Ben Watts Stanfield

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[Ben Watts Stanfield @ben_pwatts]

@MtarfaL @ClaireCoutinho @neso_energy @Ed_Miliband Milliband did not set up, nor does he personally own, NESO. Creation of NESO began in 2021 under the Conservative government. It is state-owned, hence Ed Milliband’s title (and not him personally) has significant control, but independently run.

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@mara_yamauchi Which Parkrun was this?

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@CdnMnrchyRspctr You can’t see the issue is that it’s both? They gets handouts from the government and make their own money. I’m pretty sure HMRC wouldn’t be so happy with benefit recipients renting out property.

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@markjenk @bbclaurak It’s paid over 10 years.

If someone offered me a £100k interest free, 10 year mortgage to take over a £3m farm, I would be pretty happy with that deal.

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@MonkEmma @PolitlcsUK Great thread, although your mistake is thinking @PolitlcsUK are “press”.

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@HCH_Hill @1867ben @thhamilton As you pointed out, they can’t sympathy strike, so not crossing a picket line is a legally symbolic gesture.

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@adb0wen UK public spending on healthcare as a % of GDP is almost the same as Americas. Private and public combined it is lower. If we privatised the NHS, our healthcare spend wouldn’t suddenly drop to zero - people still need to be kept healthy. This is a moronic post.

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@93vintagejones UK public spending on healthcare as a % of GDP is almost the same as Americas. Private and public combined it is lower. If we privatised the NHS, our healthcare spend wouldn’t suddenly drop to zero - people still need to be kept healthy. This is a moronic post.

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@sturdyAlex The media stopped us having honest conversations about taxation during the election, and now they’re unable to normalise to international markets or judge reactions over a time period longer than 30 seconds. So so dangerous.

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@GoodwinMJ Except, they told us everything. Pretty poor coverup, to publicly reveal info you’re trying to keep hidden.

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@OllyMetcalfe Literally your first tweet says what we’re getting for £770m of the revenue. How have you forgotten that by the last tweet? Absolutely addled.

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@lewis_goodall Irony being the GOP is the party of grievances and offences.

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@kallashnykov @K8wxyz What a dumb take. None of those dishes are processed. Denmark has one of the highest rated restaurants in the world, Noma, that exclusively uses local ingredients. You are so completely unaware.

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@JonTolleyTweets TBF, what I wrote may be utter rubbish.

I think all political parties failed us by not having honest conversations about what taxation would be needed during the election. Now we are fiddling at the edges with unclear outcomes because straightforward changes were ruled out.

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@JonTolleyTweets I don’t think it’s the aim, but I think that saying it is an anti-growth policy ignores second/third-order effects. Long-term growth = higher wages. In my mind, the NI giveaway was “fake” money in my pocket because it would have a greater negative impact on my long-term wages.

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@JonTolleyTweets Also, the NI cut was unsustainable. Growth needs a stable state, especially health, transport and housing. You can’t have growth with broken foundations, and the 4% NI cut was a jackhammer. It’s just the Tories and MSM didn’t allow an honest conversation about taxation.

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@JonTolleyTweets Employer NI increases, wage growth decreases, inflation decreases, BOE drops the rate quicker, borrowing becomes cheaper, companies borrow more and growth increases. I don’t think that will happen, but each step follows what people say does happen.

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@karunchandhok Surely once you’re off the track, you can be overtaken off the track? That would solve this issue and seems most fair to me. Go so deep you can’t make the turn in time? Lose protection that being on the circuit off you’d.

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@SW_Help hi, my MIL is on a train at Waterloo waiting for a driver to go to Petersfield. The previous one was cancelled. Do you know when it will be leaving and if she can get home tonight? What options are there? Will SWR pay for a taxi?

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@youngvulgarian @RMCunliffe I disagree with this - London is teaming with great things to do for <£25pp. Check out Top Secret Comedy, DICE for gigs, smaller theatres like Kingston Rose or Wilton’s, BBC Proms standing, women’s football matches, audience tv shows and 100s more.