Mike Godwin

Retired researcher & lecturer in economics, tax policy and quantitative methods

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@PrivateEyeNews Dan Norris the new N E Somerset MP plans to continue as Mayor for the West of England (WECA mayor). Manageable or not?

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@jessphillips @YvetteCooperMP Congratulations on your new job!

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@paulwaugh Congratulations, though I do miss your thoughtful pieces in the i newspaper.

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@adipullenLNER Unusual photo - thanks very much.

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@adipullenLNER Tudor

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@jessphillips I do hope that when the new cabinet is formed there will be a distinguished post for #JessPhillips.

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@edwinhayward And what happened to those forty new hospitals?

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THREAD: A reminder of some of the benefits of EU membership (not an exhaustive list) that a future Rejoin campaign would be fighting for.

Long thread, out of necessity. Each tweet covers a specific facet of EU membership and how it would impact the UK.

1. Economic Benefits:
- Full unfettered access to the largest trading bloc in the world
- Significant admin savings because there's no need for customs and other documentation when trading with the EU
- Free trade deals with over 70 countries around the world
- Frictionless borders allowing for just-in-time manufacturing
- Faster delivery times across the EU
- Quicker international supply chains
- Participation in the EU Single Energy Market
- Simplified VAT filing for firms selling to EU customers
- Financial passporting for City of London firms
- Access to EU structural and regional development funding
- Participation in the EU emissions trading scheme
- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies for farmers
- Easy access to a willing seasonal agriculatural workforce
- Simplified process for recognition of professional qualifications across the EU
- Economies of scale for businesses operating across the EU
- Increased attractiveness for foreign investors (the famous "UK as the gateway to Europe" which Margaret Thatcher envisioned).

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@Nickyc47212476 @SamTBaron @timfarron I do wonder whether we would be where we are now if Ukraine had retained some of its nuclear bombs.

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@exitthelemming Birthday Greetings!

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@adipullenLNER 10202? I don’t think 10102 is in my Ian Allan Combined Volume.

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@D_Blanchflower @Peterhardwick17 @campbellclaret @bbclaurak But it was the free movement of labour which tipped the referendum against all the good economic arguments for staying in.

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@adipullenLNER Saw it yesterday at the Swanage Bulleid event!

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@bluebellrailway Next one: how about a Great Central Jersey Lily? (LNER Class C5).

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@steverichards14 Tedious.

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@BettinsonIan @redgreenrevolt @Peston Not the case, Ian. The Poll Tax was a tax on people while council tax is a tax on where they live, which is much more difficult to evade.

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@cendeathsociety @DyingMatters What time does the Beatrice Godwin lecture begin, please?
Mike Godwin, widower of Beatrice.

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@andy4wm Best wishes for your future career. Any tips for solving the stalled Bath and Bristol Metro scheme? We haven’t had trams in Bath since 1938!
Mike Godwin, Bath

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@PippaCrerar John Major was the dingbat who introduced Rail privatisation, insisting that the train wheels and the rails they run on should be run by separate organisations.🙁🙃🙁

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@VoughtSikorsky Great shame none of the K3s survived.