Simon

Low tax, small govt - greater economic growth - supporting opportunity / aspiration / social mobility - bringing people out of poverty through employment

[Karen 🙄 @cheesedoff3]

David Lammy Deputy PM

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@ITVNewsPolitics Your puff piece on Rayner on the news just now was absolutely hilarious; it came across like she was receiving an award for being a national treasure, rather than leaving the Government in disgrace as a massive hypocrite😂

[BLAIM GAME @BLAIMGame]

The slightly off centre cropping of this picture is because Labour’s John Cotton (the guy who bankrupted Birmingham Council) is standing on the left.

Richard doesn’t want anyone saying Labour Bankrupted Birmingham and now they will bankrupt the whole West Midlands.

[Aston Villa Updates @avfcbreaking]

@RichParkerLab @bbcmtd @CureLeukaemia @WestMids_CA @WMLabour Day one
First reminder about Witton Station

https://t.co/TRTbMcNnHe

Will you be a politician of photo ops and words?

[Jayne H Magee @jayne_magee]

@RichParkerLab I would genuinely like to know why bringing buses into public control is your top priority? In my personal experience, the one thing that is working well is I can get a bus....

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@Takethatjoe @IanJon407 @darrengrimes There has been an increase in global energy demand over the last 12 months or so as economies rebounded from the pandemic. This was one of the drivers for initial increase in wholesale gas prices last year. This website is pretty good for energy stats https://t.co/eQoHMAJdKl

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@CSG1973 I suppose it is just rearranging the brackets, but that is a nice trick

(25/100) x 8 = (25 x 8)/100 = (8/100) x 25

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@GentlemanGeorge @ofgem For a dual fuel customer who pays by direct debit and has 'average' usage the current price cap (dotted green line) is £1,971 since April 2022, which went up from £1,277 and was typically between £1,100 and £1,200 before that. So 1971/1100 = 1.79, i.e. approx 80% increase so far

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@EstherMcVey1 The £400 energy rebate + other targeted support was the correct approach and now the prices have gone up again you should revisit this and increase the amounts. Maintaining the current price cap levels would disproportionately benefit higher consumers who are typically wealthier

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

Check out this 83-megapixel image of the Sun recently taken by the Solar Orbiter 🤯
https://t.co/0qDuaJVMgD

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@Hughesy1962 @RichardJMurphy ... thinking about this some more, the £400 energy rebate is kind of doing this in that everyone gets their first £400 of energy 'for free' this winter and then pays for their usage after that

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@Hughesy1962 @RichardJMurphy This is quite a good idea, but the challenge would be in getting accurate meter readings on consumption. You could probably do it for anyone with a smart meter, but I don't think it would be possible for people with non-smart meters

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@WHO

[Kate Hoey @CatharineHoey]

I remember it well and still can visualise innocent men and women fleeing from one bomb into another. Those younger people who salute the IRA need to be told the truth about those evil terrorists

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

UK carbon emissions now lowest since 1888.

New on Spectator data hub:-https://t.co/wrXStWE4h9

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@Steven_Swinford @katyballs I thought the format of both debates was poor. I'm keen to understand what each candidate stands for and what they would do differently, but the format was set up to encourage confrontation, interuptions, soundbites and to see who could shout the loudest

[Simon @SlMON_SAYS_]

@ArchRose90 @TomTugendhat