Robin Carter

@anon_opin Until they run out of money

Everyday people who genuinely care whether the country is in debt or not need to get over themselves. The truth is that the standard of living is much higher for most people when the government is spending money

@NeilRetail That's why Aldi is my go to. No faffing about with cards for fake discounts.

🇬🇧 Tesco and Sainsbury’s non-loyalty brand prices more expensive than Waitrose buff.ly/jmIhgNW

@fesshole Ooo, you have skin cancer oprations to look forward to in 20 years. That'll be nice for you..

I deliberately let the parting in my hair burn everytime I go on holiday so that about a week later I can spend a wonderful thirty minutes peeling huge plaques of skin off my head and through my hair

@fesshole If you get caught you will be banned from all Tescos so will never have to do thus last minute run again.

Wife hassled me into speeding to get to Tesco on time due to stupid English Sunday trading laws. I got a £100 speeding fine as a result. Is it Tesco's fault no. Am I shoplifting petty items and keeping a running tally to £100. Yes. Am I a common thief now, yes. Do I care - no.

@SeanClarke17595 @KathrynPorter26 @mwt2008 My new EV was cheaper than a new petrol equivalent, insurance the same, servicing less than half the petrol cost. From next week, when the new electric prices start, fuel will cost me £1 to drive 100 miles. In a petrol that would be about £15 at current prices You are out of date

@KathrynPorter26 @mwt2008 You should also factor in EV depreciation. EVs typically depreciate 40-50% of their ( more expensive) initial cost. Compared to around 35% for ICE vehicles. EVs typically 10-15% more expensive to insure also.

If you want to help bring down fuel costs for others, reduce demand. Oil is priced globally. More drilling here doesn’t stop price spikes. EVs and heat pumps already cut UK fossil fuel use by 14 million barrels in 2023. So the most effective thing you can do: Switch to an EV and / or a heat pump if you can. Every switch cuts demand, eases prices, and improves energy security. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. 🇬🇧#EV #HeatPump #CostOfLivingCrisis 🇬🇧

@JordanEVGuy It is common, and has been fir decades, if not centuries, fir it to snow in April in the UK.

But, but, climate change isn’t real. It snowed today. It’s almost April.

@anon_opin Remember BSE? How do we know that eating meat from animals that have eating humans would not result in illnesses being mutated and transmitted?

We should be able to donate our bodies to salmon farms when we die. We eat plenty of salmon. It's only fair that they should be able to eat us.

@MartinSLewis So if you earn £20 an hour, you have worked 1 afternoon just to pay for higher priced petrol.

@MartinSLewis I ran a shop, with my wife for 30 years. Look at costs over a period. Petrol my only be 2p a litre more in one garage over another, but if you buy 50 litres a week, that is over £50 a year, from income that has had tax and NI paid on it, you have had to earn £75 to pay the extra

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@anon_opin It was Aldi. Their whole business model is about efficiency.

The trend to put barcodes all around the packet is one of the few improvements to life over the last few years. I've no idea who started it but they should be proud. They've significantly reduced sources of minor irritation for billions of people every day. It adds up.

@BarbaraNice In Southport, the main shopping street has dozens of empty shops, including 2 large ex department stores. but the outlying areas, Birkdale, Ainsdale, Churchtown are all buzzing. Indi shops, bars and cafes. The centres need redeveloping with smaller units, lower rent and rates.

Results are in . X

@financedystop And ir was sold as liberating women from the drudgery of staying at home raising their family.

Double income was bad for families and good for government and property owners

@LeeHurstComic @LiamHalligan They said that in the 60s when the first Japanese motorbikes started to arrive. Where is the UK motorbike industry now?

@LiamHalligan I think once the Chinese EVs start bursting into flames with monotonous regularity, the shine will wear off.

