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[steviewevie]

Purposely staying away from covid thread to avoid this Baz Fish and co shite.

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Purposely staying away from covid thread to avoid this Baz Fish and co shite.

Likewise … think I’m doing a better job though 🙂 

[MrHew]

1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:

They could cut VAT and the Green taxes that are on fuel bills.  That would work out around a 30% cut overall.  Which would reverse a lot of the energy price rises people are currently experiencing because of the global fuel costs.

I've never understood why green energy funding comes via energy bills but fossil fuel funding comes from general taxation. 

[Guest]

More Johnson lies. 

[fraybentos1]

50 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Purposely staying away from covid thread to avoid this Baz Fish and co shite.

How’s that going for you...

[Guest]

2 hours ago, SheffJeff said:

I think VATs actually only 5% on domestic energy bills so cutting it will have even less impact than you think. Obviously it will help a bit but not by very fucking much.

Possibly why the Government rejected it. I think they'll plough money into the energy companies to help offset the price rise.

Edited January 5, 2022 by Ommadawn

[Guest]

 

[steviewevie]

15 minutes ago, Ommadawn said:

Possibly why the Government rejected it. I think they'll plough money into the energy companies to help offset the price rise.

nationalise them.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, steviewevie said:

nationalise them.

So we pay more for our energy and higher taxes as well to keep the energy companies afloat.. Good plan.

[Guest]

Seems like a good plan…

[steviewevie]

7 hours ago, Ommadawn said:

So we pay more for our energy and higher taxes as well to keep the energy companies afloat.. Good plan.

No just one company for each energy source, e.g. British Gas. Regulated and subsidized accordingly. Will make net zero easier. 

Edited January 6, 2022 by steviewevie

[Haan]

16 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

an act of love 💗

[steviewevie]

Push from Rees-Mogg and co for Johnson to scrap the NI rise in April...difficult for Johnson/Sunak...scrap the tax and keep borrowing and/or cut spending...or keep the tax and make cost of living crisis worse this spring which could lead to bad election results for Tories in May and Johnson getting kicked out and Sunak losing out to Truss..

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

Lord Geist must be either very gullible or a complete stooge. 

[Neil]

so, the colston four were not guilty, great to see the bristol jurors  come down on the right side 🙂 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Neil said:

so, the colston four were not guilty, great to see the bristol jurors  come down on the right side 🙂 

Great stuff ... and Bristol is a great city .... fantastic to see it moving forward 

[steviewevie]

Need a bird flu thread.

 

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

[fred quimby]

8 hours ago, steviewevie said:

No just one company for each energy source, e.g. British Gas. Regulated and subsidized accordingly. Will make net zero easier. 

Not sure having one company would make net Zero easier at all.

Don't mind nationalising though, but not for that reason

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Not sure having one company would make net Zero easier at all.

Don't mind nationalising though, but not for that reason

take profit motive away, nationalise national grid, public investment in renewables, nuclear, carbon capture etc...or are we going to rely on market forces to get us there...? We need this shit sorted out asap.

[steviewevie]