| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast 08:40 - Aug 26 with 10725 views | Mullet |
You can tell he's trying not to swear or lose it.
The fact we've got Zahawi releasing a generic press release in response and he's the guy who got us to heat his stables isn't a good sign is it? |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 16:42 - Aug 26 with 1371 views | Clapham_Junction |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 12:18 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
If you think the Tory are responsible for this world wide crisis , you are seriously deluded my friend ! |
They (and the Lib Dems) are responsible for killing the onshore wind, solar and insulation industries/programmes in the early 2010s, which have had a massively negative impact on our continued reliance on gas (which is what is driving the price rises) and people's energy use/costs. |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 16:51 - Aug 26 with 1344 views | Zx1988 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 16:36 - Aug 26 by The_Romford_Blue |
I hate this POV. I know people who vote Tory for this reason and it’s utter sh*te.
You’re affectively saying that you’ll continue to vote for the plebs who ARE screwing over the country rather than for Labour just in case they MIGHT do the same. It’s ridiculous. |
I suppose it's marginally more socially acceptable than simply saying 'I just hate the poors and foreigners'. |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 with 1300 views | backwaywhen |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 14:20 - Aug 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Whilst Labour were at the wheel for the GFC, and most definitely could have done some things better including tighter regulation of the City, it’s staggering that people still believe that the Conservatives are “the party of the economy”.
On the Tories’ watch, we’ve seen the national debt absolutely balloon, stagnant growth due to lack of state investment in infrastructure, highest tax burden since the 1940’s, and not to mention had our sovereign credit rating downgraded. Economically illiterate. |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:24 - Aug 26 with 1294 views | Zx1988 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO |
He's not though, has he?
If the sole criterion for this sort of assessment is whether the individual concerned has 'done their best', then I'll be off down to Papworth on Tuesday to try my hand at open heart surgery. I can't guarantee I'm any good at it, but I'll do my best. | |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:28 - Aug 26 with 1279 views | LeoMuff |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 12:24 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
This energy is all over Europe , just back from visit to Germany , and guess what ? …… in the same boat ! |
France ? No capped at 4% energy price increases |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:35 - Aug 26 with 1269 views | Mullet |
Good Law project planning to sue Ofgem!
https://goodlawproject.org/news/sue-ofgem-price-cap-failure/
I also saw this announced earlier
Think there are things now in motion aren't there? Whether they hit hard enough to make a difference though.... | |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:40 - Aug 26 with 1251 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO |
Sovereign credit rating has nothing to do with the furlough scheme. The Tories racked up a huge debt to GDP ratio even before the pandemic. It’s how your ability to pay down your debt is viewed. This downgrade occurred due to a sluggish growth outlook (worth noting compatible peers were not downgraded at the time). Other countries, notably the US implemented huge government stimulus schemes investing in infrastructure to get their economies moving. We did not.
You don’t know what you are talking about. [Post edited 26 Aug 2022 17:42]
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:49 - Aug 26 with 1234 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO |
You fekkin lunatic.....xx |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 18:50 - Aug 26 with 1193 views | stickymockwell |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:49 - Aug 26 by BanksterDebtSlave |
You fekkin lunatic.....xx |
Unbelievable |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 18:53 - Aug 26 with 1181 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:28 - Aug 26 by LeoMuff |
France ? No capped at 4% energy price increases |
I've just come back from France and while I can't comment on the gas/elec/oil prices, diesel/petrol was a lot cheaper. We were paying about €1.75/litre (£1.43) in local garages when it was £1.96/litre here. Even the most expensive service station we saw was €2.09, which is £1.74.
So roughly 50p/litre cheaper if you shopped around. That's over £30 per full tank. Every little bit helps, as they say.
For food and drink it seemed more expensive than last time we went, but was still better value than here. Greengages were extortionate though - it must be a bad season for them! |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 18:55 - Aug 26 with 1178 views | rgp1 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 14:03 - Aug 26 by Seablu |
Define ‘the narrative’
So far, all you’ve done is rehash the tediously lazy & uneducated platitudes that plague this country. |
That's the typical response of some of the left leaning on here instead of debating like adults you just throw insults! | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 19:14 - Aug 26 with 1158 views | Seablu |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 18:55 - Aug 26 by rgp1 |
That's the typical response of some of the left leaning on here instead of debating like adults you just throw insults! |
So you can’t then.
Don’t be ashamed though, you’re not the only one here who should be supervised every time the polling station is open. |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 19:23 - Aug 26 with 1130 views | rgp1 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 19:14 - Aug 26 by Seablu |
So you can’t then.
