Prof Catherine Rowett 💚 Ex-MEP @catherinerowett@respublicae.eu

@EddiesTPWorld Which economic theory are you in thrall to? Check why you are thinking that way.

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@nathanluke1986 @Conservatives Besides these things (which do help because the figures they quote pretend that what we import is the fault of the place it's made, and because they don't count our shipping or aviation) we also need to broker global agreements. Which you can't do if you can't live by them.

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Oh dear.
@YPLAC

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RT @StefLib: @alastairis They don't even have the spine to back a policy that is in their own UK manifesto and was supported by their MSPs in Scotland. Useless joke of an opposition party.

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RT @AdiDee_Gee: Dear @GreenPartyWomen members

Please, if you can, take the time to read this statement from our sister liberation group

Many members of GPW are appalled by the actions of the UK Government, & we call upon the committee to consider issuing a similar supportive statement

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RT @Michael64621628: @AndrewStoneman Even if it were true (it isnt), the major beneficiaries of growth would be the usual suspects...as if the rich werent rich enough..https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2023/jan/16/oxfam-calls-for-new-taxes-on-super-rich-pocket-dollar-26tn-start-of-pandemic-davos

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RT @AndrewStoneman: Clue: It won’t. It will undermine your rights though.

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RT @Parody_PM: After my brilliant performance at #PMQs, everyone should now be aware that the NHS is not in a crisis, and the crisis that it isn’t in was caused by striking nurses and the last Labour government.

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@nathanluke1986 @Conservatives On the contrary we have decades of damage that we urgently need to undo. Water needs to be free of sewage and industrial pollution. We need trees to replace the millions we've lost and take out the carbon we've pumped out. We need to stop importing climate destroying goods.

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RT @darrenpjones: The shame of Rishi Sunak. Blaming ambulance drivers for the deathly delays in ambulances. Shameful. #PMQs

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@nathanluke1986 @Conservatives No. Billions are wasted on Brexit, croney contracts for Covid, privatised profits in the NHS, subsidies for fossil fuels, road building that makes climate action ever more unattainable. Every penny that goes to climate action is a penny saving us money and supporting industry.

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@Mexin2022 Not really. It's due to commodity shortages and labour shortages in not-so-global Britain, and due to Brexit which is adding thousands to everyone's household costs. Of course, the government also threw away billions of our money, and is trying to take even more from us now.

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RT @carla_denyer: Analysis suggests recent strikes have caused a £6bn hit to the economy:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/strikes-cost-uk-economy-nhs-trains-b2263775.html

This economic hit, and the disruption, was avoidable -- if Government paid public service workers properly.

And of course they're standing up to protect services as well as pay.

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RT @UEA_UCU: BREAKING BAD NEWS🚨
Our university is planning across the board compulsory redundancies as a cost-cutting measure in the next few months.

.@UEA_UCU has an EGM on Thursday 19/01/23 from 12-2 in the Council Chambers and online. Check email for details and show up. ✊

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@Conservatives We don't want growth. We want fair wages and equality, integrity in public life and climate action, including green energy and insulation. Deliver those, if you want us to be impressed.

But you can't, can you? Because you are paid to do the opposite on every one of these things.

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RT @IanDunt: What. In the name of Christ. Is this shit.

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RT @greenmattbfd: This article by @peterwalker99 makes another great point

“If you asked a politician whether a new hospital should be inaccessible to one-fifth of the population, obviously they’d say no"

So why would we build a hospital without #publictransport links when 25% don't own a car?

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RT @greenmattbfd: ☠️ Every 16 minutes someone is killed or seriously injured on UK roads.

🏎️ We are so car-centric that we are more willing to accept dangers posed by #cars that we would not accept in other parts of life.

🚸 We need to stop normalising dangerous driving.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/17/motonormativity-britons-more-accepting-driving-related-risk

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And yet again the Bank of England intends to raise interest rates, which will make the problem worse. The inflation here isn't caused by an excessive money supply. If anything there's too little money in circulation. No one can afford anything. It's all gone to the rich 1%.

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Of course people still feel the pinch and the pinch is getting worse. Inflation slowing doesn't mean prices falling. It means prices are still rising at an unsustainable rate. And pay is not rising to match.
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/uk-inflation-dips-people-continue-to-feel-pinch

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