| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast 08:40 - Aug 26 with 10718 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 09:36 - Aug 27 with 813 views | solomon |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 09:25 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
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. |
True, but there is a slight caveat here, the guy in charge of digging it up tends to be an aggressive little so and so with a tendency towards expansionism.He used to be very chummy with our Politicians and their chums but we’ve had a bit of a falling out recently and he’s turned the gas off as we’ve turned his money off. So not really at all simple. |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:01 - Aug 27 with 758 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 06:57 - Aug 27 by solomon |
To be fair the “none of the above” option is to not turn up. |
Well spoiling the ballot paper sends a better message don't you think? "I'd like to vote but there isn't a candidate worthy of my support". Not turning up can be (and is) interpreted as apathy or acceptance. |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:29 - Aug 27 with 714 views | solomon |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:01 - Aug 27 by You_Bloo_Right |
Well spoiling the ballot paper sends a better message don't you think? "I'd like to vote but there isn't a candidate worthy of my support". Not turning up can be (and is) interpreted as apathy or acceptance. |
Soiling a ballot paper just seems a bit immature. If I walk down to my local Tesco express to by buy bran flakes and they have none I don’t pis$ in a box of cornflakes as a protest, I just don’t bother going. | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:46 - Aug 27 with 688 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 09:25 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
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. |
Russia has far more reserves than we do. Also the UK government doesn’t own the rights to it, nor the billions or pounds of assets which explore and produce it. The E&P companies also have commercial contracts to send the oil and gas elsewhere. |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:06 - Aug 27 with 643 views | rgp1 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:46 - Aug 27 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Russia has far more reserves than we do. Also the UK government doesn’t own the rights to it, nor the billions or pounds of assets which explore and produce it. The E&P companies also have commercial contracts to send the oil and gas elsewhere. |
Of course it does as Russia is massive compared to us. However filling in our coal mines then decommissioning our power stations and then raising them to the ground hasn't done us any favours. | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:17 - Aug 27 with 617 views | leitrimblue |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:06 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
Of course it does as Russia is massive compared to us. However filling in our coal mines then decommissioning our power stations and then raising them to the ground hasn't done us any favours. |
Think you may be onto something here rgp. Now what morons were behind closing the coal mines? |  | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:36 - Aug 27 with 577 views | rgp1 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:17 - Aug 27 by leitrimblue |
Think you may be onto something here rgp. Now what morons were behind closing the coal mines? |
Exactly, but as I said earlier in the thread, why won't Starmar back nationalisation? | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:41 - Aug 27 with 541 views | Darth_Koont |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:36 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
Exactly, but as I said earlier in the thread, why won't Starmar back nationalisation? |
Nationalised industries dramatically cut down on the opportunities to cash in from lobbyists, donors and side gigs. “The Market” is their market too. |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:47 - Aug 27 with 532 views | itfcjoe |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:36 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
Exactly, but as I said earlier in the thread, why won't Starmar back nationalisation? |
Because total nationalisation, just like total privatisation isn’t the answer - the key is always a balance |  |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:53 - Aug 27 with 499 views | leitrimblue |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:36 - Aug 27 by rgp1 |
Exactly, but as I said earlier in the thread, why won't Starmar back nationalisation? |
Man, yer should have got behind Corbyn when you had the chance if thats yer goal | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:54 - Aug 27 with 497 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:47 - Aug 27 by itfcjoe |
Because total nationalisation, just like total privatisation isn’t the answer - the key is always a balance |
The estimates for Corbyn’s nationalisation plan were around $196bn - but it’s worth noting that obviously the country’s balance sheet would then have a lot of assets, so it’s not just money out of the door. The reality is the companies would have dragged him through the courts for years to settle on a price.
However he only ever suggested nationalisation of the energy utilities, so energy production would still be in the private sector. Those state utility firms would then still have to pay the market price for gas and any other energy sources in the private sector. EDF in France are a power generation AND supply firm so they’ve been able to cap prices. | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 12:04 - Aug 27 with 488 views | Darth_Koont |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 11:47 - Aug 27 by itfcjoe |
Because total nationalisation, just like total privatisation isn’t the answer - the key is always a balance |
Really? Who says national utilities and services need to let private companies in along with their completely different priorities towards profits and shareholders?
As we’ve repeatedly seen, the efficiency of the private sector (or even a best of both worlds dream) is a fallacy at these larger corporate levels. With the constant incentive to make money and little regulation or government will to get in the way of that, national utilities and services inevitably just become a captured market to exploit for private gain rather than benefit citizens and the economy as a whole.
It’s time to knock this outdated thinking on the head. | |
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| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 13:05 - Aug 27 with 424 views | OldFart71 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 09:35 - Aug 26 by Guthrum |
How does a tax threshold rise help a state pensioner on £9,628 per year? |
Yeah and they are talking about more than 50% of a persons pension going on energy costs. I myself don't even get what those on the "New" State Pension get as I was one of the last to have to work until 65 before getting mine. Mind you a few years before my retirement age I contacted HMRC for my pension forecast and at that time I had to have done 44 years paying into N.I. now it's 35 to get the full pension and 10 years to at least get something. When you consider the minimum wage is £9.50 per hour pensioners get less than half that amount. | | | |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 13:14 - Aug 27 with 418 views | OldFart71 |
| Martin Lewis is almost in tears on BBC Breakfast on 10:07 - Aug 26 by cressi |
Genuine poor agree
I had neighbours raking in more than the average working person where I live a family had money to smoke weed from when up till bed time designer clothes and fake tans takeaways 4 nights a week so hardly poor sickning really |
I think you are correct. Just because someone is on benefit doesn't automatically make them poor. Just as someone working fulltime doesn't make them rich. It was said recently that even people on £45,000 a year will struggle. If that's the case I and many like myself may as well give up as I don't earn/receive half that amount and cannot claim anything. | | | |
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