Jean Phillips

Retired Education Welfare Officer.Community Councillor. Avid fan of Welsh sense of humour/hwyl. Family is everything.Supporter/Tenovus & their feel-good choirs.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Hunt seems to think if he sounds like a vicar we will all swallow the bullshit. Twelve years. They have failed. Go away.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

Today’s dire economic news is the result of the Tories’ a) mishandling of Putin since 2014 b) failure to prepare for a pandemic c) manifest waste d) failure to tackle lack of productivity e) unfunded mini-budget and f) Brexit. Not necessarily in that order.

[Jean Phillips @jeanniephil]

@thetimes Start being regularly truthful about this terrible government and maybe more people will read it. Till then.......

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Pay nurses what they are asking for! Tories wasted tens of billions on failed test & trace contracts, but won't invest in fair nurses pay when they are the beating heart of the NHS & worth every penny – what will it cost us all if & when even more nurses leave? #AutumnStatement

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I’m just glad that our dire financial situation is all down to global factors, rather than a decade of Tory cuts, a shit Brexit deal or the fact that we let a brainless fanatic become Prime Minister.
#AutumnStatement #AutumnBudget

[Baroness Patricia of Plague Island @Patrici89225734]

We will all be poorer till goodness knows when, and still no apology for what they have done! We must have a General Election! The Tory Party is a disaster for the country!

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

In three months Tory MPs will have gone from cheering an “essential” £50billion tax cuts package to cheering an equally “essential” £60billion package of tax rises and spending cuts. No wonder voters don’t trust them. They couldn’t navigate a Tesco trolley down the veg aisle.

[Sam Bright @WritesBright]

Hunt claims that 90,000 students would drop out of private school system if tax relief was ended.

I've found the source of the stat – the Independent Schools Council, the lobby group that represents private schools.

[Theo Usherwood @theousherwood]

Rachel Reeves: “Never before have people paid so much in tax and got so little in return.”

[AstraZeneca @AstraZeneca]

Approximately 9 out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) don’t know they have it. Dr. Edgar V. Lerma shared his thoughts on how primary care physicians (PCPs) may hold the key to changing this statistic through earlier detection and prevention of CKD.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Two years from now, the average person will be 7% poorer. And on the current trajectory, Britain's billionaires will be over £100bn richer.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Why no wealth tax Chancellor?
This cd raise at least £70bn from richest 1%. Silence on bankers bonuses too - presumably not keen to highlight he’s sticking with plans to lift the cap. This Govt remains far more interested in rewarding rich than ending inequality #AutumnStatement

[Jean Phillips @jeanniephil]

@JujuliaGrace I'm so grateful for all you docs do. Like so many of us are. Sadly our gratitude is lost because of all the negatives from this dreadful government. Please let it be over soon.#UKGovoutnow

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

• Firefighters don’t get a bonus for saving lives
• Nurses don’t get a bonus for saving lives
• Doctors don’t get a bonus for saving lives
• Teachers don’t get a bonus for teaching children

Bankers getting tax break bonuses for betting against the economy.

Tory Britain.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Hunt's autumn statement pushes the pound lower https://t.co/zP50meCvxj

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The Beeb’s political, business and economics editors just had a 15 minute discussion on the economic mess we are in. The impact of Brexit was mentioned by none of them. Not exactly joining the dots is it?

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Hunt says he’ll be “honest about the challenges” but pretends this is all global - no mention of #Brexit - ridiculous to ignore what the OBR says on that - with his blatantly selective quoting #AutumnStatement

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

Hunt wants to crash the economy and even the Tories are threatening rebellion over that https://t.co/Qr8Kqk4pgD Hunt might bluster today, but even the Tories are already realising that what he is planning is bad for the country