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Bath, England
Joined March 2019
I donโ€™t want to stockpile anything. I want to live in a first world country that actually functions.
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Very excited to have written the cover story for @TheCriticMag this month Out in stores from tomorrow onwards Thank you to @Critic_GStewart and team
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NEW: Hearing whispers that John Healey is set to renege on the minersโ€™ pension promise which Burnham campaigned on โ€” will go down like cold sick in the many coalfield seats where Labour MPs are already fighting an uphill battle against Reform
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Replying to @Leighlines
Used to break my heart seeing all the homeless in Bristol. We no longer go there.
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The traffic on Wigmore St on Day 1 of pedestrianised Oxford St ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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BathComms ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Marmalade? Gherkins. It feels like this Government is having a breakdown.
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Feels like civilisation is falling apart but donโ€™t worry, theyโ€™ve knocked a penny off a jar of gherkins!
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Out in Bristol Old City last night and we were approached by a beggar, homeless person, drug addict every few metres. I didnโ€™t feel safe and those people were desperate.
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Burnham, in 2019, complaining about free movement, having been in favour of the EU, and subsequently against it in Makerfield, and now back in favour. He's a charlatan. A Prime Minister who has lied his way to power in Britain is quickly found out. You'd be mad to vote for this.
"Free movement had allowed, in my view, the undercutting of wages. Some people debate this, but I saw evidence of it. Where people were brought in by agencies from other European countries and it was used to bring wages down" Andy Burnham in 2019
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Second referendum campaign is going to be like shooting fish
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Anyone know if the Telegraph might have changed ownership recently?
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BathComms ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Oh dear โ€ฆ hereโ€™s Precious Andy explaining in 2016 that the free movement of people has destroyed jobs in the UKโ€ฆ Heโ€™ll say anything for power. But you must know that by now. Itโ€™s just a race to the bottom hey Andy?
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Good to see Robert Jenrickโ€™s @RobertJenrick Economic Rescue Plan putting real numbers on the table: ยฃ67bn of savings, welfare reform, an end to net zero subsidies, inside the fiscal rules. Credible and costed. A serious start.
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BathComms ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
I've been speaking to boaters trapped on the canal in #Bath Many river-dwellers are heading onto the K&A to avoid the Avon's winter floods, but a closed tunnel means they are all crowding onto a single mile of canal 'Iโ€™m just glad to get a place' one boater told me #LDReporter
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BathComms ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
She has the most unbearably snobby English aristocratic voice imaginable. And politically correct views to match. Good to see diversity in action @TheEconomist
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon pushes back after being asked why Americaโ€™s CEOs are afraid to criticize President Trump: โ€œIโ€™ve said what I think. What the hell else do you want me to say?โ€ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Interviewer: โ€œIโ€™m genuinely struck by the unwillingness of CEOs in America to say anything critical. Thereโ€™s a climate of fear in your country. Would you agree with that?โ€ Jamie Dimon: โ€œThe Davos intellectual elite. Iโ€™ve been coming to Davos all these years, listening to chatter and stuff like that. Has it done a good job making the world a better place? We get together and talk. What do you want me to do? I have strong views. Some of the things Trump has done are good, and some are not. Iโ€™m not a tariff guy. Do I use it in certain cases? Yes. I think they should change their approach to immigration. Iโ€™ve said it. What the hell else do you want me to say? Iโ€™m trying to have a conversation.โ€
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BathComms ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
He wasnโ€™t wrong
There is nothing socialist about a system of free movement that is used by multi-nationals to undermine wages. WATCH my Brexit speech today.
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Very impressive
Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again. Thatโ€™s why Reformโ€™s Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures Iโ€™d take if I were Chancellor: ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ 1. Approve Rosebank 2. Restart oil and gas licensing 3. Legalise onshore exploration 4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy 5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป 6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8 9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full 10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites 12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing 13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain 14. Exit the Aarhus Convention 15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality 16. End the boiler ban 17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules 18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements 19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard 20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ 21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick 22. Auction airport landing slots 23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation 24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications 25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects 26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop 27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions 28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules 29. Scrap the social value test in procurement 30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport 31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption 33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ 34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8% 35. Introduce a migrant worker levy 36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act 37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses 38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† 39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending 40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits 41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด 42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies' 43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates 44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips 45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods 46. Back the M4 Relief Road 47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years 48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ 49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act 50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units 51. Review all unchanged EU law 52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary 54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors 55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56 56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent 57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays 58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules 59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate 60. Abolish the packaging tax 61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms 62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty 63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs 64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations And there are more to come! Britainโ€™s full potential is waiting to be unleashed ๐Ÿš€
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BathComms ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Disgusting. Bath & North East Somerset Council is about to write off a ยฃ606,000 loan it gave its own housing company and spend another ยฃ200,000 fixing unauthorised works the council itself carried out on two properties in Upper Weston. Residents foot the bill for the councilโ€™s mess, while the properties get sold and the company walks away from the debt. Public money burned because of poor decisions, planning breaches, and a housing company that canโ€™t stand on its own. Taxpayers expected better than this.๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
Well done to @BathEcho for publishing this criminal act by @bathnes but what you really have to exposed is why no one has been prosecuted or even dismissed . This has taken over 3 years since I exposed it, who paying for thisโ€ฆ.. US .. @SomConfidential @PrivateEyeNews
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Council leaderโ€™s comments deemed โ€˜disingenuousโ€™ over accidental email bathecho.co.uk/news/politicsโ€ฆ
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HMRC has quietly sent hundreds of letters to wealthy people asking them to reveal what they own. Not what they earn or what tax they've paid, but what they own. Here's what's going on. A unit called the Wealthy Team covers anyone with "incomes of ยฃ200,000 or more, or assets equal to or above ยฃ2m in any of the last three years". That's about 850,000 people. The letters ask for a meeting to discuss "sources of wealth", "future intentions", trusts, companies, family arrangements and even "significant life events" you expect in the coming years. It is presented as voluntary, but there's a nudge: "We may still need to carry out compliance checks on your tax returns. However, speaking with you first may help avoid this." Until now, inspectors have usually only asked about income and earnings. Experts call this a "sea change". One lawyer asked the obvious question: "does HMRC have a right to know what someone owns and not simply that they have paid the right amount of tax?" A tax adviser said: "No other G20 country asks for this level of detail from its taxpayers about what they own." So what is it for? Advisers suspect it is groundwork for an exit tax, a charge on your wealth for leaving the country. As one put it: "Building that knowledge could indeed be part of moving towards an exit tax." You don't have to be a billionaire to see the problem.
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