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Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
🇬🇧 Britain will only stop the decline and bring borrowing costs down when it stops looking like a high-risk experiment.
🇬🇧 That means starting to look like a stable European economy again.
Rejoining the EU isn’t ideology, it’s credibility.
And Britain should stop helping Trump and Putin weaken the European continent we actually live on.
Happy 5th Christmas in Brexitland 🎄
🧑🎄 Here’s👇 the financial market verdict on Brexit Britain 🇬🇧
🎄 UK 10-year borrowing costs are now consistently higher than:
🇩🇪 Germany 🇫🇷 France 🇨🇦 Canada 🇯🇵 Japan 🇮🇹 And often worse than Italy
🚩For a country that issues debt in its own currency and used to be seen as ultra-safe shows markets are pricing in risk:
🇬🇧 is less stable
🇬🇧 has weaker growth prospects
🇬🇧 has poorer policy credibility
🇬🇧 is more exposed to shocks
👉Why Brexit is to blame:
The divergence starts after 2016 and hardens after 2020: Loss of frictionless trade. Smaller tax base. Lower productivity. Chronic current account weakness. Reliance on footloose capital instead of embedded EU investment
Brexit didn’t free the UK, it reclassified it and this matters
🆙 Higher borrowing costs mean:
⬇️ Less money for public services
⬇️ Less room for investment
🔥 More pressure for austerity-by-stealth
🔥 More raids on assets that can’t move (farms, pensions, family businesses)
This is the hidden link between:
Brexit. Farm taxes. Welfare cuts. Public sector squeeze
When borrowing is expensive, govt stop investing and start extracting.
Brexit didn’t restore sovereignty, it merely raised our mortgage rate.
And every policy we are fighting -
farming, welfare, local government collapse - flows from this chart 👇
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
It's always the same old tired arguments from those in support of trail hunting .
The truth is it was always a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting to continue – they even admitted it themselves .
A ban can't come quick enough !
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
Liz Truss an ex PM whose tenure we continue to fund, is now openly urging the United States to sanction the UK over legislation her own party enacted
This is a profound disgrace & stark betrayal of public trust.
#BBCBreakfast #r4today
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
Christmas Eve bombings, orchestrated by Putin. He is mocking everyone who believes he is the leader of a Christian country
Russia did not stop its brutal bombing of civilians in Ukraine even on the holy Christmas night.
Strikes on Odesa killed one person and injured two others. One civilian was killed in the Kharkiv region and another in the Chernihiv region. People were injured in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions.
Odesa suffers the most these days. Russia deliberately destroys energy and civilian infrastructure, leaving people without power, water, and heating amid freezing temperatures.
No military purpose—just Russia’s intent to kill people because they are Ukrainians. Such actions fall under Article II (c) of the 1948 Genocide Convention: “Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”
We urge the world to act, increase pressure on the aggressor, and strengthen Ukraine’s means to defend itself and its people, including air defense.
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
STOP SELLING US DOWN THE RIVER, PRIME MINISTER!
Europe needs us, we need Europe!
#Labour
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
The Eloquence and Charm of this True Gentleman… Do we mis Him a little…?🤷🏼♂️👏🏻👏🏻
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
When a man is this disconnected from reality, is he not
clinically insane ?
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
"it's a symptom of a deep and abiding dysfunction that Republicans, despite holding the presidency, the Senate and the House, can't fund the government and can't even get themselves to get together in a room to strike a deal."
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
If BBC News wants to keep the licence fee, it needs to get off its knees and start doing its job.
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
‘Tasmania’s $1 billion stadium doesn’t stack up. Or does it?’
"Australian governments love to spruik major infrastructure projects, particularly sports stadiums."
“The AFL will only commit $15M for the stadium’s construction — 1.3% of its overall cost.”
einnews.com/article/85774221…
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
Nigel Farage has raked in over £1 MILLION from outside “work” since the General Election.
That’s way more than any other MP - and twice as much as the next highest, the super-rich Rishi Sunak.
So much for being a man of the people.
As I’ve long said: ban ALL MPs’ second jobs.
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
Nigel Farage wants to end sick pay, he wants to destroy the unions, he wants to get rid of the State Pension, he wants US style Healthcare.
The only person he will benefit is billionaires.
Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི retweeted
BREAKING: New polling reveals Donald Trump’s approval rating on handling inflation has plummeted in what CNN’s data chief Harry Enten calls an “abject disaster for the president”:
“Into the gutter we go, underwater we go; he’s 25 points underwater my goodness gracious.”
