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John Redwood@johnredwood19h

Can Mr Burnham smash the gangs? Deport foreign criminals? Get unemployment down? Clean up our rivers? Take £300 off energy bills? Which will he do first?

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John Redwood@johnredwood19h

Mr Burnham won over Labour MPs by promising them the change people need. So what is that change? More taxes, more borrowing, more dear energy, more people on benefits and more attacks on farms, factories and businesses will make it worse.

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John Redwood@johnredwood19h

Why does MrBurnham refuse to come to Parliament next week to set out the changes he wants to make and to answer sone questions about his plans? Is he ashamed of his plans, or does he not know how to remedy the many government disasters?

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↻GB News@GBNEWSJul 14

Andy Burnham set to face imminent test as Labour gambles £2.5bn to reverse Britain's industrial decline ...

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 14

Andy Burnham's steel gamble: Can £2.5bn reverse UK's industrial decline? Incoming PM is set to pursue the most interventionist policy for a generation. More pressure piles on British industry with new tariffs and quotas. Summary: ... Pls re-post ! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 14

I asked yesterday how much will it cost to put in the extra pipes and sewage treatment to clean up our rivers.The Government said it did not know as that was for the companies. This is a highly regulated industry where the state Regulator has to approve the spend!

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 14

In the Lords Civil Aviation bill debate, government voted down a clause to propose growth for the sector. Provided no answers on airport expansion, flight slots or making UK more attractive compared to EU competitors. The Bill takes big regulatory powers with no policy or vision.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 14

Rumours of higher taxes on capital gains and higher incomes is speeding more of the wealthy to leave the UK. If government wants to get more tax from the rich it needs to levy at rates people will stay to pay. People with plenty of money can afford air fares and a new home.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 14

Rumours that Mr Miliband will let the Jackdaw gas field go ahead after a further delay. What he should do is change the law with emergency legislation to licence several new fields and restore exploration. That would help cut world CO 2, boosting UK tax revenues and growth.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 13

The Chancellor proposes more loans for small businesses at high rates of interest. What business needs is lower taxes so their income covers all the bills. Making a decent profit is necessary to boost investment. Her high taxes undermine jobs, growth and investment.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 13

The Chancellor giving the Mansion House speech tomorrow needs to have agreed her lines with Mr Burnham. No point in setting out policies he will dump the next week, misleading markets. Do not make the UK look more hopeless at economic management.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 13

Plenty of discussion about more damaging tax rises to drive the better off out and leave the country poorer. No discussion of how to stop the waste and unwanted spending. Why give Chagos away with a dowry? Why no review of harmful net zero spending?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 12

Mr Burnham should ask the Commons to sit for another week so he can as PM make an early statement of his changes, followed by statements on the next days from key Ministers. The new Chancellor needs to report on a financial plan to reassure bond markets over the summer.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 12

Mr Burnham should drop the idea of living and working in Manchester. No 10 is one of the most secure places in the country with staff to protect the PM against threat. It would take time, people and a lot of money to make a Manchester office and home similarly secure.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 12

If the new PM is serious about delivering the change people want, he needs to start now. Putting decisions off to the autumn, requesting more reviews means he will fail. We need answers now to defence spend, benefit reform, border control, growth and tax reductions.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 11

@Peteihfd Yes but Commons is scheduled to go into recess on 16 July, Lords on 23 July. Burnham could require the Commons to sit until 23 July like the Lords so he could set out his agenda.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 11

First Labour split of the Burnham era. Will they dilute immigration controls? More divisions to come on spending, taxes, benefits ,defence as the left sense an opportunity to push him further in the wrong direction.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 11

Is Mr Burnham sending the Commons on holiday because he does not know what changes he wants to make, or because he wants to avoid difficult questions? He should make a statement about his plans and take questions from MPs.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 11

My deepest sympathy to Ann Widdecombe’s family. The news of her dreadful death came as such a shock. We all need to think of the feelings of those close to her in any comments we make.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 10

@PieroPasset Carbon taxes, emissions trading scheme, carbon border adjustment mechanism….

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↻Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenochJul 9

Opening Jackdaw is common sense. Britain needs cheap, abundant and reliable energy if we are going to grow. Jackdaw alone could supply around 6% of our gas needs this October. Andy Burnham has a choice. Back British energy, British jobs and lower bills or let Labour’s Net Zero ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 10

Mr Burnham wants to buy more British defence products. So did previous governments. He needs to take advice on how much we already make at home, and how we replace or keep access to the US technology we need.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 10

Mr Burnham says he wants more UK industry but he plans to get closer to the EU. The EU will demand we pay them more and import more of their laws and goods. Those concessions will close more UK factories and farms.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 10

Mr Burnham says he wants to bring back more industry to the UK. To do that he needs to scrap the ruinous net zero dear energy policies and abolish the carbon taxes. I see no likelihood of that. Labour is the party of factory closures and more imports.

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↻Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinhoJul 9

Watch this. We currently pay £1.5 billion a year to switch wind farms off when it's too windy. Rachel Fletcher from Octopus Energy has just told Parliament that could soar to £10 BILLION by 2030. Ed Miliband is writing cheques for wind farm developers before the grid can move ...

