Andrew Bridgen: If you want to know…
If you want to know what the ‘Cost of Net Zero’ is look at these average domestic energy bills across countries. Imagine what the commercial energy bills are for businesses trying to compete in world markets ? Energy for UK businesses is 5 x higher than in China and 4.5 x India
Edwin Hayward: This shows the salaries being offered…
This shows the salaries being offered by the UK government for crucial AI roles right now are a literal joke. (For example £44K-49K/year for a senior AI projects lead.) If you're truly good enough for the requirements of a top post, you can make a mint in the private sector.
Liz Webster: Farms, transport and hospitality are all now operating…
🆘 🚩🔥 Farms, transport and hospitality are all now operating in survival mode bc Brexit Britain depends on permanently cheap energy, stable imports and just-in-time logistics. The moment global instability hits, the entire chain starts seizing up simultaneously. Farmers are considering selling fertiliser rather than planting crops bc it’s more profitable/less risky. This should terrify policymakers but they’re too busy offering freebies for kids in summer holidays. Meanwhile the EU is delivering significant emergency package for farmers, fishing businesses and road hauliers to protect food system. Who will feed Brexit Britain? Food shortages don’t begin with empty supermarket shelves. They begin when producers quietly decide planting no longer makes economic sense. Britain has spent years weakening domestic resilience while becoming more dependent on volatile global markets. We are now discovering the cost of that strategy as collapse looms.
Britain Is Facing an Energy Crisis
Social media is awash with frustration, as users complain that the government is doing next to nothing to tackle the worsening energy crisis.
Ben Judah: Whether we like it or not…
Whether we like it or not we are marching towards an AI and robotics driven economy that will structurally require less migration and likely higher unemployment of those already here. This requires an honest conversation about the future of our approach towards low wage labour migration. What the economy needs in 2036 will not be what it needed in 2016.
Diane Abbott: Lots of complaint about capping...
Lots of complaint about capping food prices. But temporary price contols in an emergency are key to ensuring people can afford the basics of life, as even some opponents admit. Bank of England Governor: Caps on food prices are not sustainable
Liz Webster: The CEO of Barclays has now openly said Britain…
The CEO of Barclays has now openly said Britain should look for ways to reverse the economic effects of Brexit. One of the country’s biggest banks admitting Brexit imposed real economic costs. The debate has now shifted from global Britain unleashed to “How do we reduce the damage?” Bloomberg report
Anthony Costello: Trump cut all the $4bn commitment…
Trump cut all the $4bn commitment to the Green Climate Fund that supports low income countries to build climate resilience. Now Labour have cut by half the UK contribution. Politicians + economists just don’t get the severity + urgency of the climate crisis for our children.Ben Judah: According to the most conservative…
According to the most conservative OBR estimates the costs of Brexit works out at roughly £900 per citizen per year. Again according to the most conservative estimates the Brexit induced premium our debt interest costs over France works out a roughly £280 per citizen a year. The average voter in this Lancashire constituency has roughly £700 genuinely discretionary spending a month.
