Let’s have a think about what’s happening in Makerfield.
This by election is costing taxpayers £226,208. And it’s happening because a Labour MP chose to step aside to make room for Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions. He admitted that himself.
But here’s some more interesting figures.
If Burnham wins, he’ll have to resign as Greater Manchester Mayor too. That triggers another election costing taxpayers around £4.7 million.
So in total, nearly £5 million of public money could be spent not on improving services, fixing roads, supporting communities or helping struggling families, but on political career ambitions.
People are struggling with bills, crime, NHS waiting lists and communities being ignored. Yet Westminster politics still seems focused on who climbs the ladder next.
That’s what frustrates people. Not democracy. Political games made to look like democracy.
9 YEARS AGO TODAY: Emre Can scored THAT incredible overhead kick against Watford. 🤯
A huge goal for their hopes of getting UCL football with Jurgen Klopp! 🌟
📹 @premierleague
1960s - “Oil will run out in 10 years.”
1970s - “A new Ice Age is coming in 10 years.”
1980s - “Acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years.”
1990s - “The ozone layer will disappear in 10 years.”
2000s - “The Arctic ice caps will be gone in 10 years.”
2010s - “Global warming will cause irreversible damage in 10 years unless we act now.”
NONE of it happened, but every single prediction led to one thing: HIGHER TAXES.
“You turned down a $9 million movie role because you wouldn’t take the COVID vaccine”
“Your health is worth more than all the money in the World”.
Ice Cube knew it was a scam.
Hilarious how correct David Icke was all along
Screw the reptile jive, couldn't care less - he was essentially correct on near everything.
Humbling tbh:
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Some taxpayers may find this offensive.
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This data was all taken from the https://t.co/NwgBu2h1UF Development Tracker (https://t.co/1pjDjX6zpf). All the figures refer to the amount of money budgeted to each scheme, not necessarily the amount already spent.
Almost all these aid programmes are currently ongoing so haven’t yet reached the total budgeted figure. Some were given the go ahead under Conservative Governments, and some under this Labour Government.
I have rounded the figures to make easier to read numbers.
£349.2 million on creating critical economic infrastructure such as bridges, renewable energy, ports and sea defences in the Caribbean.
£558.6 million on increasing provision of and access to impartial news and information (BBC World Service) in English and local languages across the developing world.
£127.6 million on building refugee resilience and inclusion in Turkey.
£212.8 million on support for health and £42.7 million on a partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement in Nigeria.
£34.9 million on strengthening the ability of Pakistan’s health system to recover from COVID-19 and build future resilience.
£120.4 million on improving local Government ability to deliver local infrastructure services in Nepal.
£95 million on strengthening societal and economic resilience in Jordan, including expanding contributory social insurance schemes and supporting expansion of tax-financed social-assistance schemes.
£149.7 million on pioneering climate investment in India, £120 million on a Climate and Environment programme for Bangladesh and £108 million on a Climate Investment Fund for Pakistan.
£23.8 million on a Freedom and Resilience Programme in the Western Balkans to address structural issues including ethno-nationalist division, government transparency and accountability.
£26.7 million on improving the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of economic policies in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
£38.1 million on a climate smart jobs programme in Uganda.
£5 million on a Rights, Inclusion, Voice and Agency programme to empower women, girls and excluded groups in Nepal.
£99 million on transforming education and £20.6 million on accelerating economic transformation in Ethiopia.
£40.8 million on stabilising the deforestation frontier in Colombia.
£3.2 million on reducing inequality and exclusion experienced by LGBTI people in the Caribbean.
£9 million on supporting resilience, governance and economic reform in Moldova.
£4.8 million on a Roads Development Programme in Liberia.
£2.6 million on deepening democracy in Mozambique.
£320,922 on arts-based approaches to tackling gender based and racialised violence in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
£184,611 on documenting femicide through research, film and participatory ceramic art in Vietnam.
£181,345 on developing art based public engagement and advocacy model for transforming social norms on gender-based violence in the Andean region.
£36,941 on supporting parliamentary reform, health for girls and environmental waste management in Mbabane, Eswatini.
Labour knew that if they stood on a manifesto to:
Cut Winter Fuel Allowance
Surrender Chagos
Assisted Suicide
Farmer’s Inheritance Tax
Higher council tax bills
Welfare cuts for the disabled
Betraying fishing communities
Higher energy bills
Digital ID
They would lose. They lied.
Embarrassment for Keir Starmer's top aide who told PM he had to smash smuggling gangs - as it is revealed his father's firm was handed £6m to house asylum seekers https://t.co/EIkk1m8krG