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Dal mio intervento di oggi al Vertice del Consiglio di Cooperazione del Golfo.
Everything costs more, so much more and Britain is getting poorer, so much much poorer. People can feel it - it’s a pretty dreadful combination. Food’s more expensive, energy bills soaring, a pint costs six quid outside Central London. Childcare, insurance, mortgage payments. It’s everything and it is bloody awful. Inflation MUST come down.
It doesn’t feel like anyone’s got any answers. Well, there is one. The only one.
Brutally slash tax, radically tear away vast swathes of the state and eventually rebuild national resilience/confidence.
There is no easy solution. We are in deep, dark shit.
There is no other way to describe it. It will be painful. Very painful. Politicians need to be honest about that.
Britain has the highest tax burden since the Second World War. Millions are working harder than ever, yet becoming poorer every single month. Inflation runs rampant. The cruellest tax of them all.
Are we surprised it’s exploded? The Government printed hundreds of billions during lockdown, shut down the economy, wrecked supply chains, raised taxes on work and investment, and then acted totally baffled when prices soared. What happens if you inject such huge amount of money into a system? It all becomes worth less. This is obvious. It’s called ‘quantitative easing’, a fancy way of saying printing money and we need to ban it.
Inflation is a cancer. A tax that wipes out wages, savings, pensions. It makes life more expensive.
Here is the honest truth. You cannot fight inflation by taxing people more and growing the state.
You can only fight inflation by cutting the size of the state itself.
If we want to bring down the cost of living, we need to start telling the truth.
The state is too big, too bloated, too expensive and too incompetent. The debt is too vast.
The rich don’t suffer. It’s the poor who feel it. THAT is why we must change. Urgently.
In 25/26 it’s expected debt interest spending to total £111.2 billion. That’s 8.3% of total public spending and is equivalent to over 3.7% of national income. Think about that. If your family’s debt interest payments equalled that, how would you cope? Bankruptcy, is the answer. Britain is going bankrupt. We spend more on debt interest than defence. It is INSANE. We are spending too much, far too much. Try running a business like that. Good luck.
How do we fix it?
A pound taken by government is a pound removed from the productive economy, and fed to the unproductive state.
Cut taxes on work.
Income Tax down. Raise the thresholds. Farage now backtracking on this (huge error).
National Insurance down.
Let people keep more of what they earn.
REWARD HARD WORK.
Cut taxes on business.
Cut Corporation Tax - lowest in Europe. Reduce Business Rates.
Slash Employers’ NI so firms can hire again.
Ease dividend thresholds.
Tear away the frictional costs of doing business. Lubricate the system. Make Britain the easiest place in Europe to do business.
Tax breaks for long term investment.
When businesses produce more, supply goes up - and prices come DOWN.
This is basic economics.
Slash the size of the state.
Brutally. And I mean brutally.
Billions and billions in cuts. Right across the board - welfare in particular. If you can work, you MUST work. Support those in genuine need, but that is a vanishingly small number compared to current spend. Ban foreigners from claiming any benefits.
Asylum costs, foreign aid, dependent migrants. It all has to go.
Civil service pensions. Unsustainable. Need to be dealt with. It’s a time bomb.
We need Government to do a small list of things, but do it well. Protect our borders, people, interests.
Rebuild national resilience.
Build energy independence so families aren’t battered. We import SO much energy.
Drill baby, drill. Frack. Use what we have. Drive the cost of energy down, and everything else follows. This is not complicated.
Food security so supply chains can’t be held hostage. GROW MORE. Cost comes down, again this is not complicated.
A skilled British workforce so productivity rises and dependence on vast low-wage migration ends - target education. Reward businesses who train and develop apprentices.
Deport the millions of migrants who take more than they give. It is not our responsibility to financially support much of the third world. We have our own people and our own problems, thanks.
Ban money-printing, without Parliament’s express consent.
Crucially, tackle crime. Give people confidence to invest and reduce insurance costs. SO important.
Britain must become a country that lives within it means. Not spending more than we earn. In fact, raising enough to begin paying off that debt, and reducing those interest payments.
The cost of living crisis will only be solved by stripping back the state that is crushing our country.
There is no other way. The left will say ‘tax the rich’? The rich will leave. They are leaving. It’s already happening. They go, and take their tax revenue with them. This is OBVIOUS.
You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.
Collectivism ALWAYS fails.
We need cuts, cuts and then more cuts. Trust the people who actually work, build, produce and create. Give them the space they need to thrive, and we’ll all benefit. Generate wealth. Attract success. Cut inflation. Breed confidence.
It’s quite straightforward.
This is how we lower the cost of living. Put more money in people’s pockets. Rebuild the British economy. Make you and your family richer.
It can be done, it will just take balls.
I’d like to congratulate @RyderCupEurope on their victory. Your team play the first few days was sensational.
More importantly, I’d like to apologize for the rude and mean-spirited behavior from our American crowd at Bethpage.
As a former player, Captain and as an American, I am ashamed of what happened. #RyderCup
I am going to go on record:
I AM DONE WITH THE RYDER CUP.
It’s been an embarrassing event for a while now. Fan behavior is only getting worse and to make matters worse ITS ENCOURAGED.
We need to stop rewarding this kind of behavior. It’s also become a money grab- made worse when the US Players fight to get paid and then get their can kicked. You can’t watch any of the event for 3 min without a 3 minute commercial break.
It’s a horrible US product.
Shame on everyone involved!
@JonathanBrash You were a teacher? You are now an MP in his majesty’s government- your language referring to people of other political opinions really is immature. You’re clearly not stupid, but were you bullied as child? You clearly have issues.