Greatest myth of UK politics:
“The prosperous, liberal south voted remain & increasingly labour - while the poorer northern left-behind voted Brexit & are switching to Tories”.
It’s a myth based on the misunderstanding - that income no longer determines voting..
..wealth does.
18 months ago I wrote a thread on “the inconvenient truth” of the election.
▶️ That age is now the determinant factor in British politics.
Northerners & the “left behinds”contrary to the media myth, didn’t vote for Brexit - home owning older voters did.
https://twitter.com/nicktolhurst/status/1207223097331453952?s=20
I’m always amused by some naive people on the left who are confused about Owen Jones. Or who admonish Owen Jones for risking Labour unity & its election chances.
Owen Jones has been working full time for several years now to ensure the Tories win the next election.
I’m always amused by some naive people on the left who are confused about Owen Jones. Or who admonish Owen Jones for risking Labour unity & its election chances.
Owen Jones has been working full time for several years now to ensure the Tories win the next election.
The pain is real.
There’s 2 groups that want to end European social democracy:
1. Those on the left that HOPE it might lead to a more left society & govt
2. Those on the right that KNOW it leads to an oligarch free for all with politics determined by populism as traditional democracy breaks down
There’s 2 groups that want to end European social democracy:
1. Those on the left that HOPE it might lead to a more left society & govt
2. Those on the right that KNOW it leads to an oligarch free for all with politics determined by populism as traditional democracy breaks down
There’s now a highly plausible possibility that Southampton go into the last match of the season needing a win to avoid relegation.
There’s now a highly plausible possibility that Southampton go into the last match of the season needing a win to avoid relegation.
“Nuclear would’ve been good ten years ago, but it’s too late now” - ancient proverb https://twitter.com/mlanetrain/status/1556381583585804291
This is some grim real life dramatic irony: Nick Clegg opposing nuclear power in 2010 because it would only come on-stream by 2021 or 2022.
Not at the moment
3. Energy is Eternal Delight.
Germany is facing a very hard winter. Yet the most apocalyptic scenarios are now looking less likely: despite Russia reducing the gas flow in Nord Stream 1 to 20% of capacity, 🇩🇪 gas stores are now over 70% full. Berlin's goal of 75% by early September now looks very attainable. https://twitter.com/bnetza/status/1555509720848506880
Lagebericht #Bundesnetzagentur 05.08.22 (13 Uhr):
- #Gasversorgung in 🇩🇪 im Moment stabil.
- Aktuelle Speicher-Füllstände: 70,39 %, Rehden 46,52%.
- Gasflüsse aus der Nord Stream 1 derzeit bei etwa 20 % der Maximalleistung.
Details im Bericht▶️ https://bundesnetzagentur.de/aktuelle-gasversorgung
@BMWK
Might surprise people…after a relatively slow start EU vaccine production was way ahead of the US by the end of 2021 principally because vaccine producers were more confident they would be able to export vaccines from the EU…
The comparative performance of USA and EU regarding #coronavirus vaccines production.
@ChadBown
@PIIE https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/us-was-quick-produce-covid-19-vaccines-then-it-fell-behind?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=bown-vax-dpa-blog&utm_content=chart
Some thoughts about the UK and the energy crisis. Firstly, let’s not kid ourselves, no amount of boosterism is going to help avoid the grim reality.
Is this number of followers of some mystical numerological importance?
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A3 print, signed by me and dispatched from my house next week. £23 each (which includes post packaging & vat)
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@NadineDorries
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Signed! Only on sale until Monday.
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@RishiSunak
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Signed! Only on sale until Monday.
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