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Consultation concerning a ban on live animal exports

December 3, 2020 0 Comments

You will be interested to know that the Government has now launched a consultation concerning a ban on live animal exports:

https://consult.defra.gov.uk/transforming-farm-animal-health-and-welfare-team/improvements-to-animal-welfare-in-transport/

The consultation gives you an opportunity to register your views and will be open until 28 January 2021.

December 3, 2020 0 Comments

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrg4h

"If you thought Ed Miliband was extreme, try his replacement..." As EU households double air-con use in 6 years, we reveal how Fahnbulleh would probably prefer to ban it in UK. Will she make ‘Red Ed’ look like an oil industry lobbyist? ... Pls re-post ! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwood4h

Well done to Chris Philp pointing out the French police are not stopping the illegal migrant boats. The UK is paying France £661m to stop this dangerous trade. The PM should make it his priority to get them to stop the boats or cancel these payments

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John Redwood@johnredwood4h

The four new UK nuclear submarines are being built at Barrow with good UK jobs already created. Employees need to be security vetted. What difference is the PM going to make to these jobs and to recruitment?

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John Redwood@johnredwood4h

The PM wants to improve carers’ pay and conditions and wants more social care to relieve hospitals. Fine. When, and how will he pay for it? How much will it save on A and E departments?

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John Redwood@johnredwood4h

When will the PM see that he needs to solve problems he identifies, not just complain about them and put them out to review as with social care. He also needs to cut waste and undesirable spending so he can afford some new policies.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 29

Water nationalisation we are told polls well. Not if you told people how much extra tax they would have to pay for all the new investment needed and to compensate existing owners. If the state offered no compensation it would undermine new private investment in the UK.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 29

Glad the Business Secretary is telling the PM we need billions of private capital to build new reservoirs and water treatment works, new power stations and extra grid. The Treasury does not have those billions to spend on nationalising our utilities. No more tax rises.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 29

Mr Burnham offers us lots of things that some think nice to have . He has no idea how to pay for them. Free social care, nationalised water and energy would cost billions requiring huge tax rises. Another big hit to the economy. More people with money fleeing the country.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 29

Mr Burnham told us he was going to solve the social care problem. A few days later he says he wants the Opposition parties to help him find a solution. So which is it? Previous cross party talks failed to reach an agreement.

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 28

Our important immigration report is covered on GB News today: "Fresh hell for Andy Burnham" Our version is here: ... Pls re-post ! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 28

Nothing new in wanting the same esteem for technical as well as academic education. That has been Conservative policy for years. If the PM wants more mortar layers and fewer mortar boards he needs to reverse the falls in housebuilding under this government.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 28

The PM‘s first decision was to abolish the Science department, transferring work to three departments. When will he publish a plan and timetable for the changes? How many lose their jobs? What is the cost of the reorganisation?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 28

Early release of dangerous criminals is wrong. The PM does not need to review the policy. He needs to change it now. Kemi has set out how.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 28

Labour’s high tax policies have driven many millionaires out of the country and made those who stay poorer.They see this as a move to greater equality. The problem is now less well off people will get higher tax bills to replace the lost revenue.They are making everyone poorer.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 27

24 March 2024 the Sunak government announced the imprisonment of a people smuggling boat pilot. I am pleased this year the Labour government is also now prosecuting these people who endanger lives. We need to do more to deter these illegal trips.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 27

The government needs more tax from growth. So lift the bans on new oil and gas and on making petrol cars. Cancel carbon tax and emissions trading levies to stop the loss of high energy using businesses.Home oil and gas could be a tax gusher. More UK jobs means more UK tax.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 27

The MOD says buy British. Good idea, but government policy means importing steel, petrochemicals, aluminium, glass, ceramics and other high energy using products in the name of net zero. UK carbon taxes are designed to close a lot of UK industrial plants.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 26

@Worstedjumper All get free health care at all ages. We all have to pay for our own food and accommodation unless we cannot get a job and do not have savings. Why should someone in a care home with a good private pension get free food when a pensioner living in their own home has to buy food?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 26

No previous government has “solved” the social care problem because nationalising care and offering free care for all is just too expensive. Reform fails as soon as you try to answer who will pay if not the people with savings and pensions living in the care homes.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 26

Announcing nice to haves daily by a PM with no money to spend will end badly. He will need big tax rises, hitting the economy again, or face runaway debt costs as interest rates rise further.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 26

The PM cannot afford to offer all in care homes free food and accommodation. He does not even have the money for the VAT cut. Of course people want tax cuts and lower living costs, but that requires the government to spend less.

