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This is exactly the sort of twaddle that government-by-tweet engenders. Mercer is a government minister, apparently, but thinks he's in a school playground, it seems.
He was triggered by this: https://twitter.com/carolvorders/status/1740032080988516713
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Correctamundo. Evidence.
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I'd guess much of the wine at my price point is of questionable quality 😆.
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Bloody hell thats pricey wine.
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you're the one saying the government should spend time changing the law to allow different sizes
there's no evidence that the market would be more efficient than leaving things as they stand, where there're plenty of size options available
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bubbly tastes better from magnums, logically pint or 500ml bottles would taste worse than standard bottle sizes, i.e. brexiters are wasting our money to make bubbly taste worse!
the uk allowing pints has little relevance to champagne, can't see there being a rush by any of the grandes marques to produce pints for export only to the uk, even their nv bubbly will be on the lees/ageing way longer than the legal minimum, even if all the facilities were in place, the only way to do pints in less than 2-3 years would be pop proper bottles and repackage it for the gullible
might see some uk supermarkets choosing to get their nv champagne packaged that way for import, but there'd be extra cost for modified bottling plants, cartons etc., still wouldn't hit uk shelves for at least couple of years due to the ageing requirement
any decent non-champagne fizz will have it's own rules on ageing, even basic cava is still 9 months
that leaves plonk prosecco, which i'm happy to leave for whoever drinks the stuff
wine in pints is just more nonsense from the latest in a string of incompetent and corrupt brexiter governments
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They are allowing more size choices. And then the market can decide. What is the problem with that?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
It perhaps should have gone into the 'things that cheer me up thread' that virtually every tweet Sunak makes gets community-noted. I still hold to my opinion that it was Brexit that broke the Tories' ability to tell the truth. Meanwhile Badenoch has been tweet-claiming 'trade pacts' worth trillions with the US, when they are merely 'memorandums of understanding' with separate states, which have no say in the matter of trade deals with the US. As the cliché goes, the lying is not a bug, it's a feature.
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Guess who's back.
TBF if I was a Tory MP I'd think this was the first thing Sunak has done that suggests he actually wants to do well in the next election.
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He considered it last July and decided against it. He's tried a few more things since. None of them have made any difference to the polling. He and the party are toast; it's just a question of how well done.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I probably shouldn't laugh, but he's so close to getting it.
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Does he actually give some ideas? We’re spending too much yet still declining then implying it somehow isn’t anything to do with the Government he was part of is a bit odd.
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He's a genius. Growth, apparently. By slashing regulations. Quelle surprise. Oh, and opening our markets to the world with no reciprocal trade deals. Don't remember that in the Brexit prospectus.
The problem is that getting on to this virtuous circle is disruptive. Far too much policy – take just housing, energy and net zero, or transport – is currently anti-market and, whoever wins the general election this year, there is not much sign of it getting any better. That has to change, and to do that we must get markets to work. That means reducing regulation, planning, environmental paperwork, and yes, dare I say it, employment rights. It means building houses and encouraging investment. It means further opening our markets to the rest of the world, whether we have trade deals or not. And it means allowing unproductive businesses to close so that their resources can be used more effectively elsewhere. That way we become a dynamic, growing, society once again.
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Bob Seely MP on Newsnight suggesting he would like to see NIC abolished. Also supports the state pension triple lock and extending winter fuel payments. Sunak is probably right that maths education should be extended to 18. Possibly some MPs need a refresher.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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This is why Boomers have such a good deal, politicians are desperate for their votes. They'll literally say anything they think will get OAPs to put a cross next to their name.
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Abolishing NIC and making up the shortfall through income tax would be fine by me.
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That would be more expensive for you than you think as your employer pays half your N.I.
People would need roughly a 12% salary increase to compensate, although cost neutral for the employer.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
What's this? A Tory with principles?
Another by-election on its way.
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Aye well, #toryscum gonna skid more eh?
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Seems like every Tory Government announcement is getting community-noted. It shouldn't come as a surprise now, but it would be quite nice if they didn't lie via every orifice at every opportunity.
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FFS, I'm not sure how much lower they can go. That won't stop them trying though.
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Well, it's very clear what the Conservatives will fight the GE on...
I think the issues for them will be that the "highest taxes since WW2" label is quite sticky, and that the bitter taste of even small tax rises can last much longer than any sweet taste of tax cuts.
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Last minute "tax cuts"
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Oh yes. Cutting back benefits to abolish IHT for the wealthiest. That'll go down a storm.
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Well I can think of at least one person that will believe it.
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Can't be anyone who understands tax.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
It’s a great tactic, push tax up to the highest levels in decades then give a small cut just before the election and shout about it from the rooftops.
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Not sure where to put this one, but the Telegraph has an article warning the LSE not to respond to its waning fortunes (I wonder why that might be?) by pursuing a 'race to the bottom'. A 'niche' market, eh, with "fading relevance"?
The London Stock Exchange should avoid a “race to the bottom” with New York, one of America’s most feared short sellers has said. Carson Block, the chief executive of investment house Muddy Waters Research, urged policymakers against loosening rules to compete in London to make it more attractive for listings. He said London should instead maintain its reputation as the “cleanest” stock market in the world. Mr Block told The Telegraph: “The US provides the highest valuations for listed companies but in many ways the US leads the race to the bottom in terms of the corporate governance practices. “The moral choice for the UK is to say, fine, we will remain somewhat of a niche market and non-tech oriented market, but we will have among the cleanest major liquid markets in the world. “That’s somewhat antithetical to attracting listings but maybe that tells you everything you need to know about a company that would eschew a market that demands accountability and transparency.” Fears are growing about the fading relevance of the London Stock Exchange after a plunge in new listings, a rise in companies quitting the market and the likes of Arm snubbing London in favour of New York. Last week travel agent Tui became the latest company to push ahead with plans to leave London, urging investors to back its plans to list solely in Frankfurt.
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