuz 2011
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Jamie Kay
Jamie Kay@TheRealJamieKay·
Modern nationalism seems to involve wrapping yourself in the flag while complaining the country has collapsed every waking hour.
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Harry Eccles
Harry Eccles@Heccles94·
If you don’t think that Britain has a far right, then you are probably part of it.
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Nick Risdale
Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@justdavenow89 That’s not necessarily for the benefit of British, English speaking people.
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Just Dave now
Just Dave now@justdavenow89·
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.
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Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick@RobertJenrick·
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.
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Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@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.
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NetZeroTrader
NetZeroTrader@NetZeroTrader·
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.
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Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch·
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.
Javier Blas@JavierBlas

BREAKING: UK waives some Russian oil sanctions, allowing imports of diesel and jet fuel processed in third countries from Russian crude (most likely supply chain: imports of Indian refined products produced by processing Russian crude). gov.uk/government/pub…

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Nick Risdale
Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@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.
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NetZeroTrader
NetZeroTrader@NetZeroTrader·
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.
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Nick Risdale
Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@bencsmoke Do you have any images of a landlord wrapped in a flag? Asking for a friend.
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Ben Smoke
Ben Smoke@bencsmoke·
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!
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Ben Smoke
Ben Smoke@bencsmoke·
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.
Kirstie Allsopp@KirstieMAllsopp

Surprise, surprise @wesstreeting is on @BBCr4today bashing landlords. I’ve got news for you mate, we can’t have a “productive nation” without people having homes, so if you want to tax Landlords to hell, I’d build some alternative accommodation first ‘cos you’re going to need it.

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Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@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?
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William Russell Dunn
William Russell Dunn@William_Dunn·
@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.
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William Russell Dunn
William Russell Dunn@William_Dunn·
@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.
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NetZeroTrader
NetZeroTrader@NetZeroTrader·
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
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Christian JB
Christian JB@christianjbdev·
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.
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Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@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?
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Nick Risdale
Nick Risdale@NickRisdale·
@AdnanHussainMP Publicity stunt being milked for as much publicity as possible. They’ll be home soon.
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Adnan Hussain MP
Adnan Hussain MP@AdnanHussainMP·
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!
Haaretz.com@haaretzcom

Italy summoned its Israeli ambassador after far-right Minister Ben-Gvir posted a video showing Gaza flotilla activists bound and dragged in an Israeli port. Foreign Minister Sa'ar: Ben-Gvir is 'not the face of Israel.' | @JoshBreiner haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

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Fr⊕gレε†
Fr⊕gレε†@Froglet_602cc·
@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.
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A@mundialdelnano·
@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
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A@mundialdelnano·
@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?
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