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@rodbishop15 If you’re too stupid to learn but are considered a role model for a new education system by this government ??? What next Tracey Solomon giving lessons in reducing national debt ?

What a crock of shit this government are. Chatting GCEs with No GCEs #GC. Populist nonsense.

@policylaila @DeepblueBoy65 Nothing normal about British politics at the moment. 😂

So ministers are campaigning to win a seat they already had, for a candidate that wants to replace the PM that they have full confidence in and claim is going nowhere. And we are meant to pretend this is all perfectly normal.

@dave43law @MartinG1492 It's cost more than £2bn in subsidies

@LizWebsterSBF @ScotFiery Farmers don’t have to sell their land.

That’s a myth. EU set-aside wasn’t “money for nothing” it was about soil recovery, biodiversity and long-term food security. Brexit scrapped it, and now farmland is being sold off for housing and corporate grabs. Farmers lose, environment loses, public loses. Gaza shows what happens when you have no food security: dependence becomes control, and control becomes a weapon. Britain is sleepwalking into the same trap, selling off farmland while pretending sovereignty. 🚜

🇬🇧One of greatest scandals of post-war Britain: UK “won the oil lottery” in 1970s and unlike Norway, the winnings were spent fast and upward. 🇬🇧 Britain won the oil lottery and spent the winnings on breaking its own society. Thatcher used oil wealth to fund tax cuts for the few, bankroll mass unemployment, and underwrite the City. 🇳🇴Norway built a sovereign wealth fund for its children; Britain bought a decade of neoliberal revolution. Today, the fund is gone, the oil is running dry, and the public is left with nothing but austerity. But who actually benefited: 1. Thatcher Government (1979–1990s) •North Sea oil revenues peaked in 1980s at 10% of government receipts. •Thatcher used them to: •Fund tax cuts (especially for wealthy). •Finance costs of mass unemployment caused by deindustrialisation. •Cushion impact of breaking the unions during the miners’ strike. •Oil wealth effectively bought time for the neoliberal revolution. 2. Private Oil Companies & Investors •BP and Shell, plus American majors, made huge profits. •Oil fields were licensed largely on generous terms, especially compared to Norway’s Statoil model. •Shareholders: concentrated in the City of London and abroad captured much of the surplus. 3. The City of London •Oil wealth helped strengthen the pound, finance deficits, and feed into the financial sector. •Rather than building a sovereign wealth fund (like Norway), Britain effectively used oil to underwrite financialisation, feeding City profits. 4. Consumers (short-term) •Oil and gas revenues did help fund some public services and temporarily held down taxes. •But because no fund was created, ordinary people got no lasting benefit. By the 2000s, the “lottery money” was gone. 5. Politicians & Elites •Oil revenues reduced the need for governments (both Tory and Labour) to confront long-term industrial decline or build a coherent economic strategy. •Political elites benefitted from having “easy money” to paper over deep social fractures. Who Didn’t Benefit •Future generations: no sovereign wealth fund means no oil inheritance. Norway’s Oil Fund is now worth over $1.5 trillion; the UK has nothing. •Industrial workers: oil financed deindustrialisation rather than protecting jobs. •Communities in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & the North East: production wealth flowed to London/City, not reinvested locally.

@kerrodgraygolf Boom

Many golfers lose distance on their drives because of high spin, this is usually caused by the position on their lead shoulder at setup and impact. #golf

@GBNEWS No

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@resistance_red @PeterMatza @afneil They haven’t been around for decades ?? Maybe get one of your older siblings to use tweeter for you and come up with some workable ideas. Because a 12 year old obviously doesn’t understand politics or economics. 😊

@PeterMatza @afneil Reform in their various mirky iterations have advocated for Private health for decades. I think we all know the way it will go with posh boy spivs running the show. Careful what you wish for.

At last, some national scrutiny of A Burnham. And it’s already clear that in a number of areas he doesn’t really know what he’s talking about, which explains the stumbling.

@PJTheEconomist @SteveBakerFRSA Budget rebate was given back by Blair.

Almost certainly true. We had an amazing deal. In the club, in single market, in customs union but no Schengen, no Euro, budget rebate, various other opt outs. We still left. No chance of rejoining on same terms.

@LouStagner 9

How many clubs would Scottie Scheffler need to keep his tour card? Said another way, what’s the minimum number of clubs Scottie could carry and still keep his tour card? 9 clubs? 8? 7? Etc… What do you think?

@HoodedClaw1974 I’m black I’m going to be there with my black wife and my black children and my black friends . This march is about Britain not the colour of your skin

Why does the government want to join Erasmus which will not help UK students go to the top world universities which are all non EU? Our Turing scheme allows them to go to top places in US and elsewhere. It also costs taxpayers less, as it does not pay EU students to come here.

@JuliaHB1 @TheSun There’s terrible……….. then there’s Angela Rayner terrible.

This may surprise you but Angela Rayner is my first choice for next PM… We need a truly TERRIBLE leader to give us a short, sharp shock to help us come to our senses and sort our country out. My column for @TheSun ⬇️ thesun.co.uk/news/39112881/…

@MarinaPurkiss If it’s upsetting you ? Imagine how much more upset you’ll be when he’s PM.

Farage did say Brexit would make us richer… We should have known that by us, he meant him £5,000,000 richer.

@Dougmcg1 You can still do that. You just have to have some skills that an employer wants. You obviously don’t have any.

Had to dive down to Glasgow today for a quick passport. That burgundy one entitled me to work live and study in 27 countries. That blue thing doesnt. Brexiteers and Farage supporters you're fuckwits. Brexit wins eh. 🏆

@TerraOrBust @PeterStefanovi2 😂😂😂

@PeterStefanovi2 So growing faster than all the EU G7 members. Funny that isn't it. Seeing as they are still in the EU growing slower, and the UK is outside the EU growing faster.

This is encouraging. UK third in the G7 for cumulative growth

@kerrodgraygolf Perform.

Your hands aren’t the problem. Your sequence is 🎯 #golf

@MarinaPurkiss Why did it take them so long ? Was it because they were dealing with Rayners lawyers, paid by us.

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

@MatthewStadlen From previously being down. Do your homework. -1 plus 1 is still zero.

Well, well, well. The UK economy grew 0.6% in the first three months of the year under Starmer and Reeves.

@rodbishop15 A new fully furnished house each and a 2 week holiday abroad. 😊

Jury decision incoming shortly on the #ManchesterAirport scumbags.