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[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@tonywestonuk @PDWriter @PatrickSquirrel Would be true if nothing else changed in that time. Agree you can’t cut gov spending looking for growth but this isn’t a particularly convincing argument.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@implausibleblog Like coming 2nd in the olympics but with a time that would have won gold 4 years ago - doesn’t matter. Did Corbyn getting more votes help anyone?

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@furbabygirl @CharlesHThyme Isn’t her mum everything you all claim to like, aspirational? Or is it only aspirational if you pay £16,500 for private school? Logically incoherent.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@RubiRubenstein @DanNeidle Surely an extension of this logic is, in tough fiscal times, why would you not tax private education?

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@PippaCrerar Is part of the UKs fiscal problem that we’re always trying to hide borrowing & tax rises behind silly gimmicks than just being honest about the constraints? Lower interest now in exchange for lower tax revenues in future isn’t tricking any sophisticated investor.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@HectorWMcNeill @AlistairCarns On your depreciation of the £ would you rather live on the median wage in 1960 or today?

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@AlanJi73069669 @griffitha How many people have gone on strike thanks to better pay and conditions? His argument is a bit muddled.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

Can anyone explain the upsides of outsourcing some of the lowest paid roles where the only benefit isn’t a degree of separation from low pay and more insecurity for those doing the work?

[Andrew Griffith MP @griffitha]

Labour plans to expand the already bloated and costly public sector payroll by the largest amount in the history of the Civil Service.

Cost up, productivity down.

You’ll be paying for it.

All to please their union donor mates.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@Valen10Francois @rcolvile

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@CharlesHThyme It your argument relies on using extreme tail risks as an example it’s probably not that good an argument.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@Jeremy_Hunt It’s a bad idea but people in glass houses.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Keir Starmer has suggested the US is trying to interfere in British democracy after JD Vance blamed the murder of the British teenager Henry Nowak on mass migration.

The US VP posted that “if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it”.

https://t.co/SxObQzeOVN

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@DavidHenigUK If you outsource something that is labour intensive the only way they can do it for less money is by putting the screws to their workers. No judgement but it should be clear that is the choice.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@ceidwadol @KatCongleton @FT Offset by the 500,000 plus all paying the VAT. No need for a cost benefit analysis to see if that is +. And what do the numbers say about how many move into state vs smaller school age population.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@xdeanozoff @FT @izakaminska £1.5bn of additional tax is a bit of a winner?

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@yatusabe @davereaboi @British_Airways What information do you want them to show you to help with your religious observance? Or is it just that you don’t like helping others, which feels a bit unchristian.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@KirstieMAllsopp @rcolvile What policies would you change based on this?

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@tyler_wat92314 @rcolvile For example?

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@Sir_Moanalot_ @BenZaranko Yup. Particularly enjoy the doubling of previous years car insurance scam. Problem is it targets the most vulnerable, essentially price gouging that is gov sanctioned.

[martyn shannon @MartynShannon2]

@rcolvile As long as that applies to everyone I’m sure folk would be fine with it.