💥📺 EXCLUSIVE "When The Facts Change" interview "Chinese invasion" will "kill off UK-based car-making," says leading automotive industry insider. The UK car market is "being subjected to an invasion of subsidised Chinese-made electric vehicles," says Tim Tozer, the former boss of Vauxhall UK. "Unless there is a rapid change in the net-zero regulatory regime, the UK's car-making industry will be killed off within five years", Tozer says. The UK automotive industry employs upwards of one million people. But last year, ultra-stringent net-zero rules – the so-called "ZEV-mandate" – drove car-making in Britain to a 73-year low. Leading automotive executive – AND trade unionists –are pleading with Labour to loosen Britain's uniquely strict rules on electric vehicles sales, so they reflect the reality of weak consumer demand. Otherwise, Britain's car-market will be totally dominated by heavily-subsidised EVs imported from China, "and UK car-making will cease" says Tozer – doing serious financial and socio-economic damage. Click below for FREE ACCESS to a no-holds barred discussion with one of Europe's most respected automotive industry insiders. Please like/share/subscribe – and support independent journalism youtube.com/watch?v=IKcD1H…

@JordanEVGuy Recently had a few days in Madrid. ICE cars are banned from the city centre, from the start of this year. Residents have a few months grace. The air was noticeably cleaner smelling. It has to be the way forward.

This will be VERY unpopular. This never gets a mentioned about becoming an EV driver. You don’t realise how bad exhaust fumes are. How bad they smell. How hard it is to breathe. Until you stop being around them. When you switch to an EV, something weird happens. At first, nothing. It just feels normal. Then one day you’re walking through a car park… Or sat behind an older diesel at the lights… Or someone starts their engine right next to you… Or simply drives past. And it hits you. That smell. That thick, dirty, oily exhaust smell. And you suddenly realise… This used to be constant. It was normal. And now it stinks. You can’t breathe. Every school run. Every traffic jam. Every petrol station. Every drive-through queue. We’ve just been conditioned to accept it. Once you’ve had even a short break from it, your tolerance drops massively. It’s like going from a smoky room into fresh air, and then being forced back inside. You notice it instantly. And it feels worse than you remember. That’s what people underestimate. Cleaner air isn’t just some invisible benefit. And once that happens, once you properly notice the difference, there’s no going back, and it will drive you mad.

@MartinSLewis I bought a cheap soap dish from B and M. £1. Plastic. It has ridges, to keep the soap out of watee, but also, the front curls over the edge, back into the sink, so when the wet soap is put in the dish, all water goes back into the sink.. no more soggy soap.

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@TfL What does it cost to use tfl to get to either Heathrow or Gatwick? Madrid city centre to the airport cist €4 each last month.

What's a niche fact about London transport that not many people know? 🤔

@LeeHurstComic @thesundaysport Or if they are on a fixed tariff.

@thesundaysport Their electricity prices will rise too so it will be short lived.

Worst thing about this war? The milk float mob are going to be fucking unbearable for the next few weeks.

@MartinSLewis It won't cause inflation though. According to Starmer, it was the Conservatives fault that inflation hit 11%, so with Labour in charge we will be fine.

Two depressing graphs to contrast where we are now with the conflict in the Middle East to the peak of the Russia Ukraine energy crisis. The first is the price of oil, which drives petrol costs, heating oil costs, and risks knock on inflationary costs including to food as the cost of transporring anything increases. This isn't too far from the peak of Russia Ukraine. The second is Natural Gas which is a main driver of UK electricity prices too. Here while it's doubled since the conflict started it is still, at the moment, far short of the Russia Ukraine peak. With both though, ultimately the height of the rise is only one factor, just as important is how long it lasts.

@AldiUK @BigArnesArmy We have noticed this too

@BigArnesArmy So sorry to hear about this! We will monitor this going forward for improvement. If you return the items packaging and/or receipt to store, they would be happy to provide a full refund!

Hey @AldiUK what is going on with your red boxes of tea bags lately? Every other one splits and leaves loose tea in the bottom of the mug and ruins the end of my brew! Your supplier needs to up its Quality Control 😡

@Budgiekiller @colinwalker79 So why doesn't the government insist all vehicles are fitted with Euro 6 engines, then in a few years our air will be cleaner than it has ever been.

@RobinTCarter @colinwalker79 The air that comes out of a Euro 6 engine is generally cleaning than the air that goes in. Modern engines are far better than before, especially when they’re so much cheaper.

Aberdeen City Council has announced that it is dropping its hydrogen double-decker bus fleet in favour of electric vehicles You can run from the laws of thermodynamics, but you can't hide bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…