Sunny Scunny

Economics, politics and questions...

Please don't confuse the deficit with our debt ... Deliberately or otherwise.

Let's try keep open minds, eh?

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@DanNeidle Excellent thread, Dan. 👍

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

Make a brew and have a read.... 👇

If @UKLabour hadn't tied themselves up in knots making promises, they could have taken more sensible actions.

They did, so we got the mess of NI increases, a tax on jobs,l which will make those people who are already struggling, poorer ...

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

The Budget employer national insurance increase will mostly end up being passed to employees in the form of lower wages and reduced employment. A thread on why I'm disappointed by the Budget, and why this chart makes me sad.

[Shaun Richards @notayesmansecon]

UK Borrowing – the difference between public sector spending and income – was £17.4 billion in October 2024, £1.6 billion more than in October 2023 and the second highest October borrowing since monthly records began in January 1993.

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@carolineslocock @policy_uk Absolutely.

FPTP feels toxic... People hanging on to their careers rather than putting the voters first.

Social care is a fine example of the issues we face ...

[caroline slocock @carolineslocock]

Politicians seem only to give non-tribal respect to other politicians when they retire, or die. Good to hear Heseltine talking warmly about Prescott and about their shared pursuit of levelling up. We could achieve more if politicians worked together more eg a plan for social care

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@DeathlyAcorn @anthony_ward @BenKentish Not really....

You can't eradicate relative poverty, you can eradicate absolute poverty.

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@BenKentish @JamesWoodeson Tbf he's asking you to explain your metrics...

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

It's amazing how people suggest one thing is right or wrong by using a completely unrelated situation as a measure ...

These are not mutually exclusive....

AFAIK relative child poverty has been improving of late, but was then set back by the cost of living squeeze.

[Ben Kentish @BenKentish]

The news that people inheriting land worth at least £1 million will have to pay tax on it has drawn significantly more outrage from politicians and the press than the news that 1 in 3 children in Britain are now living in poverty.

[Friends of Scunthorpe Central Park @ScunthorpeFoCP]

A bit cool in #CentralParkScunthorpe this morning. The frost is glinting in the bright morning sunshine. @NorthLincsCNews

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

Sad news about John Prescott...

RIP...

A good, solid, traditional politician

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

This 👇

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@hkeyfacts @dave43law Erm, righto. 🤔

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@BladeoftheS You surely know this isn't accurate?

They were trying to coordinate events to cause utter gridlock in the south East....

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@BladeoftheS I suspect the crops and animals will still be growing even if they're not there....

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@BladeoftheS They're not wrong, though, are they?

You just have a different opinion...

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

Two people, amongst thousands and thousands of farmers....

But it all seems to be about these 2...

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@OneTrueSpartan Given that they're taxing traditional Tory voters (business owners, the retired and farmers), I suspect many might be quite content ...

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

#inflation rate rising

#GDP growth below expectations

And a #budget seen as inflationary and anti-growth still to bite ... 🤔

[Sunny Scunny @sunnyscunthorpe]

@TheAnalytic @lara_e_brown Yep, and presumably CGT and 7 years before IHT exempt.

Pesky, unmentioned, details ...