An EHO in Exile, Chairman Homeless Charity & Former Parliamentary Candidate. Toryworker. Views are mine and mine alone. Accidental RTs possible Pronoun - m'duck
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I've been practising JuJitsu for 40 years under the stewardship of the unstoppable Sensei Alan Francis (6th Dan). He set up his own club in 1996 and established Leigh JuJitsu in 1998. Huge thanks to film producers, @CarlettEagle, for making this featurettes of one amazing club
The BMA trade union has decided what level of cover there will be.
We have rewound 50 years. Union Barons taking over.
Consultant doctors in England to strike next month bbc.in/4sq04uR
Everyone turned their clocks back an hour at the weekend.
@Karen1732 turned hers back a whole month
A good leader accepts responsibility.
A bad leader blames the workers.
If you were employed by @reformparty_uk, how would you be feeling now the boss has berated you in public.
ReformUK are being unfairly criticised for having no one turning up to a major press announcement.
This is blatant lies, it was packed out
Thank you to @EssexPR for acknowledging that since the referendum 80% of that time was led by @Conservatives delivering economic growth ahead of EU even with a Global Pandemic in the middle of it.
Richard Short retweeted
📝Dear @Shell, if you'd like assistance with moving your Headquarters, alongside the jobs and investment, to an area with a Conservative led council, just let us know and we'd be delighted to begin a conversation. Many thanks, LGA Conservatives!
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Show me a man who knows nothing about how business works without telling he knows nothing about how business works
Nope, that’s not how taxes and price works. The price is determined by demand and supply.
Companies charge the highest price they can given demand. A tax levied on *profits* does not affect a company’s cost ie supply.
Taxes on *windfall* profits (like oil and gas) are the most efficient kind of tax there is.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Corporate profit taxes do not directly shift marginal costs but empirical studies show partial pass-through into higher consumer prices. Windfall taxes on oil and gas have deterred investment and production in practice despite theoretical efficiency on rents.
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taxfoundation.org/blog/big-oil-p…
scottishfinancialreview.com/2025/09/03/win…
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Cost of living crisis nah block affordable supermarkets, stop nuclear power, crush farms with Solar Panels and tax everything to death that will make things cheaper....
If you are on @OctopusEnergy you'll be familiar with the 6 hour charge cap.
It's never properly worked and you rarely get even those 6 hours.
But this charging schedule they've given me absolutely takes the biscuit.
Octopus, get it sorted or scrap the cap
Show me a man who knows nothing about how business works without telling he knows nothing about how business works
Nope, that’s not how taxes and price works. The price is determined by demand and supply.
Companies charge the highest price they can given demand. A tax levied on *profits* does not affect a company’s cost ie supply.
Taxes on *windfall* profits (like oil and gas) are the most efficient kind of tax there is.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Corporate profit taxes do not directly shift marginal costs but empirical studies show partial pass-through into higher consumer prices. Windfall taxes on oil and gas have deterred investment and production in practice despite theoretical efficiency on rents.
dadun.unav.edu/server/api/cor…
ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps…
taxfoundation.org/blog/big-oil-p…
scottishfinancialreview.com/2025/09/03/win…
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🔵 FOUR BY-ELECTIONS. FOUR CONSERVATIVE WINS! 🔵
✅ Calverley & Farsley – GAIN from Labour
✅ Hertford Kingsmead – GAIN from the Greens
✅ Grantham St Wulfram’s – GAIN from an Independent
✅ Hartlebury – Conservative HOLD
An absolutely brilliant set of results for the @Conservatives! 🌳🇬🇧
The message? We can win. We can gain ground. And we can fight back.
Onwards! 💙
Richard Short retweeted
Cracking piece by the great @NevilleLishman. We can totally win in the Red Wall again.
From @NevilleLishman Neville Lishman: The door is ajar in the Red Wall - we can open it further conservativehome.com/2026/10…
ALT A bright red metal door set into a weathered red brick wall
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A WHOPPING victory for the @Conservatives in Calverley last night! 🤩
Delighted to see my ancestral village bringing back common sense! 🇬🇧🌳
Huge congratulations to the new COUNCILLOR Amanda Carter - thoroughly deserved! 👏
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For my book, there are issues on the Amazon search, we are currently trying to get it sorted but for anyone who wants the link: here is how you can buy for now
amazon.co.uk/dp/1918396515
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Three by-election results in England last night, and all three were big gains by the Conservatives: across the North, the Midlands, and the South.
