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Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Yes, given his view of Starmer (lower than a snake's belly) that is what you call rock solid 24 carat testimony. The PM must have had an absolute stormer.Starmer has gone viral with his head in his handsYou're missing the biggie.
Davey outed himself again as a Labour super subscriber
Reform did a walk out stunt that looked very foolish
Not as dull as it seemed
Big John Owls said Starmer won PMQs.
kinabalu
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Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
.The Unions game here is wholly interested in taxpayers money keeping people in jobs, by government subsidising any industry, anywhere, that’s not economically viable or profit making. That’s what Unions are doing in the lobby.No they don't.As I’ve said continuously I’m fully supportive of more North Sea oil drilling but I think the idea it would have any impact on energy bills is thin.Why are supportive of opening up new fields when the vast majority of experts say no? What do you know they don’t?
https://theconversation.com/would-more-north-sea-drilling-lower-uk-energy-bills-our-analysis-says-no-278467
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67945281
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-would-opening-up-north-sea-oil-again-resolve-the-current-energy-price-problems-for-the-uk
Kemi and her front bench team are going to have to u-turn on this, so they are in future backed up by the science and the facts in what they are claiming.
They say it won't change oil and gas prices, which it won't.
As a matter of economics, it will earn the country money, and won't make any difference at all to our oil and gas consumption.
We could even put the £2bn or so extra that government might earn into solar plus grid backup projects.
So there is no good argument not to do it.
The industry lobby says it’s all government policy decision, not geology at all.
Green Lobby says UK North Sea is waning due to geology, and UK policy is still too much commitment to drilling fossil fuel for far too long. Here’s an example of Green Lobby spin:
https://www.upliftuk.org/post/the-declining-economics-of-the-north-sea
North Sea policy is a war. There’s various sides, each have vested interest in not sticking to fact or balance - including government with their net zero policy, and the Conservatives who invented net zero policy in office, but prefer to argue Populist position against net zero in opposition.
Truth is the first casualty of war. It’s very hard to for us to spot what’s smartest in long run with this one imho.
Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
The problem with the Government's in the thrall of the mad Miliband narrative is that its energy policy is identical to the previous government's. Not similar, identical, with one and a half exceptions. The one exception is the previous ban on onshore wind farms. Not even Badenoch claims the country is in a better state Vis a Vis Iran because of a lack of wind energy. The half exception is that the previous government ignored its own policy on no new drilling in the North Sea.
If Miliband is mad, logically the previous government was also mad for having the exact same policies. As a member of that government, Badenoch is simply drawing attention to her own supposed madness.
If Miliband is mad, logically the previous government was also mad for having the exact same policies. As a member of that government, Badenoch is simply drawing attention to her own supposed madness.
FF43
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Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Just had white stuff falling here too, but hail, not snow. Bloody cold. I was in shorts at the weekend.But we are still importing 6.4% of our energy. We really need to close that gap and become a net exporter on days like this. (It was snowing in Aberdeen this morning).Electricity grid news: I think we are currently beating the all time record for renewables generation: over 30gw - 23.79 wind, 8.4 solar.Don’t think I’ve ever seen gas that low at 1.2GW.
Good timing for some bright breezy days considering the price and availability of gas.
https://grid.iamkate.com/
Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Looks like Reform will have to stop accepting dodgy money through cryptocurrency.
I expect we’ll hear a load of whining about it being a witch hunt .
I expect we’ll hear a load of whining about it being a witch hunt .
nico67
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Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Or more likely to hear his funding is going up in smoke !!!!!He was probably just gasping for a fag. Or maybe he had an urgent request to do one of those funny videos where he repeats far right memes.Starmer has gone viral with his head in his handsI do not know why Davey doesn't just cross the floor
Davey outed himself again as a Labour super subscriber
Reform did a walk out stunt that looked very foolish
Not as dull as it seemed
Farage and Reform walking out in a childish fit reflects on just how dreadful they are
Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Given the US is no longer an ally and is now a corrupt malign administration we need to stop moralising about closer links with China .'Powell doing his job' shocker.https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2036747276421370354What the actual effing eff?
Sir Keir Starmer's national security adviser Jonathan Powell has been in talks with Wang Yi, China's foreign minister
They have been talking about the need to 'deepen co-operation in all fields and to effectively manage disputes', Reuters reports
Wang told Powell that 'all parties should avoid adding fuel to the first' on Iran
It is worth noting that we only know about the fact of this visit through the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV
There was no advance notice of the trip or briefing from the government at all
nico67
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Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Starmer has gone viral with his head in his handsI do not know why Davey doesn't just cross the floor
Davey outed himself again as a Labour super subscriber
Reform did a walk out stunt that looked very foolish
Not as dull as it seemed
Farage and Reform walking out in a childish fit reflects on just how dreadful they are
Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
The backup functionality is two fold.Can't messages sent/received by phone be accessed without the phone?Depends on the app and the settings.
For WhatsApp, you can choose to back the messages up in the cloud, and then it doesn't matter if you lose your phone. But if you don't back up the messages, then they're gone.
There’s WhatsApp itself (which I think is turned off by default and in any case doesn’t back up constantly it’s only once per day and even then it’s only best effort - mine frequently doesn’t work).
Then there’s iCloud backup which is on by default and is once a day and very reliable.
Either would require a restore to another phone to get the content back.
Re: The next defector – politicalbetting.com
Who will be the first Tory to Reform UK defector to reverse feret?Oh, let it be Jenrick
Scott_xP
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