Daniel Lacalle: The UK economy has been obliterated by overregulation…
The UK economy has been obliterated by overregulation, bureaucracy, high taxes, uncontrolled immigration and net zero insanity... and Streeting proposes a lot more of it. What could go wrong?Daniel Lacalle: Oil spikes and wars grab headlines…
Oil spikes and wars grab headlines, but they do NOT create persistent inflation. ❌ Blaming “oil” or “wars” for persistent inflation is comforting—and wrong. They move relative prices for a while, but they do not make the aggregate price level rise year after year. ❌ Oil shocks reshuffle prices: energy up, something else down. Unless central banks and governments validate the shock with massive spending and easy money, the overall inflation rate falls back. A one‑off oil spike cannot explain years of rising aggregate prices. If oil prices or “supply chains” caused inflation, we would have had deflation between 2022 and 2025. Instead, aggregate prices kept rising as governments spent and printed at record levels. ❌ Wars are usually disinflationary. They freeze or destroy investment plans, delay big consumption decisions, and raise uncertainty. Households and companies cancel or postpone spending—they don’t go on a buying spree. ✅ What turns temporary shocks into persistent inflation is policy. Massive fiscal deficits, monetized by central banks, keep demand above supply and embed higher prices into the system: more units of currency chasing the same goods and services. ✅ The pattern is clear: every time central banks and governments flood the system with liquidity and deficit spending, core inflation moves up and stays up. When they finally cut spending and tighten policy, inflation rolls over—regardless of oil or war headlines. ✅ Inflation is not a mysterious external monster. It is a political choice: spend, borrow, and print beyond the real capacity of the economy, and the unit of account gets diluted. Stop doing that, and “persistent” inflation disappears. ✅ Wars and oil shocks matter for volatility and individual prices, but the only reason aggregate prices keep marching higher year after year is simple: governments that refuse to adjust spending, and central banks that refuse to say no. Stop asking the government for “free” things. You will pay for them many times over. Graph via FRED
Kathy Gyngell: Labour is reportedly considering forcing Netflix…
Labour is reportedly considering forcing Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Apple TV+ subscribers to pay the BBC licence fee, even if they never watch a second of BBC output. So has the licence fee stopped being a payment for use and become a compulsory cultural tax? #BBC #DEFUNDTHEBBC
Aaron Bastani: Housing insecurity is a reality…
Housing insecurity is a reality for almost everyone under 45. Even homeowners will have seen wild volatility with mortgage deals in last 5 years. Which is why many of them are….voting for the Green Party.Daniel Lacalle: The UK economy has been demolished…
The UK economy has been demolished by net zero, uncontrolled immigration and keeping/increasing all EU taxes and overregulations. Nationalising British Steel will burden taxpayers and wil not make it competitive when energy costs have soared due to net zero.
Ben Judah: @SadiqKhan on how and why Rejoin…
. @SadiqKhan on how and why Rejoin: “Inward investment is lower than it would be, trade is lower than it would be. In London our economy is about £30bn smaller than it would otherwise be, the average Londoner is about £3,400 poorer because of Brexit.”Dale Vince: The key part of this...
The key part of this story is in the second line -”according to lobbyists”. Only last summer the government announced £500m for this sector, they want more. £20 billion of private money is “desperate” to invest they say - what’s stopping them? They want more public money. Will 20k jobs really be lost by 2030 or is the story here that 20k jobs could be created. The main issue with Hydrogen is how un economic it is to make, that’s why it’s not taken off in any major way anywhere in the world yet. That’s if you make ‘green hydrogen’ as opposed ‘brown’ which comes from fossil fuels. The Hydrogen Economy was a thing of great hype 10 years ago. It might take another 10 to really get going. We don't need to rush to be ""world leaders”, better technology is coming, the economics will get much better - there’s no need to waste more money on this right now. https://thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ed-miliband-energy-department-delay-hydrogen-strategy-xvn8zkq7qDaniel Lacalle: Oil prices fall below $100 as...
Oil prices fall below $100 as U.S.-Iran tensions keep traders focused on Strait of Hormuz risks.Liz Webster: The red lines were broken…
The red lines were broken the moment we left the single market and customs union @DavidGHFrost You negotiated the thin TCA. Now we’re paying £1bn a year for partial access, following rules we don’t help write, while food inflation quadruples, energy bills stay sky-high, and small businesses drown in red tape. “More will follow” isn’t Starmer breaking promises, it’s the inevitable, expensive reality of the deal you delivered. The public gets it: 59% now want to rejoin.Liz Webster: Brexit red tape is crushing UK…
Brexit red tape is crushing UK small businesses. FSB survey: • 3 in 10 expect to reduce or stop trading with the EU if rules aren’t eased • 64% struggling with customs paperwork • 21% hit by high costs Small firms, Britain’s biggest employer, are being worn down and questioning whether EU trade is even worth the effort. We left the single market for this? Now we’re negotiating to pay £1bn a year just for partial access and mutual recognition.
Martin Geddes: Every time the state levies…
Every time the state levies an environmental charge on you, a property tax, or a fine, then the money has to come from post-tax income. This effectively multiplies the “take”; replacing the lost cash means working yet more for the taxman at the highest marginal rate.Liz Webster: 2/ Britain still prices almost all electricity…
2/ Britain still prices almost all electricity at the marginal cost of gas, even when most of it comes from cheap wind or solar. Wind generation: ~5p/kWh What you actually pay: 25p/kWh That massive gap is baked into the system.The Fuel Crisis Continues to Rage Across the UK
Across social media, people in Britain are voicing growing outrage at the relentless rise in fuel prices. Yet even opposition politicians, whilst criticising Starmer’s cabinet, continue to support a self-defeating course that only serves to fuel the conflict in the Middle East.
