The Shires 🌸
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A family who can’t afford to feed their kids is not going to spend £200 going to a theme park. And what difference does a “saving” of less than £1.70 make on a £200 family outing? Trevor Philips ridicules’ Darren Jones’ defence of Labour’s absurd Government by gimmick policy.
The right needs to unite to defeat the dangers of the left. Country before party, Britain before ego. As a Tory, I’ve said I think the Tories should not have stood in Makerfield. Same goes for Restore. This is not any old election. It is a very specific one where the national interest should trump other considerations.
🚨 NEW: The first Makerfield by-election poll shows Andy Burnham will win the seat 🔴 LAB - 43% ➡️ REF - 40% 🇬🇧 RES - 7% 🟠 LD - 4% 🟢 GRN - 3% 🔵 CON - 2% ⚪ Other - 1% Via Survation, 369 sample, May 18-22
Amidst softer retail sales, ex fuel (-0.4% MoM) a sign in the tax receipt data of cracks emerging in consumer spending. Strong growth in VAT has started to slow, down to a 6m low of +5.7% YoY. One to watch as the UK consumer is throwing off mixed signals right now (a decent beat in confidence data also out this AM)
Morrisons planning to close 100 stores in next few months bbc.in/3PVOk4j
