I’m hoping that @RachelReevesMP can find enough in her budget to extend the taxpayer funded subsidies to @DraxGroup. With its latest buyback announced this morning, and since the subsidy regime began, Drax will have paid out c. £1.3 billion to its shareholders through dividends & share buybacks (or c. 6.5% of Ms. Reeve’s black hole). 🙏🏻 💨 💰£DRX @hmtreasury
should the United States immigration and naturalization service show any mercy to people who, apparently inadvertently, misused the green card program, or should it ban them from permanent residence in California? asking for a friend
Trump: It must be because of my relationship with M.I.T., very smart, I say, what would happen if the boat sank, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater…. Do I get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark?
"On reflection, that was a mistake and I apologise."
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it is important that the story of him leaving D-Day commemorations early yesterday is not "politicised".
https://t.co/LvZ68Qdzzr
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Which is that Cameron and Osborne's austerity project failed to meaningfully engage with the reality of this regulatory state, and rather than seeking to reduce the number of these entities simply starved them of funding. /9
Which is that Cameron and Osborne's austerity project failed to meaningfully engage with the reality of this regulatory state, and rather than seeking to reduce the number of these entities simply starved them of funding. /9
the £2,000 claim is the latest in a string of questionable claims during this election from *both* the Conservatives and Labour
my analysis with @rafeuddin_
https://t.co/AoybAmCGgg
Jeremy Corbyn could also head a 10% national party if he wanted to. He and Nigel Farage are exactly parallel in perceptions: an asset to 6-10% parties - because a quarter of people like them- but a liability to 40% parties - because 6/10 people do not
🇬🇧 MEGA POLL!
10K sample.
Labour leads by 26%.
Tied-lowest Conservative % with Sunak as PM.
Westminster VI (31/5 - 2/6):
Labour 46% (–)
Conservative 20% (-3)
Reform 14% (+1)
Lib Dem 10% (+1)
Green 5% (–)
SNP 2% (-1)
Other 2% (-1)
Changes +/- 25-27/5
https://t.co/OXNaqzyEgw