Lee Hurst: Abolish all benefits…
Abolish all benefits. Simplify it. Pay everyone the same amount. 40 hrs a week times min wage. Get them onto skills training to earn it or community work. If they are genuinely disabled give it to them. If a family member is designated a full time carer for them pay them too. Pay it to full time University Students for 3 years and ditch the loans. As a society we get something back for our money. People upskill, stuff needed doing gets done. What is wrong with this as an idea? If you have ever had to deal with the benefits system it is ridiculously complicated and expensive to run and get nothing back for our tax money.Daniel Lacalle: Central banks are about to make…
Central banks are about to make another massive policy mistake by tightening in a temporary energy crisis. Their actions will do nothing to oil prices, geopolitical risk premiums, or government spending plans, which is what causes persistent inflation, but they will cripple small businesses and families that are already burdened by the monetary mistakes of 2020-2024. Graph via JP Morgan
Clr Brian Silvester: UK is in deep financial trouble…
UK is in deep financial trouble. Labour Government is borrowing £132 BILLION a year.......and £110 BILLION of that is used to pay the interest on existing debt ?? Which is like increasing your mortgage to pay for your mortgage payments !!Dale Vince: The biggest tax increase in British history…
The biggest tax increase in British history is being done by stealth. Since the Tories froze the annual tax free allowance in 2021, instead of raising it in line with inflation, 2 million more people have been dragged into the income tax bracket - raising nearly £100 Billion. That’s shocking. If this government won't or can’t remove this new tax burden from the poorest among us, they should introduce a tax at the high end of wealth - to be fair. They could raise £26 Billion a year, a very similar sum actually to the income tax stealth move - and it would be super fair, a tiny 2% tax on wealth above £10 million. It’s wrong to place the burden only on those at the lowest end of earnings and wealth. I want to live in a fairer country, for that we need a fairer tax system. We need to reform the one we have. It was written by people with money for people with money, at 3,000 pages long it’s ten times that of other nations - because it’s chock full of exemptions and loopholes.Daniel Lacalle: It makes no sense for central banks...
It makes no sense for central banks to hike rates in a temporary energy shock. Rate hikes hurt consumers and businesses, and have no impact on the geopolitical risk premium attached to commodity prices or on government spending plans. Furthermore, by keeping money supply and liquidity elevated, central banks incentivise and perpetuate high government borrowing, which causes persistent inflation. Hence, hiking rates and incentivising government spending exacerbate the same productive sector weakness and stagflation risk they claim to try to avoid.Dale Vince: The biggest tax increase in British history…
The biggest tax increase in British history is being done by stealth. Since the Tories froze the annual tax free allowance in 2021, instead of raising it in line with inflation, 2 million more people have been dragged into the income tax bracket - raising nearly £100 Billion. That’s shocking. If this government won't or can’t remove this new tax burden from the poorest among us, they should introduce a tax at the high end of wealth - to be fair. They could raise £26 Billion a year, a very similar sum actually to the income tax stealth move - and it would be super fair, a tiny 2% tax on wealth above £10 million. It’s wrong to place the burden only on those at the lowest end of earnings and wealth. I want to live in a fairer country, for that we need a fairer tax system. We need to reform the one we have. It was written by people with money for people with money, at 3,000 pages long it’s ten times that of other nations - because it’s chock full of exemptions and loopholes.Daniel Lacalle: Mamdani declares New York bankrupt…
Mamdani declares New York bankrupt and asks for a bailout. Behold the socialist trick of “tax the rich” in all its glory. Envy and hate: Announce a massive spending plan supposedly financed by squeezing “evil” millionaires and rich citizens. Lie: Blame a fabricated “revenue problem” despite record tax receipts of $162 bn in 2025 and more than $55 bn of extra revenue since 2010. Deceit: Use the narrative to justify massive tax hikes on everyone, especially the middle class and the very voters who applauded the slogan. The “tax the rich” promise always turns into an “impoverish all” reality. This is the true “warmth of collectivism." Enjoy the vote. #Mamdani #newyorkRead more