Michael Wheller

Retired but not dead. Enjoy intelligent discussion and debate. Anything less is blocked.
Nullius in verba.

[Catherine McBride OBE @CeeMacBee]

Forget Rejoining, the EU would gain nothing from that. Burnham is about to give them everything they want on a plate.

Under the Reset the EU can:
1. force all UK food and agriculture companies to obey EU rules, with no vote and no say;
2. prevent the UK from importing food from non EU countries;
3. force the UK to pay the EU for their 'policy works' and pay for the development of poorer EU countries;
4. force UK manufacturers to pay the same ETS costs as EU companies;
5. force the UK to add carbon taxes to important input materials that the UK no longer makes.

The EU will control UK money, UK laws, and even UK borders again, without giving the UK a vote.

[David Turver @7Kiwi]

The Government has hailed a £12bn “investment” by RWE and KKR in the Norfolk Vanguard East and West offshore wind projects.
It is not new. The projects already won CfDs in AR7. And it now comes with an extra £1bn from the National Wealth Fund. A short thread 🧵(1/6)

[Catherine McBride OBE @CeeMacBee]

You would think the UK's "Climate Transition" Minister would know that this 'windy little island' has had almost NO wind for 3 days.

But she doesn't, probably because she is one of the 100s of MPs, public sevants, and climate activists attend COP in Turkey at UK taxpayers expense.

[Andrew Bowie MP @AndrewBowie_MP]

Since Labour came to power, the OBR’s forecasts haven’t mentioned Rosebank by name. Then came the October forecast. There it is, in black and white.

The Chancellor on one side, the Energy Secretary on the other.

Unlike Labour, the @Conservatives are united behind our plan to get Britain drilling.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

This is government gaslighting to a high degree.
1. It’s not a new announcement. The Norfolk East and West offshore wind projects were announced earlier this year as part of the AR7 round of contracts.
2. No way does it bring down prices. Those behind it, energy giant RWE + global investors KKR, were guaranteed an above-market strike price of £91.20/MWh based on 2024 prices — indexed linked for 20 years. That guarantee is already worth £97/MWh in 2026. This is v expensive energy.
3. What is new is that the costs of developing offshore wind have soared. So the government has now had to chip in £1 billion of the £12 billion investment needed from the National Wealth [Destruction] Fund. So more state subsidy on top of the massive subsidies for two foreign companies implicit in the price guarantees embedded in AR7.
4. Far from cheaper electricity this embeds high-cost electricity in the system for 20 years.
5. So much for the Chancellor’s Budget pledge to ‘only build new projects when they lower prices’. This does the opposite — and at enormous expense to the taxpayer and electricity user.
Gaslighting indeed.

[Andrew Griffith MP @griffitha]

I am clear, not a penny of British taxpayers’ money should be spent on reparations.

Another self-indulgent distraction from Andy Burnham.

[Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial]

Only 2% of Somali criminals are deported

Only 3% of Jamaican criminals

Only 5% of Nigerian criminals

21,000 serious foreign criminals are roaming g around after release down jail, committing more crimes

They should be deported

Full story here

[Michael Wheller @michael_wheller]

@energygovuk @SkyNews This takes no account of the additional costs to upgrade the grid to accept unreliable wind generated electricity that on sone days is zero.

No 21st century first world economy can rely on this type of electricity generation.

@KatieJWhite and @Miatsf should know this.

[Lee Nallalingham @LNallalingham]

🚨 The Government’s £39 BILLION housing programme has been classified as HIGH RISK for fraud.

That comes directly from the National Audit Office.

Seriously, £39 BILLION of taxpayers’ money is at risk of fraud in just one programme.

Even worse, the latest audit reveals that key measures to prevent fraud are STILL not fully in place.

How on earth do you commit that much money without having proper safeguards in place?

And remember, the national audit office estimates the government could be losing up to £81bn EVERY YEAR to fraud and error.

Yet they keep putting up our taxes because apparently there isn’t enough money.

How about they stop the fraud and error…

…before demanding another penny from us in tax.

