Investing in nuclear guarantees that we will miss the window to keep our climate within a liveable limit
Failing to tackle issues of energy demand and installation of renewables right now is a tragedy for future generations
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Big bucks are going to carbon capture and storage
Unproven and largely an excuse for not reducing emissions
@TheGreenParty would invest in a massive insulation programme to reduce demand
And invest in tidal lagoons, hydrogen, and storage to balance grid
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Investment in the green economy is urgently needed
@TheGreenParty supports a tax deduction to encourage investment
But only for green businesses
It’s not just about size; we need positive green activity, not growth at any price or in damaging sectors
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£200m extra for potholes would have amused Keynes, going alongside tax break for drivers
This really is digging holes and filling them in
What we need is a vision for a green economy and investment in public transport
Especially £1 fare to get you there
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Suggestion that we can have 12 Canary Wharfs is absurd
The UK only has one financial centre and it’s in decline
Enterprise Zones will encourage tax avoidance and are more likely to cause economic displacement than growth
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Lower business investment and tight Labour-market are both direct consequences of leaving the EU
The Brexit vote led to a collapse in investment
And ending free movement meant the loss of millions of workers
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Brexit pubs guarantee?
An absurdly populist measure
I suppose at least it’s cheaper to drown your sorrows about the damage Brexit is wreaking on our economy
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Chancellor tries to take credit for halving inflation
But this is a purely technical matter since it is a year-on-year calculation
The massive prices increases are still baked in
And most of us haven’t had pay rises to match and so are poorer
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This is the new front in the climate denial campaign
I’ve got a house from exactly just era and it’s warmed efficiently and cheaply by a heat pump
You have to start with insulation but then the heat pump can certainly heat this sort of house
RT @heatpolicyrich: 'Heat pumps won't work in old homes' warns UK's largest manufacturer of gas and oil boilers.
This tweet from a Victorian 1895 terrace heated with a heat pump.
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UK poised to remove import tariffs on Malaysian palm oil
Devastating impacts of palm oil on habitats for precious creatures like orangutans well known
Brexit posturing about a nugatory trade deal with the Pacific will lead to death and destruction
https://www.ft.com/content/eb8b75aa-2608-4d20-a556-08b6b19af8aa
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#Budget2023 will be chasing growth at any cost
A Green Budget would focus on quality, happiness, & fairness
Of course we want more home insulation and renewables but we don’t want more online gambling or short-haul flights
I write for @LSEpoliticsblog
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A Green Chancellor would offer:
💷 Fair pay to public-sector workers
👩👩👧👧 35 hours a week of free childcare for all
🚍 A £1 single fare on all bus routes in England
🏭💚 Major investment in the green economy
Full budget statement here: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/assets/files/Communications/fairer-greener-budget-mar-2023.pdf
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🤗 I’m delighted to support the launch of the latest share issue from @briznrg
💚💪🏽Green power owned by and for the people!
🌎 Come and join us in Bristol next Tuesday to hear more
💷 And don’t miss out on the opportunity to buy shares
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The Chancellor may have friends who have more than £1m in their pension pot but I don't
Do you?
It looks like we're going to have a budget for the wealthy
@TheGreenParty would support affordable and accessible buses and free childcare so ordinary people could afford to work
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Patience Wheatcroft has the experience and connections to bring the European Movement the authority we need
That's why I'm backing her as our next chair
@patienceforem
RT @BBCNewsnight: "Tim Davie came under pressure from the government - I have no doubt about that."
Former Editor-in-Chief of Wall Street Journal Europe, Baroness Wheatcroft, on the BBC's initial decision to take Gary Lineker off the air.
#Newsnight | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mk25/newsnight
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@sandtreader @TheGreenParty Hi Paul. We don’t want to join the single market without joining the political institutions because of the democratic deficit
We do argue for freedom of movement without single market membership. This would be a first but is possible
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When fascism threatens it is the duty of all of us to resist
I can't express how proud I am of former footballers and football pundits who are modelling just how to do this
#Solidarity
RT @alanshearer: I have informed the BBC that I won’t be appearing on MOTD tomorrow night.
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A Chair who misleads Parliament - not a problem
A sports presenter who condemns racist policy on migration - 'standing aside'
The BBC's reputation dragged through the mire
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Sunak won’t get a deal with Macron because:
Migration in France is dealt with at EU level
EU countries are horrified by UK breaking international law
And threatening to leave ECHR
Brexit has make Tory migration chaos worse
And made it harder to ‘control borders’
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@colinngordon1 @patienceforem @thomasbrake @mikegalsworthy @euromove @annabirdfr @Wilson4VC The European Movement is committed to working in a cross-party way and too close an attachment to any one political party would be a disadvantage in our Chair in my view
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