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 9

Hot? Sadly it seems Ed doesn’t like air-con. You have Net Zero chance of keeping cool with a green pump system - with air-con - at low cost. When an extreme ideologue’s in charge of Britain’s energy…. ... Please re-post! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 9

@Dougmacd9826 I am highlighting ones that are nationalised. Try reading before criticising.

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↻GB News@GBNEWSJul 9

Ed Miliband handing out billions in grants for heat pumps but ZERO to systems with air conditioning despite Britain's record breaking heatwaves ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 9

The government wants to shift to making steel using electricity instead of fossil fuels. How does that create a competitive industry when their energy policy gives us the dearest electricity of the main economies?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 9

Yesterday in the Lords I raised again the lack of a business plan for steel. How long will the government be able to keep the old blast furnaces at Scunthorpe open? Will they press on with transition to electric arc with large job losses?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 9

We cannot afford Labour’s ruinously expensive nationalised industries. £21 bn a year for the railways, and £1 bn for steel and the Post Office. There is no plan for these to make a profit or generate cash as normal businesses have to do to pay the bills.

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↻Andrew Griffith MP@griffithaJul 6

‼️BREAKING: Newly released Construction sector figures show confidence being absolutely crushed. These are shocking figures. You can’t tax and regulate your way to growth. Note to Starmer and Reeves: this is what happens when you try! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 8

Taxpayers are paying £21 bn annually to the largely nationalised railway for just 2% of people’s trips. 59% of trips are by car. Drivers pay fuel duty, VAT and VED. Train fares are VAT free and trains pay just 6.48 p instead of 52.95p duty on diesel. Big tax loss from trains.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 8

Plans for fully nationalised rail fail to tackle the faults of nationalised Network Rail that run the track,signals and property. The lack of digital signalling means too few train services at popular times when they could sell more tickets. Huge losses for the rest of the day.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 8

Taxpayers are paying £600,000 salary to the Head of HS2 plus possible bonuses. The project is massively expensive and over budget. Why did HS2 pay £77 m for consultancy on cost and related matters last year? Can’t the CEO just cut the costs, starting with fewer consultants?

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↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJul 7

Chagos court battle set, as Sir Keir seeks to remove islanders from homeland. Former human rights lawyer Starmer now has international human rights organisation against him. All the latest here: ... Please re-post! ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 7

When the establishment gets it wrong they cover up or blame someone else. They never seem to learn from their repetitious and costly mistakes. Treasury /Bank boom bust of 1972-6, ERM boom/ bust 1987-92, great banking boom and crash 2005-10, inflation 2022-23.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 7

Our nationalised water industry pre 1989 tipped raw sewage into the sea giving us dirty beaches and bathing waters without telling us. Privatisation set up a Regulator, requiring reports and control of discharges. The Regulator needs to do more.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 7

Many politicians like being in establishment company that get things wrong together. It can be lonely being right.

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↻Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinhoJul 6

🚨NEW: Ed Miliband has just quietly announced the prices he is willing to pay in his next wind auction. And it's not good news... He has said he is willing to hand developers contracts that pay up to £120/MWh in today's money for offshore wind... £97/MWh for onshore wind... ...

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 6

Our nationalised water industry in the 1976 hot spell cut off mains water in some regions and made people queue to fill buckets at standpipes in the steet. It did not get the investment money it needed from governments always overspending elsewhere.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 6

People are angry about the cost and bossiness of government. So why do politicians think offering them more government will make things better?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 6

If Andy Burnham thinks the answer to the cost of living crisis is to put taxes up, he is heading for disaster. He needs to offer better value for money from the public sector, not put its costs and prices up.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 5

People who want more nationalisation should look at the pot holed state of our roads. Fully nationalised there is too little road space. Users are ripped off with massive fuel taxes,Vehicle duty,high taxes on buying a new car,high parking charges in Council car parks.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 5

2019 election. Labour 10.26 m votes with Corbyn. 2024 election Labour 9.7 m votes with Starmer. Starmer had a loveless landslide. He never understood he needed to win more people over as he taxed farmers, small businesses, savers, pensioners, shops,pubs, motorists to despair.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 5

Tony Blair is giving good advice to Andy Burnham. You cannot tax your way to prosperity. If Labour tries even higher taxes on wealth, investment and enterprise it will damage growth, generating less revenue from taxes. Wealth can walk away. Less wealth will be created.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 4

Starmer’s trips abroad to give away our Diego Garcia base, lots of our money, and our right to make our own laws left us worse off and looking weak. He failed to advance peace in Ukraine or the Middle East, did nothing to re open the trade routes and fell out with the US.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 4

Andy Burnham is right to condemn deindustrialisation. He is wrong to ignore the scale of it under the current Labour government, the huge damage done by the 1970s Labour government, by nationalisation, and by his party’s disastrous dear energy and high tax policies.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 4

People make 29 times as many trips by car as by train despite government overtaxing car travel and making it miserable with road closures and badly managed roads. The fully nationalised railway needs to persuade Councils to make it easier to drive to a station and park.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 4

Happy anniversary to the USA. It took many years to embed the fine sentiments that all men are equal, entitled to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It took more battles to end slavery and enact the rights of women. It has been a great journey enriching the world.

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