Have just quickly scanned @BethRigby tweets from the last day or so.
Tweets about Starmer being under pressure / MPs calling for him to go: 53
Tweets about Nigel Farage not declaring a £5m ‘gift’ from foreign businessman: 1
How’s that for independent journalism?
"I once received £5m, a further £1m, an £800k house, helicopter trips and a trip to the Maldives, and wasn't expected to do anything in return for it."
If only Ed Miliband and Rachael Reeves had actually ‘broken the link’ - our energy bills would be lower now - I’ve shown them both how ’the link’ added £43 billion to our energy bills in 2023. We allow the price of gas to set the price of all other electricity in Britain, even made from the wind and sun - and when global gas prices go crazy, so does the price of our own green energy.
Two weeks ago Ed and Rachael announced they were breaking the link, days later when the detail came out we could see they had done no such thing. Offering voluntary contracts to legacy green generation is a joke. Their own forecasts are for a 10% take up by 2030 - a pointless gesture - other than the great headlines they got. But a betrayal of the country and arguably the government, many of whom believed the rhetoric. Not breaking the link allows right wing types to continue to blame green levies for what is a fossil fuel crisis, made worse by a defective market mechanism.
Keir Starmer should take control of this - and actually break the link.
This should be one of the top stories. Not a peep on @BBCNews early evening bulletin. Even more sinister there’s no mention anywhere on the BBC News App #GetHarborneOut
And just like that, the very wealthiest party in the U.K. backed by foreign billionaires is supported by the very poorest members of society who dislike foreigners. You couldn’t make this shit up.
Farage and the NHS is trending I see 👀
It would be a shame to keep resharing this video of him talking about privatising the NHS to make money wouldn’t it? 😇
Chris Mason: there’s something else going on here too, the rise of Reform UK, a relative newcomer they are insurgent in many parts of Britain”
Relative newcomer? Farage has been around for decades. And no mention of the £5 million personal donation.
#SackChrisMason#bbcnews
Labour appears to be getting serious about ‘breaking the link’ - this is the single biggest thing they can do to tackle energy bills in this crisis and beyond. The benefits are huge, in the last crisis this link cost the taxpayer £70Billion.
I wrote this for the FT a few months ago - and have been sharing the numbers with DESNZ and the Treasury for some time.
https://t.co/IaCpfZZYaT