“#Brexit is the last straw after a succession of damaging, mainly Tory, policies: ironically, these were justified as being in the interests of business, investment and productivity.
But the Thatcher govts from 1979 onwards inflicted serious damage on the economy. I have covered this in my books Mrs Thatcher’s Economic Experiment and Britain Without Oil.
Blessed by the windfall of North Sea oil, the Thatcherites refused to use this bonus to invest for the future. As one minister cynically commented: “We used North Sea oil to finance unemployment.”
Great to be on @JeremyVineOn5 last week to highlight why #Brexit is to blame for #FoodShortages with @benjaminbutter and spar with Anne Widdecombe who insists on protecting Brexit despite the evidence and facts.
3 things Labour could do to ensure a share of power forever, as opposed to 100% occasionally and none at all the rest of the time:
- Pivot on Brexit
- Embrace PR
- Actively pursue electoral pacts
(The RW press will ALWAYS pillory Labour no matter what they do. Take it as read.)
This is what industrial-scale hatemongering looks like.
All the stories below attacking Meghan (mainly) and Harry (quite a bit) appeared on the Express website within the last 24H.
44 bile-filled rants in just one day. That's a pace of 16,000 attacks a year.
Today a doctor on the picket line said to me: “MPs have had a 42.7% increase since 2008, Junior Doctors have had a 25% decrease since 2010. So let’s not have MPs saying that pay restoration for doctors is unaffordable. We have families to feed as well.”
A fair point indeed.
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@SKinnock Why are labour focussed on the wrong issues?
Tories=Russian money
Tories = wrecked NHS, probation, social care etc
Tories = destroyed economy
Tories = Racist hostile environment
Tories = failed Brexit
Tories = raw sewage in rivers
Tories= zero action climate
Plenty to go at!!!
New anti-hare coursing legislation came into effect last summer. We’re now seeing the first prosecutions under that law. And it shows courts can have an impact on wildlife crime – if the government wants them to.
https://t.co/XQRlEejjBc
"More chance of being struck by lightning: Ofwat reveals just one fine for sewage leaks in nearly 30 years."
Yes, you've got a greater chance of being struck by lighting rather than being fined by @Ofwat
"Trebles all round".
https://t.co/0zai5hjVWA
The 2022 badger cull figures are devastating. Almost 3000 badgers were slaughtered in Shropshire. We cannot stand by and allow the killing of innocent animals to continue.
https://t.co/QR9BtQYf2P