David Shepherd

[David Shepherd @DavidSheph29044]

@Artemisfornow It’s madness. Successive governments have failed to provide enough training places ànd until recently British trained doctors have been forced to compete with foreign trained doctors for the limited number of places available. There should be a freeze on foreign recruitment now

[David Shepherd @DavidSheph29044]

@EdwardJDavey Like you did when you took the knee for George Floyd ànd blm

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@EdwardJDavey You were complaining about US politicians commenting on UK policing ànd domestic affairs but you seem happy to comment on the US

[David Shepherd @DavidSheph29044]

@EdwardJDavey Calm down Sir Ed. It’s hardly a massive interference, just an observation àbout the two tier policing we have in this country. Trump’s criticism are no worse than the ones you ànd others make àbout his policies….

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@Telegraph This government will probably try to re-enter the EU by the back door, without a popular vote . So different to the Labour government under Harold Wilson, which dealt with the matter in àn open ànd democratic way, via a referendum with free campaigning

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@Telegraph We can’t afford not to spend the money on defence - the answer lies in cutting welfare spending. For example, why are we spending £32 billions àlone on housing benefit? Ànd it’s àn insult to the genuinely disabled to pay benefits to people who just don’t feel like working

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@AllisonPearson It’s no doubt considered water under the bridge now by many, but it is nevertheless disgraceful that a former DPP encouraged the sentence that Lucy Connolly received for àn ill considered tweet. Starmer is no man of principle, merely a man of straw blown by the prevailing wind

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@EdwardJDavey It is disingenuous to pretend that “defence bonds” are anything other than increased government borrowing, which is already too high. We need to cut welfare to fund the increase in defence or otherwise taxes need to rise - do the LibDems have the stomach to cut welfare spending?

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@DPJHodges PMQs doesn’t allow the backbench questioners to respond, so Farage didn’t get the chance to respond to Starmer’s sanctimonious drivel.

[David Shepherd @DavidSheph29044]

@johnredwood Economic analysis suggests that if there is a good reason for protecting the domestic steel industry, say for national security reasons, it js better to do so via direct accountable subsidies rather than a general tariff on imports which harms domestic users of steel

[David Shepherd @DavidSheph29044]

@Channel4News Prejudiced nonsense rather than proper economic and statistical analysis

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@afneil Theresa May clearly feels the need to support these nonsense claims because her government made the stupid decision decision to make the achievement of net zero à legal commitment, opening the gate for the madness thst is now wrecking the economy

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@Ed_Miliband @CBItweets Why are UK electricity prices the highest in the developed world, crippling British manufacturing industry? Why are we buying gas from Norway ànd the USA that we could produce ourselves, raising GDP ànd tax revenues? What are these jobs connected with net zero? Chinese jobs?

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@SarahCoombesWB Everyone should be equal under the law - no exceptions for Sikhs, Muslims, Scottish highlanders, Druids, Christians, or any other group. If anyone feels so strongly about their traditions they are free to move to a country that indulges those traditions !

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@Neccccy À true patriot

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@JohnCleese Sharia courts are àn àffront to British values ànd should be banned. Further, those who ignore the ban and attempt to impose Sharia law should be arrested and imprisoned if convicted.

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@narindertweets Does that mean that people who believe these men are guilty, ànd say so, are guilty of contempt of court? The judge seems to think that the CPS decision not to prosecute à third time implies they are innocent? But surely that is àn invalid presumption ?

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@MarkJLittlewood Exactly right Mark. The political intervention of the Bank of England began with Carney ànd his attempts to influence the Brexit vote. Bailey has continued this line and even worked actively against government policy in the bond market during the Truss/ Kwarteng period

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@afneil It would be laughable if it wasn’t so tragic - the madness of net zero ànd our general energy policies have impoverished us, destroying what would otherwise be viable manufacturing industry. Ànd the hopes for AI data centres seem implausible at current electricity prices

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@EdwardJDavey “Defence bonds” is just ànother name for government borrowing, which is already far too high. The honest way to fund increased defence spending is either to cut expenditure in other areas, such as welfare payments and subsidies for renewables, or to raise income tax.