Bit more complicated than that

back in Stockport over 20 years in Yorkshire #MCFC museums music & politics #dyslexic spelling & grammar unreliable #makevotesmatter @ben63.bsky.local

[Dr Gary James @GaryJamesWriter]

Football chant banter 1990s style between City & United fans: https://t.co/aU9T9IOnEa

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

MPs claim thousands in taxpayer-funded expenses on top of a £90,000+ salary, while enjoying heavily subsidised meals in Westminster - which we pay for.

Meanwhile, the rest of us are playing Russian roulette with the energy meter every time we boil the kettle.

Being lectured on "living within our means" by this lot is like taking dieting advice from a tapeworm.

[Deepstash @deepstash]

James Watt’s engine used a third of the coal. Britain ended up burning more coal than ever. 🚂

Make something cheaper to do and you’ll do more of it.

It’s called Jevons paradox. Learn it in 5 minutes on Deepstash.

[Matt Singh @MattSingh_]

Paging @TerribleMaps

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

The essence of capitalism is competition

Why privatise railways if there is no possibility of competition ?

Because it meant the Tories could reward donors properly

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@chrisjlatimer Not sure she can. The obsene welfare bill is about the same as a percentage of the economy as it has been for 40 years.

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@lltbr123 The country isn't collapsing though is it?

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@AnneDickin9728 @stuey_beef That would be the 80’s and 90’s government keeping unemployment high as part of killing the Unions and heavy industry

[Never tory @ginovece74]

Kemi Badenoch begrudges and is triggered by people getting:-

-Minimum wage

-Railcards

-Welfare

She likes her 160k salary + 39k expenses for her rent,utility bills and council tax.

Kemi's other favourite pleasure is wanting to make the rich richer.

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@Barney_City Ahh the Gene Kelly stand

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@LoftusSteve @ChrisGPackham They don't get the money directly; it goes to the school. They may have other disabilities which might get a payment.

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@PaulDestiny1 @LoftusSteve @ChrisGPackham No

[Danny Baker @prodnose]

My great friend, supreme broadcaster and funniest man I ever knew, Danny Kelly, died yesterday afternoon.
I cannot believe I will never hear his voice again.

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@matthartreyq @LBC Who?

[Bo Duddley @VallaNils13872]

@LBC The out of control welfare bill rich people keep telling us about and blaming the disabled

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@Mark84852655 @DespoticInroad Is that true? Maybe BL and steel but not all. There was innovation and development.

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@musidorus @DespoticInroad HS2 was badly framed and managed not a bad project. Perhaps because of the lack of infrastructure investment. Don't let the very expensive lessons be lost. By using it as an excuse not to invest in infrastructure.

[Despotic Inroad @DespoticInroad]

Turns out, if you create an economy governed by the cult of the lowest marginal cost, you expose your industries to foreign competition, sell off national assets, consistently underinvest in regional infrastructure/capital stock, and foster an extreme over-reliance on services in London & SE that parasitically hoover up public/private investment & human capital in a virtuous circle with one single geographical centre, then eventually the data will reflect all this.

[Bit more complicated than that @Ben63]

@JamesMelville Perhaps it's about where the better returns are. Tax fraud dwarfs benefit fraud and error. Clearly they should do both.

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

Full and utterly scandalous story as private equity firm extracts £millions and then closes valued High Street chain down - unless it can be stopped.