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My GB News Interview with Alastair Stewart

December 22, 2021 0 Comments

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↻Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinho22h

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@johnredwood22h

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@johnredwood22h

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@johnredwood22h

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@johnredwood22h

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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↻Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenochJul 15

🚨When asked about new taxes, Andy Burnham said “at some point that might be having to ask for a little more"🚨 Andy Burnham isn't even Prime Minister yet but he's already talking about raising your taxes AGAIN. We are heading for another summer of chaos with Labour obsessing

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↻Adam Smith Institute@ASIJul 17

Since you mentioned the 1980s, @andyburnham, here’s a reminder of what was achieved: • Top rate of income tax: 83% → 40% • Savings income taxed at up to 98% in 1979 — surcharge abolished • Basic rate: 33% → 25% • Inflation: 21.9% peak (1980) → 2.4% (1986) • Days lost to

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 18

The railways, the Post Office and British Steel are all nationalised and all heavily loss making. They need large government grants to keep them trading. How much more does Mr Burnham want to tax us for more nationalised loss makers?

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 18

Will Mr Burnham set out what more he is going to nationalise and how much that will cost? As many own shares in utilities through their savings and insurance policies presumably he is going to pay them compensation rather than robbing them.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 18

People who own their own home sell it to help pay the costs of living in a care home as my parents did.I helped them find a high quality private sector home. I do not see why taxpayers should have to pay when many elderly can afford the care home. The NHS is still free for all.

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John Redwood@johnredwoodJul 18

Mr Burnham wants to reform social care. Will he bring back the death tax idea to buy more public sector care?

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