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Engineer || Broadly libertarian || he/man

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@DianaWintah I've missed you

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@NicolaSturgeon No

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@NicolaSturgeon We're still part of Europe

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@HumzaYousaf Does this apply to Margaret Covid too?

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@Effiedeans No one is putting pressure on me to get on a plane...

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@afneil How many were dying each day this time last year? Are the excess deaths for November/December 2020 comparable to 2019

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@eriatarrka @DagenhamFrom @emilyclogg No, that's your interpretation. You don't speak for BLM

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@ChrisMcEleny Remember in 2014 when the snp wanted to take us out of the EU by separating from the UK?

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@tom71266902 Natural gas suppliers are the biggest beneficiaries, which is why wind is being pushed so hard. Natural gas backup is increased in line with wind farms due to reliability issues

I'm an electrical power engineer

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@JustABloke19 @BritishAlba @Keir_Starmer I'd suggest you brush up on economics 101. You've failed to consider even the basics, and now claim that it's not simple.

If you actually knew what you were talking about you'd be able to explain your point

How does artificially high labour cost help improve productivity?

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@JustABloke19 @BritishAlba @Keir_Starmer You can't just cite a 'report' and then refuse to engage any further. You haven't explained anything

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@JustABloke19 @BritishAlba @Keir_Starmer Can you offer any real world examples of unions driving up labour cost and it leading to greater efficiency?

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@JustABloke19 @BritishAlba @Keir_Starmer This literally makes no sense and has no basis in economic reality.

Increasing labour cost beyond market value can only lead to increase in production cost and therefore reduced efficiency

An increase in wages can mean an increase in labour cost per unit time, or (1)

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@JustABloke19 @BritishAlba @Keir_Starmer Production cost per unit output. This leads to removal of capital from investors and damages to the industry and economy as a whole.

Look into general motors vs Toyota, unions are one of the reasons Japan makes more cars in America than America does (2)

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@slp111111 @RubiRubenstein @Keir_Starmer Why should we stop jobs from going overseas?

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@AlynSmith "no"

Absolute belter of a response

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@SandyWito1 @ChrisMcEleny @JNHanvey So what is the distinction between a society becoming more equal and becoming more equitable? Surely equity would be covered by equality if equity simply means impartiality?

Or do you not really know the difference?

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@SandyWito1 @ChrisMcEleny @JNHanvey What's the difference between equal and equitable?