Scott Grant

Answering the question how small is too small since 1994 ..

[Dick Winchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @DickWinchester]

If <50% was used to produce green hydrogen Shetland could have become 100% energy independent & would have a level of resilience capable of dealing with the worst the weather could throw at it. Instead, it's all being exported to England. @ShetIslandsCll
https://t.co/X0YeByM2uw

[The SNP @theSNP]

💷 Scottish revenue increased by £15 billion over the 2022/23 tax year - an increase of 20.7% compared to 11.3% for the UK.

[MSM Monitor @msm_monitor]

Scotland's North Sea Oil & Gas has made quite a miraculous recovery since 2014 when we were told it was running out and couldn't be relied upon. It's now set to 'power up Britain'. With our renewable electricity being transferred south, how fortunate for England that we voted No.

[Remain Central #Rejoin @remain_central]

Britain now wants to #Rejoin, by a huge 60-40 majority.

Help spread the word.

Please RT and follow. #followbackfriday

[Kai Humphries @kaihumphries]

I was saying this ages ago, even before he jumped the queue

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

The money the Tories spaffed on Test & Trace would have paid for a 15% pay rise for every NHS worker from now until 2058.

They took that money & gave it to their pals.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Final scores:

Daily Star Lettuce: 1
Liz Truss: 0

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I see this as the most important of all issues: the collapse of the Earth systems on we and all the living wonders with which we share this planet depend. It is happening in front of our eyes, and it should dominate the news everywhere, every day. https://t.co/XckVrtLbjN

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

- Markets are frantic
- Govt u-turning on everything
- @theIFS warns its fiscal plans don’t add up
- The @bankofengland governor is dropping bombs
- Jacob Rees-Mogg says the current market chaos has nothing to do with the mini-budget
WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON
Where to begin?
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[Sky News @SkyNews]

The CEO of Shell has called on the government to tax oil and gas companies in order to protect the poorest people in society from soaring energy costs https://t.co/3ZEBexKwCl

[David Burgherr @D_Burgherr]

I think people haven’t yet priced in exactly who gains from abolishing the 45p rate…

This isn’t about cuts for people on £150k, or even £200k. Most of the gain goes to those *much* higher up.

I did some further analysis using HMRC data (with @arunadvaniecon and @Summers_AD) 🧵

[Phantom Power @PhantomPower14]

Nigel Farage asks how independent Scotland will pay the bills then closes the interview when @AngusMacNeilSNP points out the UK hasn’t paid its bills since 1945.

[Gary Robertson @BBCGaryR]

People living in Shetland would need to be earning at least £104,000 a year to avoid fuel poverty. The stark warning is from @ShetIslandsCll & estimates by April the average energy cost per year for a household will be over £10,000, double that of the rest of the UK
#bbcgms 0605

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

BREAKING 🚨 | A leaked Treasury document has revealed energy companies will make excess profits of up to £170 BILLION, in the next 2 years.

[Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb]

“We’ve got full employment and falling wages. That is a situation that’s never happened before and it cannot be tolerated by working people” 🔥

[Ronan Burtenshaw @ronanburtenshaw]

The rail strike isn’t only about rail workers.

This strike is coming first because the RMT is the frontline of the organised working class.

If they win, millions of workers will feel emboldened to fight for a pay rise. And the establishment knows it.

[Scott Grant @scottgr4nt]

@tap_it_in_golf @0swald11

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

More than £100,000,000,000 of public money has gone to non-NHS healthcare providers over the past decade, including to the likes of Richard Branson's Virgin Care.

If the Tories had instead invested that money in the NHS and its workforce, the army wouldn't need to be called in.

[Jon Trickett MP @jon_trickett]

• The number of UK Billionaires has grown by 490% under the Tories.

• People using food banks has grown by 5,852% under the Tories.

I believe a wealth tax could fix this.