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“Liar liar pants on fire”
Where are the glasses?
#UKPolitics #Labour
This is a govt minister who is ‘an economist’ (turned off replies)
ANY cost impacts prices AND investments
If you charge windfall taxes, companies loose confidence in your country to NOT do that so they de-invest 🤷
#ukpolitics
Nope, that’s not how taxes and price works. The price is determined by demand and supply.
Companies charge the highest price they can given demand. A tax levied on *profits* does not affect a company’s cost ie supply.
Taxes on *windfall* profits (like oil and gas) are the most efficient kind of tax there is.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Corporate profit taxes do not directly shift marginal costs but empirical studies show partial pass-through into higher consumer prices. Windfall taxes on oil and gas have deterred investment and production in practice despite theoretical efficiency on rents.
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taxfoundation.org/blog/big-oil-p…
scottishfinancialreview.com/2025/09/03/win…
Let’s see what statement Burnham has to repair and restate after this PMQ’s
#ukpolitics #pmqs
Andy Burnham is set to face Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch at PMQs following the approval of the Jackdaw gas field and with next week's Budget looming
#PMQs bbc.in/4Bauyou
Note:
The Premier Leaves is not a court of law; it’s a “private organisation members sign up to”.
It’s rulings can’t go to CAS
It has to follow proper contract law, but not much else
Its members set the rules
It’s a “private arbitration system”
#mancity
As it stands Manchester City are guilty of all charges related to the Premier League financial rules.
But the club continue to insist they are innocent.
Do City have any grounds to win their appeal?
👇
bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
Bus fares 😂……..
30yr gilts have gone above 6% and this is your reply
#ukpolitics
I know this isn’t a silver bullet. It might help some people find cheaper fuel, but it doesn’t mean that’s all we’re doing to help people with the cost of living.
We’re cutting VAT on electricity bills. Capping bus fares at £2 in England. Giving disabled people 24/7 free bus travel. Making it easier to cancel subscriptions. Cutting business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues. Stopping schools from demanding endless expensive branded uniforms. Ensuring if your train is cancelled, you can use your ticket on other operators free of charge. Fuel duty is staying frozen to the end of the year.
Yes, on their own, I accept that these things don’t seem like much when people’s lives have gotten harder. There’s a lot still to do.
But I won’t shy away from the big issues either. It’s why I made announcements last week on more public control of water, energy, and housing, to make the basics better for people long-term.
Together, these changes add up, and no matter how small it may seem, I will pull every single lever I can to help people, whenever I can.
“squirrel” 😂
Great to see @RewildingB with a big, powerful stall at #GreenPartyConference. We have to celebrate all of our #biodiversity, large and charismatic and humble and foundational
I genuinely think this is a parody account
No matter how many times the law is explained to this ‘writer’ he is adamant that apples are pears
It’s brilliant
@NeilClark66 @NJM71
#ukpensions
Someone so desperate to make the case they put a Community Note on overnight. Pathetic.But it makes no difference how the state pension is ‘officially classified’ it is a contributory pension scheme (just like a private one, only state) which may well be accounted for in ‘welfare spending’ but isn’t strictly ‘welfare’.
As I said calling it ‘welfare’ makes it easier to cut it or take it away from us.
At least Liz enables direct replies. I don’t agree with her, but she at least isn’t afraid of words
It says much about the person; you know the multi millionaire one who doesn’t like the world to address her by her title 😂
It’s a truism that all British Citizens are British Nationals, but not all British Nationals are British Citizens (per gov.uk)
#bbcqt #ukpolitics
It’s a truism that all British Citizens are British Nationals, but not all British Nationals are British Citizens (per gov.uk)
#raffairford #ukpolitics
Suella Braverman In Question Time Racism Row Over What It Means To Be English
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/s…
HOPE
or
Havoc Overturning Political Expectations
#ukpolitics
Hope.
youtu.be/mXyrU15WqPA
You’ve got to wonder how much ‘involvement’ the Mayor of Manchester has had in any of the ‘investments’ in the region to do with the MUFC owners 🤔
#ukpolitics #mcfc #burnham
Burnham 'really concerned' if Man City owners sell up after rule breaches bbc.in/4ADoAfL
Not really a “scoop” when it’s clear that this journalist is just a preferred outlet for Govt policy dissemination
💥Andy Burnham confirms my scoop this morning that he will push ahead with plans for electoral reform - kicking off a process that could eventually lead to ditching the first-past-the-post system in favour of proportional representation.
The PM, a long standing supporter of electoral reform, says he wants a system in which “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters”.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
It’s a truism that all British Citizens are British Nationals, but not all British Nationals are British Citizens (per gov.uk)
#raffairford #ukpolitics
It’s a truism that all British Citizens are British Nationals, but not all British Nationals are British Citizens (per gov.uk)
#fairford #ukpolitics
So as normal he says a lot but actually says nothing
No real timetable
No costing
He says £18B is too high, so to do so means he knows what he’s offering and its cost. He doesn’t
Disingenuous…again
#ukpolitics
It’s obvious why replies have been turned off
Business is dying and these extra measures will kill off many SME’s
#ukpolitics
🔴Equalise Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of assets with income tax rates
🏦 Taxing excess profits of banks
👉Restore corporation tax to its 2010 levels
⚡️Cut household energy prices financed by the profits of energy companies
📢A tax on the wealthiest 1%
These measures will help to raise the resources needed to invest in public services, rebuild Britain's manufacturing base and ease the pressure on working families.
All good points BUT
97.2% of all recorded rape cases in England & Wales don’t make it to trial
97.2%
97.2%. Think about it
97.2%
We are looking through the wrong end of the telescope
#ukpolitics #ukcourts #crisismanagement
All good points BUT
97.2% of all recorded rape cases in England & Wales don’t make it to trial
97.2%
97.2%. Think about it
97.2%
We are looking through the wrong end of the telescope
#ukpolitics #ukcourts #crisismanagement
Specialist courts to handle cases of rape and other sexual offences will be introduced across England and Wales over the next two years.
Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the plan to clear a backlog in cases
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ly…