Don’t be ashamed though, you’re not the only one here who should be supervised every time the polling station is open. |
Not much use in a polling station as there is not a 'none of the above option'. [Post edited 26 Aug 2022 19:24]
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 19:29 - Aug 26 with 1108 views | eireblue |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO |
This is a curious statement
“ before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts “
At that stage the U.K. was still in transition from leaving the EU. If the U.K. was on an upward trend, it would have been a trend established whilst in the EU.
Boris took us out of that trend.
And the plan that Boris announced when he became PM, the one he had for social care. That was before Covid. How is that going, surely things are much better in the NHS because he solved that? |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 20:03 - Aug 26 with 1050 views | LeoMuff |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 20:09 - Aug 26 with 1033 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 16:42 - Aug 26 by Clapham_Junction |
They (and the Lib Dems) are responsible for killing the onshore wind, solar and insulation industries/programmes in the early 2010s, which have had a massively negative impact on our continued reliance on gas (which is what is driving the price rises) and people's energy use/costs. |
And biofuels. Hugely important for haulage, but our promising companies moved to the States as we spent years in policy limbo land in the first half of the 2010s.
And then they killed the domestic solar market about 3 years ago by removing the subsidies (despite corporate fossil fuel actors getting subsidised to feck). | |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 21:18 - Aug 26 with 959 views | jeera |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 18:55 - Aug 26 by rgp1 |
That's the typical response of some of the left leaning on here instead of debating like adults you just throw insults! |
No, he's questioned your choice of words.
Which, for the record, seemed pretty meaningless. |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 21:32 - Aug 26 with 932 views | Seablu |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 19:23 - Aug 26 by rgp1 |
Not much use in a polling station as there is not a 'none of the above option'. [Post edited 26 Aug 2022 19:24]
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What revolutionary new policies would stimulate the rgp1 think tank then?
The thought of you trickling down to the polling station to soil your ballot paper is just too tragic to contemplate. | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 22:43 - Aug 26 with 855 views | jeera |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:50 - Aug 26 by Guthrum |
Compare that with a mate of mine who has considerable health issues, but keeps having his money cut off as he struggles to comply with all the jobhunting requirements (computer illiterate, mobility and concentration issues, on strong medication - but somehow assessed as fit for work). Sure, he has a flat paid for by the state, but they don't make his life easy, by any means. |
The way many people in that situation are hounded is enough to make them ill.
Even if they weren't quite poorly enough to begin with, the system will see to it that they become that way. | |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 23:43 - Aug 26 with 792 views | tractordownsouth |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 17:23 - Aug 26 by backwaywhen |
All because the government poured money into those that needed help during lockdown , and the more they gave the more people wanted , all leading to our national debt going way beyond controllability, before covid this country was on an upward trend on all if not most fronts ……. They became dammed if they did and dammed if they didn’t….. felt for Boris although he told a few little porky’s he done a blo@dy good job …. IMHO |
Which aspects of the country have improved since the Tories came in? Bearing in mind housing, health, education, justice and transport have all got considerably worse in that period. |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 00:56 - Aug 27 with 733 views | rgp1 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 21:32 - Aug 26 by Seablu |
What revolutionary new policies would stimulate the rgp1 think tank then?
The thought of you trickling down to the polling station to soil your ballot paper is just too tragic to contemplate. |
How about nationalising the rail water and power companies to begin with so the country can be self sufficient. We know the tories won't do it but why won't starmer? | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 06:57 - Aug 27 with 622 views | solomon |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 19:23 - Aug 26 by rgp1 |
Not much use in a polling station as there is not a 'none of the above option'. [Post edited 26 Aug 2022 19:24]
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To be fair the “none of the above” option is to not turn up. |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 09:19 - Aug 27 with 585 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 00:56 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
How about nationalising the rail water and power companies to begin with so the country can be self sufficient. We know the tories won't do it but why won't starmer? |
“How about nationalising the rail water and power companies to begin with so the country can be self sufficient.”
We don’t have enough oil and gas to be self-sufficient, we’d still need to buy it from the oil majors. Also the power network is connected to continental Europe and power is shared (both ways) at times of high load. | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 09:25 - Aug 27 with 572 views | rgp1 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 09:19 - Aug 27 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
“How about nationalising the rail water and power companies to begin with so the country can be self sufficient.”
We don’t have enough oil and gas to be self-sufficient, we’d still need to buy it from the oil majors. Also the power network is connected to continental Europe and power is shared (both ways) at times of high load. |
We do have enough if we dig it up. After all Russia doesn't produce anything, it just extracts things from the ground and sells them abroad. | | | |
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