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↻Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinhoJul 25

An extraordinary revelation in The Times. Whistleblowers have provided documents that prove NESO and DESNZ *know* that the surge in wind, solar and batteries is putting us at greater risk of blackouts and higher bills. The whistleblower says they are ‘flying blind.’ I first ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 25

Why has growth been so poor in Wales with devolved government and Labour in charge up to the last election? It has had more taxpayer cash per head than England.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 25

The National Economic Council was a meeting of senior Ministers in 2008-10. Now it is a meeting between Ministers and regional Mayors. This is divisive, leaving out all parts of the UK without regional Mayors. Does it take decisions? Do the Mayors get a vote on issues discussed?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 25

What is Ed Miliband’s view of claims about poor Chinese labour practices? Is he too keen on imports of Chinese solar panels? Weakness over human rights failures in our supply chains has led to US tariffs on our exports.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 25

When will Ed Miliband try to get the UK out of new US tariffs? He needs to get on better with President Trump so he can help the UK restore good trade terms.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 24

The PM’s policies on buses, rough sleeping and taxes on pubs are national policies. How does this work when his big idea is to get regional Mayors to make more decisions?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 24

The PM blunders on with no idea of how to pay for things. His proposed small cuts in business rates do not remove much of the Reeves high increases, and his bus fares cuts just get us back to Conservative levels after Starmer hikes.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 24

The 30 year government borrowing cost in Germany is 3.66%, US 5.17%, and UK 5.79%. UK taxpayers are having to pay a big penalty for this government’s economic mismanagement.

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 23

Bad news for Burnham’s ‘alignment’ plans. Problems mount as @GBNEWS once again splashes our latest report. Latest data shows in UK’s last 5 years as a member they only took 5% of their illegal migrants back. Click on GBN’s post below and pls re-post! ... ...

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 23

Bad news for Burnham: ‘aligning’ with EU won’t help with illegal migrants. “Dublin’s dead” – In UK’s last 5 yrs as a Member, it could only deport 5% of all requests it made. And Macron won’t take his illegal migrants in the UK back anyway. ... Pls re-post! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 23

2010-24 saw 14,000 new prison places, but also closures of old facilities.Labour inherited a large building programme. They need to deport more foreign criminals to free prison places. Do not offer early release to violent and sexual offenders.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 23

Why does the government find it so difficult to control spending? Stop the big losses on bond sales at Bank of England. Stop the carbon capture and storage vanity projects. Freeze recruitment to civil service. Stop Councils making property and renewable power “investments”.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 23

The nationalised water industry in the 1970s and 1980 s regularly dumped sewage in the rivers and sea. When they started to monitor and report this the UK became known as the “dirty man of Europe”.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 23

One of the last acts of the nationalised water industry in 1988 was the Camelford drinking water poisoning. They told customers the water was safe for days after the dangerous error. The privatised industry inherited a big backlog of repair and improvement works.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 22

Good news it is no to digital ID. Bad news there is no saving as no budget for it. Meanwhile the government carries on spending on ... One login with its digital ID which fails to work for some, and fails to gain access to all government departments.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 22

Good news the PM can say things to the camera without a script. Bad news if they are all made up without any idea of how to pay for them or how to implement them

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 22

Any idea what the PM will actually do? No good just pushing out a wish list of things he thinks might cheer people up. A PM has to get departments and Ministers to do things which are legal, affordable , and are carried out all across the country by staff who can do it.

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 21

Spain’s illegal migrant ‘amnesty’ receives 1.2m applications in just 10 weeks. Likely to rise to over 2m – how many will come to the UK? Part-Communist govt gets nearly 2½ times expected number: 60% male, 60% under 34. ... Pls re-post! ...

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↻Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenochJul 21

In the last few hours alone Andy Burnham’s Government has talked about: Cutting energy bills Lifting the personal tax allowance Nationalising Thames Water The biggest council house programme since the War Giving mayors more funding Creating a new National Care Service More

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 21

Keir Starmer said he got everything right and had improved the country. So why did Labour sack him? Will Mr Burnham change anything important?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 21

The PM says he wants to improve living standards. How when he wants higher taxes and a dearer public sector? Why continue to ban new UK oil and gas which could generate lots of tax revenue? Where are the policies to back business, cutting the costs of employing people?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 21

What a chaotic reshuffle. Senior Ministers left hanging around for hours while they awaited news of their new jobs. PM setting out things he wants to spend money on before hearing Cabinet views on priorities or the Chancellor’s assessment of finances.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 20

@Worstedjumper Not so.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 20

Mr Burnham says he will implement the 2024 Manifesto. So how will he smash the gangs? When will energy bills be £300 lower? When will he cancel the National Insurance rise which has destroyed jobs and slowed growth? Will he lift the threat to the Chagos islands?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 20

What first attracted Mr Burnham to nationalisation? Was it the Post Office imprisoning innocent staff? HS2 with massive cost overruns and long delayed trains? Nationalised water cutting off some people’s supply in the 1976 heat wave and dumping sewage in rivers and on beaches?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 20

Mr Burnham today should set out which companies he will nationalise. Will he make taxpayers pay compensation to owners or will he confiscate the assets? Does he realise people’s savings and pension funds are at risk if he steals them and foreign investors could stop investing?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 19

Mr Burnham criticises selling UK utilities to foreign states and companies. I agree. I helped Margaret Thatcher put in Golden shares to prevent this. It was the Labour government after 1997 that wrongly cancelled these protections to please the EU.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 19

Disastrous idea by Mr Burnham to want to recreate the 1970s when a Labour government overspent, over borrowed, overtaxed. It had to beg a humiliating loan from the IMF as it was engulfed by high inflation. Too many nationalised services went on strike and cost us a fortune.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 19

6-4. Well done England! Great win against France by attacking play, and great entertainment.

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