Richard Murphy The Tories want to create the illusion of tax and debt income based budget constraints to impose austerity and cruel policies. Voters don't understand, Tory policy choices are driven by ideology and stakeholder interests rather than improving competitiveness and prosperity.

Tax does not pay for government spending youtu.be/xnYhGD7xNig?si… Probably the biggest challenge to understanding how the economics of governments really works comes from the need to understand that governments of the sort we have in the UK are not funded by taxes. They are

Ireland reaps €700m #Brexit bonanza from customs duties on imports of clothing, food and other goods from Great Britain
Lisa O'Carroll and Michael Goodier

Customs duty collected, €m

A levy on extraction by fossil fuel companies could provide a huge cash pot to fund damage caused by climate change in worst affected countries, and assist in clean energy transition

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Angela Rayner has said she will publically release her last 15 years of tax records if Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and James Daly release theirs.

RT if you want to see all their tax returns, and all the tax they didn't pay.

Happy Friday to all the reply guys saying how renewables are a terrible idea.

I hate to break it to you but >80% of new generation capacity built is now renewable energy, mainly solar and wind.

See the trend? Coal (black) and fossil gas (grey) getting squeezed more and more.

Yesterday, Ben Macpherson MSP asked Chris Stark how he thought we could all get our collective political discourse in a better place, when it comes to achieving net zero 👇

Missed the session? 👉ow.ly/sTkE50Rml93

Unelected bureaucrat David Cameron explains how we need the Rwanda plan because of Brexit 🤦‍♂️

Anushka Asthana, 'Hand on heart. If this had come up when you were PM, would you have gone with this Rwanda policy?'

David Cameron, 'We had a situation where you could return people

‘I’d rather be French.’

A chilling message from the youth of today.

Britain has a monoculture, “a raging furnace of right-wing provocation, spitting out lies, fear and spite, shaping a political culture of miserliness and insularity” but an alternative media does exist - go here to support it: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-bell… #BackingBella

‘Hard-Right’ NatCon Event Was Organised by Oil Funded Group: desmog.com/2024/04/16/nat…

Laura Trott, 'Great news.. Inflation coming down, food prices coming down'

Ed Balls, 'I think you misspoke.. When you said prices are coming down, did you mean prices are going up?'

Laura Trott, 'Sorry, the rate at which prices are rising are coming down'

Susanna Reid, 'Food

Rejecting heat pumps & EVs is accepting climate change.

And only an idiot thinks extreme weather is something you can safeguard against

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Reducing climate change is much cheaper than cleaning up after

NEW

The UK government has quietly scrapped millions in funding for tackling air pollution, a letter seen by The Times reveals

Sadiq Khan says air quality grant cut is “deeply disappointing” and will directly harm people’s health

thetimes.co.uk/article/minist…

The Netherland's, the UK's most similar heating neighbour, has firmed up plans to ban gas boiler installs from 2026. New regulation will set a minimum efficiency requirement which will mean new systems need to be hybrid or full heat pump. rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kam…

🎫🎙️In My Opinion: “Every ticket sold at an arena and stadium should contain a £1 financial contribution back into the live music ecosystem.'

🎶Mark Davyd from the Music Venue Trust says the money would go to fund finance local venues and new talent.

❓What do you think?

If Labour has any balls or nous…

They will bin the £38k min salary for work visas policy in week one.

💥 NHS STAFF 💥

Please consider signing this open letter to Victoria Atkins & Amanda Pritchard at NHS England expressing your dismay at their extraordinary decision to cut NHS Practitioner Health funding for hospital staff.

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Michael Crick When was the last time in similar circumstances a Tory MP said they would resign if guilty ??? Next

In other news Chancellor Jeremy Hunt continues to tell us

“the OBR says that because of the decisions I’ve taken GDP will be 0.7% higher then it would otherwise have been”

whilst omitting to say the same report says Brexit will REDUCE the UK’s potential GDP by 4% in long run