John Husband

Award-winning former Daily Mirror personal finance editor, money guru & economist

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“Belle “film on TV last night featured story of blacks chucked overboard from slave ship to save shipowners money.
Now Premier Liz Truss# has chucked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng# overboard to save her job.
Plus ça change.

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Former Tory health minister Jeremy Hunt spent six years wrecking the NHS. And now he’s Chancellor#-in charge of the economy!!!
Plus ça change.

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Imposing fresh austerity is morally wrong and economically bankrupt. Our top priority must be to boost the economy and secure jobs.
With today’s low interest rates we can fund the pandemic debt with Government bonds repaid over the next 25-50 years.

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A woman holding a baby has been seen standing outside Dartford Civic offices this evening with what look like her personal possessions. Has anybody checked to see whether she needs help?

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Critics of Labour’s manifesto forget
it reflects the views of 500,000 members and decisions made at Conference- and surveys showed it was popular with the public.
It would be a grave mistake to ditch the good ideas it contains.

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The election result sends a terrible message to the younger generation. Lies and deceit will get you to the very top in Britain. Honesty, decency and principles won’t.

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Remain London’s election results show it wasn’t the Labour leader or manifesto that lost the election. Labour remains firmly in control of London. Londoners haven’t forgotten what a disaster Mayor Boris was for London. God help Britain.

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Almost every Tory Party advert is dishonest, none of Labour's, experts have just revealed. How can anybody with a brain vote for Boris-led Tories?

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Can't believe this: A woman on TV at a #food bank backing #Boris!!!! If he wins the lunatics will have taken over the asylum.

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How much hqrmful #co2 emissions have #Boris made flying around Britain in his luxury private jet?

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The #Tories claim they’ve cut the #NationalDebt. The truth is they have increased it every year since 2010 -up by 80 per cent since then to £1,812 billion this year. The last Government that cut the debt was #Labour in 2,000.

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#BBC News today questions where are the workers to build 100,000 #council homes a year for #Labour-and reports the #Tory pledge to build a million homes for sale without challenge.
Are #BBC #reporters just stupid or Tory mouthpieces?

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What does defecting MP Ian Austin have in common with Boris Johnson-a lying, cheating philanderer who as London mayor squandered hundreds of millions of our money on vanity projects. And proved a disastrous foreign secretary.

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UK Parliament: Commit to building 100,000 new council houses every year for 30 years - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/N6tAZ6QPB0 via @UKChange

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Tougher action is urgently needed to save the planet for our grandchildren, Teresa Pearce# told electors from Erith & Thamesmead# and churchgoers from St Thomas More Church Bostall.#

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Massive climate change# lobby of MPs today. Pressure groups, churches and CAFOD#, overseas aid agency brought people from all over Britain. Labour MP Teresa Pearce# warned the Government’s target of zero emissions by 2050 would be too little, too late.

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#Tory Bexley council campaigned to save Bexleyheath police station. Where were they when #Tory #LondonMayor #BorisJohnson closed TWO of the borough’s police stations?

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#BorisJohnson built zero affordable homes in the eight years he was #Londonmayor. The joke’s on us with this clown of a politician.

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A disgraceful 42 per cent of publicly funded homes sold off under #RightToBuy are now owned by private landlords. London boroughs are paying £20 million a year to private landlords to rent back homes sold under the Right To Buy to house homeless families.

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Around 14,000 new council #homes are to be built in 27 London boroughs #LondonMayor #SadiqKhan said tonight.. None will be in #ToryBexley which built no affordable homes last year either.