@sharrond62 We don’t have “our own” oil or gas. The Tories privatised North Sea energy reserves.
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Jeremy Hoad
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Jeremy Hoad
@jeremyhoad
Community campaigner and independent candidate in Levenshulme for the local elections.
Manchester Katılım Aralık 2009
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I find it impossible to understand why we buy oil from Norway, now Russia again, when we have our own, which would create tax revenue, growth & jobs?
Ben Obese-Jecty MP@BenObeseJecty
Overnight the Government has sneaked out an announcement that they have lifted sanctions on Russian diesel and aviation fuel if processed in a third country. They’re also now permitting Liquified National Gas to come to the UK direct from Russia. Incredible that for all their rhetoric about the war in Ukraine Labour is now allowing Russia to benefit from oil revenue, undoing sanctions that go all the way back to the invasion of Crimea in 2014. I never had them pegged as Putin appeasers. This Government is a disgrace.
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Neil’s narrator adds:
Since the Brexit referendum the UK economy has grown faster than Germany, France and Italy, which are all still in the EU. So much for the Brexit drag.
The higher inflation, higher interest rates and poor fiscal position are overwhelmingly the result of the economic policies of previous Tory governments, exacerbated by the current Labour one, which continued to borrow too much, tax too much, spend too much. Hence the UK’s high gilt yields. Brexit didn’t even have a walk on role.
Ben Judah@b_judah
To summarise my point: Brexit has led to lower growth and higher inflation, thus a worse fiscal position, necessitating higher interest rates and creating more expensive gilts than we otherwise would have had worsening our gap compared to France since 2020. To summarise @afneil point: the worsening gap with France is purely Truss and Reeves and unlinked to Brexit. Make your own mind up!
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People who want to rejoin EU should be honest about what the terms would be:
- Join Schengen borderless zone
- Join euro
- No budget rebate, so even bigger payments
Alex Wickham@alexwickham
Both Andy Burnham and now Wes Streeting have called for the UK to rejoin the EU Burnham at conference last year: “I want to rejoin the EU.” Streeting today says the same It could be a controversial policy in the Makerfield by-election. It voted 65% Leave in 2016
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@ToryVote_ How’s Brexit going?
It’s a disaster caused by the Tories’ incompetence. It could never work.
PS I never voted to leave the EU. Only 27% of the population ever did.
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We voted to leave.
Labour haven’t learned a thing.
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🚨 BREAKING: Wes Streeting calls for the Government to rejoin the EU "Leaving the EU was a catastrophic mistake"
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Free the political prisoners in Britain!
DogeDesigner@cb_doge
The UK has become a prison island.
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@lukerobertblack No, you only voted “leave” once in the EU referendum a decade ago. The UK left. Brexit was completely done. A decade later and it is obvious that it has been a disaster and has made us poorer and weaker with less control and influence.
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I voted to leave several times.
I voted in 2015 - Conservative
I voted in 2016 - Vote Leave
I voted in 2017 - Conservative
I voted in 2019 - Conservative
I voted again in 2019 - Conservative
I voted to leave 5 times.
Honour my vote Wes
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Wes Streeting calls for the Government to rejoin the EU "Leaving the EU was a catastrophic mistake"
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@4721em I don't speak Albanian and he has giant angel wings. Calm down, dear.
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#Eurovision
#albania
He's in a giant spangled blankie while his huge faced Mother watches him. It's all a bit Soviet in feel. And she's on the stage. I think he's dead so she can wait all she wants, he's not coming back. It's deeply symbolic and completely meaningless.
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Personal update:
I was planning on taking a couple of days off over the next month.
Given the news, I will instead be dedicating myself to helping the Reform candidate for Makerfield end Andy Burnham’s career and accelerate an early general election.
Will be fun!
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#Eurovision
#austria
Very effective staging. He's charismatic. Tinfoil animal masks. The song is a bit meh.
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#Eurovision
#romania
It's the Ikea rope light woman. The song is about mental health. I think she'd feel better if she stopped shouting and screeching so much. Operatic again. Just stop. Choke me? No.
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#Eurovision
#norway
This deserves to win. It's fun, they're clearly having fun, and it's catchy. It is actually a recognisable song that you could sing along to and remember. And he has his top off!
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#Eurovision
#italy
The first topless man of the evening and it lasts about three seconds as he gets dressed to prepare to get married to a woman. Who cares?
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#Eurovision
#cyprus
She's unpleasantly shiny. One for straight dads. Boring. "You want more?" No, I don't.
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#Eurovision
#sweden
Take off the mask, dear. It just looks stupid. We've done Covid. This is full euro-techno twaddle. Having a lyric "I'm a disaster" is inadvisable. At least she has backing dancers but they're all wearing mesh tops. Still no flesh and we're on song 20!
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#Eurovision
#lithuania
It's silver robot man! I like him. He's distinctive. Although it is another operatic style performance which is getting tedious. He has pointy shoulder pads to make up for the song.
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#Eurovision
#poland
Oh, it's her with the 3D printed boob covers. She's got a strong cruise ship type voice. Another one that would be improved if the backing dancers had been topless.
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