It’s a joke.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

No joke: Tomorrow at 10 am, the U.N. plans to elect the Islamic regime of Iran to its main subsidiary organ shaping priorities on women's rights, counter-terrorism and peacekeeping. We urge all states who nominated Tehran — 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇳🇱🇳🇴🇫🇮🇨🇭🇦🇹🇦🇺🇨🇭— to reverse course and vote No.

[Priti Patel MP @pritipatel]

The evidence is overwhelming that China poses a serious threat to our democracy and national security.

Government statements of condemnation are toothless, and they need to place China on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

[Alicia Kearns MP @aliciakearns]

Labour cannot keep putting their heads in the sand. Iran continues to threaten Britain, hack our companies, and radicalise our citizens, yet this government responds with handshakes.

Did the Government warn our allies of an impending attack, or does America no longer think UK military bases are safe?
https://t.co/zwt5XLtiYQ

[Michael Wheller @michael_wheller]

@aliciakearns And they plan to vote for Iran at the United Nations.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Urge your foreign ministers to reverse course and oppose tomorrow's UN election of Iran's Islamic Regime.
🇨🇦 @AnitaAnandMP
🇬🇧 @Ed_Miliband
🇫🇷 @jnbarrot
🇩🇪 @AussenMinDE
🇪🇸 @jmalbares
🇳🇱 @ministerBZ
🇳🇴 @EspenBarthEide
🇫🇮 @elinavaltonen
🇨🇭 @ignaziocassis
🇦🇹 @BMeinl
🇦🇺 @SenatorWong

[Scottish Conservatives @ScotTories]

Only the Conservatives will get the ballooning benefits bill under control and fund our nation’s defence.

[David Turver @7Kiwi]

It's all about Net Zero. Remote wind solar are driving a huge expansion of the grid which is costing a fortune. Stop the renewables and terminate the grid expansion projects.

[Alicia Kearns MP @aliciakearns]

The CCP has attacked our Parliament, yet the Government’s response is to accuse me of playing politics.

This is our national security, and it is the Government failing us.

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

Britain cannot keep spending more on welfare while working people pay more in taxes.

The Conservatives have a plan to cut £36 billion from the welfare bill and get Britain working again.

Watch @KemiBadenoch set out our plan LIVE at 10:30am.

[TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa]

Our response to the Conservative Party's welfare plans

Responding to the Conservatives’ welfare reform plans, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:

“Taxpayers cannot keep writing blank cheques for a welfare system that sees 54 constituencies racking up benefits bills of more than £1 million a day.

“The Conservatives are right to focus on tightening eligibility, restoring the principle of contribution and restricting benefits for foreign nationals. But they should go further by means-testing PIP to ensure support reaches those who need it most and deliver even greater savings.

“With £36 billion in savings being promised, taxpayers will want to see these plans deliver genuine long-term reductions in the welfare bill, and not become another set of empty promises.”

[Israel Foreign Ministry @IsraelMFA]

Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid, confiscating tents, and obstructing flood protection efforts.

Even a deadly storm becomes another opportunity for Hamas to exploit aid and tighten its grip on Gaza.

Terrorism, corruption, and greed. This is Palestinian Hamas.
https://t.co/AjvB6EfOKk

[Michael Wheller @michael_wheller]

@FCDOGovUK @Ed_Miliband @TomTugendhat @KemiBadenoch @UKUN_NewYork

How is it possible that the UK will be supporting Iran at the United Nations? Especially after the Fairford incident?

Are our civil servants in the Foreign Office and ambassadors overseas out of control?

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Urge your foreign ministers to reverse course and oppose tomorrow's UN election of Iran's Islamic Regime.
🇨🇦 @AnitaAnandMP
🇬🇧 @Ed_Miliband
🇫🇷 @jnbarrot
🇩🇪 @AussenMinDE
🇪🇸 @jmalbares
🇳🇱 @ministerBZ
🇳🇴 @EspenBarthEide
🇫🇮 @elinavaltonen
🇨🇭 @ignaziocassis
🇦🇹 @BMeinl
🇦🇺 @SenatorWong