GDPzero
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GDPzero
@WillPinner
Supporting the ambitious drive to reduce UK GDP to zero until 2030 through taxation, politics of envy, & net zero
Starmtrooperland Katılım Mart 2015
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No one’s been more critical of Rachel Reeves than me. But fair play to her for giving it back.
Sun Politics@SunPolitics
"I LOVE OUR COUNTRY...AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IS GOOD MANNERS" Chancellor Rachel Reeves confronts an angry heckler moments ago in a petrol station in Leeds
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"I LOVE OUR COUNTRY...AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IS GOOD MANNERS"
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confronts an angry heckler moments ago in a petrol station in Leeds
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@trevgoes4th gov mandated “inflation”
First Squawk@FirstSquawk
BANK OF ENGLAND'S BAILEY SAYS FUEL TAX FREEZE COULD AFFECT UK HOUSEHOLDS' INFLATION VIEWS.
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@saminbelize @rich_rdctd I mean if it’s a national grid tbf it should be split equally (not complaining it’s lower for me rn) 🤣
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@WillPinner @rich_rdctd I think it's related to location - I'm in north wales so harder to keep infra working here.
There's probs a load of hidden costs in there too. I learned the other day we're paying for ppl who don't pay their bills too, apparently it's quite easy to give a fake name.
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Going to install 32kw batteries.
Because that's the only logical decision based on the incentive structure we have in the UK.
Rich@rich_rdctd
Over the weekend I had a couple of solar installers come to the house and design a system. Sadly, given the design of the house/roof, I cannot place panels on the truly south facing rear of the house, but instead the south west facing garage. Which is shaded. That aside, they specced out a 10 panel + 11.5kw battery system and quoted for the work. I took this quote and threw it into Claude to build a spreadsheet to calculate true IRR as their numbers are vastly over inflated. Turns out that solar in Scotland is utter garbage. IRR 15 years minimum. However, a battery only system, taking advantage of cheaper overnight rates is the true arbitrage. Anyone thinking of installing solar + battery in the UK, especially the north, give up. Just install batteries and perform some energy arbitrage of your own. If you run one or two electric cars the payback is even better and quicker.
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@saminbelize @rich_rdctd I don’t get the disparity logic at all. Should be no sc at all imo.
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@WillPinner @rich_rdctd Bargain standing charge where you are, mines 69p 😤
Have to export 10kwh to cover it!
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Clock Tower and old bank more important to Council Planner than 800 new homes.
“harm to the relevant designated heritage assets important to the area,” he concluded, noting that nearby buildings include a listed clock tower and a former HSBC bank.”
Idiotic bureaucracy.
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@rich_rdctd @saminbelize Yeah I think you’ll some rises, but on both peak and off peak / so the arb remains intact. I’ve looked at it but tbh I have Edf 5p/24p and just let 800w pis do the base load in the day down south. Avg unit price about 10p/kwh (ev inc). Small outlay but effective & Free on Sunday
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@WillPinner @saminbelize Agreed. This is best case scenario. I would expect it to average out over time as more people wise up and add storage capacity. But even then, I think that's a decade away.
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@saminbelize @rich_rdctd These investments are the buyers acceptance that the government will never deliver lower energy prices from green energy. I think your roi is safeish but I’d probably balance it with a pinch of salt that those off peak rates remain as more installs increase off peak demand.
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@rich_rdctd I don't blame you - I've got solar+battery too! It's just crazy we have to go to such lengths and all it does it take you back to the (still expensive!) prices of approx 2018!
At least we'll have some backup when the brown outs start I guess...
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@WillPinner No, it’s a widely reported (and usually pretty accurate) forecast. What’s your point?
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You’ll be hearing a lot of silly fuss about food price caps now. But note that the fall in inflation today is very largely about the fall in the price of household energy - which is a capped, government regulated price…
Office for National Statistics (ONS)@ONS
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.8% in the 12 months to April 2026, down from 3.3% in the 12 months to March 2026. Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/inflat…
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I've long been an advocate of HS2. But 2043 is not serious.
Construction started in 2020.
A quarter of a century to build 140miles of track is ludicrous. It's frankly embarrassing, and at this point inexcusable.
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Going to be hard to find a plumber if this carries on
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@stuartshakesby @alexanderrX_ There’s no demand to exploit - that’s the issue with socialism
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@alexanderrX_ Existing competitors stay in this country and expand to fulfil the demand left by the business that leavesm or someone else starts a business to exploit the demand that business leaving has left.
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All the top rate tax payers and businesses will have left the country by then…
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
HS2 could cost up to £102.7bn and first services could take until 2039 to start, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says bbc.in/4wtPPXU
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@iAyushiRajput @PolitlcsUK Funny how taxpayer funds are spent by councils to take down national flags - while simultaneously using taxpayer funds painting national flags on trains. localgov.co.uk/Councils-spend…
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@PolitlcsUK This is the most confident British rail livery since Network SouthEast. Proper national identity.
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🚨 NEW: The first Great British Railways train has been spotted
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