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The unelected leader of ukipreform sets out his and/or the party's energy policy.
Good news for EDF and China...

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, said a new 114 mile (180km) network of pylons from Norwich to Tilbury would be "an absolute disaster".
Farage told the BBC: "The whole thing is a nonsense, I think we are despoiling our landscapes and seascapes for a form of energy that is utterly unreliable."

Nigel Farage argued the UK should focus on expanding nuclear energy: "That is the future. It gives you continuous base load power twenty-four hours a day."

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East Anglia pylons 'an absolute disaster' - Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage tells the BBC new pylons between Norwich and Tilbury will affect the landscape.
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JIMNNINA said:
The unelected leader of ukipreform sets out his and/or the party's energy policy.
Good news for EDF and China...

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, said a new 114 mile (180km) network of pylons from Norwich to Tilbury would be "an absolute disaster".
Farage told the BBC: "The whole thing is a nonsense, I think we are despoiling our landscapes and seascapes for a form of energy that is utterly unreliable."

Nigel Farage argued the UK should focus on expanding nuclear energy: "That is the future. It gives you continuous base load power twenty-four hours a day."

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East Anglia pylons 'an absolute disaster' - Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage tells the BBC new pylons between Norwich and Tilbury will affect the landscape.
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He is elected Jim.
 
Keir Starmer is facing a growing internal backlash over the potential approval of a giant new oilfield, after Treasury sources indicated Rachel Reeves was likely to give it her backing.

MPs described a “breaking point” in relations and called for Starmer to reiterate his own commitments to no further oil and gas licences. The proposed Rosebank development was given the go-ahead in 2023 but was ruled unlawful by a court last week.

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has previously described the licence issued to Rosebank as “climate vandalism” – setting up a potential major clash between his department and the Treasury.

Reeves is understood to be supportive of a new application for environmental consent, with allies suggesting that would not violate Labour’s manifesto, which promised not to issue new exploration licences, but not to cancel ones that have already been issued.

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PM faces growing internal backlash over potential approval of Rosebank oilfield

Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments
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billythekid said:
Keir Starmer is facing a growing internal backlash over the potential approval of a giant new oilfield, after Treasury sources indicated Rachel Reeves was likely to give it her backing.

MPs described a “breaking point” in relations and called for Starmer to reiterate his own commitments to no further oil and gas licences. The proposed Rosebank development was given the go-ahead in 2023 but was ruled unlawful by a court last week.

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has previously described the licence issued to Rosebank as “climate vandalism” – setting up a potential major clash between his department and the Treasury.

Reeves is understood to be supportive of a new application for environmental consent, with allies suggesting that would not violate Labour’s manifesto, which promised not to issue new exploration licences, but not to cancel ones that have already been issued.

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PM faces growing internal backlash over potential approval of Rosebank oilfield

Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments
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Exactly as Just Stop Oil predicted. They are Tories in disguise.
 
MB1980 said:
I guess tories could have raided pensions


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Savers could have lost £230bn in Brown’s pensions raid

The Office for Budget Responsibility has provided an insight into the impact of Gordon Brown’s 1997 tax grab on pensions through the abolition of the tax credit on dividends.
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And sold off all that gold...
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Both of these things are bullshit though. How is abolishing a tax credit a “raid”. That’s total nonsense. As it is dividend income is still taxed at a lower rate than earned income.
 
Oh and the thing about “selling off gold” also bullshit. What actually happened was that Gordon Brown decided the UK ought to have a wider spread of investment. The gold prices have absolutely no relation to modern currencies
 
JIMNNINA said:
Who was eligible to vote and what was the result of the party leader selection process ?

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Reform UK votes to give members more control

Reform UK’s new constitution is approved in a vote at its party conference in Birmingham.
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Everyone in Clacton of voting age was eligible.

There's no rules on selecting leaders, probably why nobody other than you gives a toss about how he became leader. If the people of Clacton didn't like it they had the option of not electing him.
 
Well some of you Tories on here might even enjoy this as it's largely a rant at Labour (for not being Labour.)
This is absolutely nail on head.
 
Topmodtony said:
Oh and the thing about “selling off gold” also bullshit. What actually happened was that Gordon Brown decided the UK ought to have a wider spread of investment. The gold prices have absolutely no relation to modern currencies
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Full context is yes he decided other investment markets would provide better returns: particularly currency.

Prices were low and for some reason he ignored the historic inverse elationship between gold and other markets, such as equities.

bank of england advised him not to do it...for various reasons. He of course ignored it. Gold was being offloaded by othef countries, so price was already dropping. It basically reads like a rank amateur.. thinking they know something will happen... in this case, that never happened before... gold stays low... forever or at least long term, and gambling on other markets outperforming it... no investment is on bull run whole time. Idea is diversification so when one is low/bear market, usually another is doing well. It's a counter balance... eggs aren't all in one basket.

Not only that, he decided to sell it off in staggered fashion, for some reason. Even better... announced we'd be selling it, for every trader and his dog to know. So of course the already record low value price of the gold, dropped even further. Before the auctions commenced.so we madr 10s of millions less by announcing it and selling in staggered fashion.. comparex to selling all in one go, without advertising our intentions.

Hindsight of course, but value of gold then rocketed as 2000s progressed. And data shows that if we hadn't sold the gold and invested elsewhere, the countries coffers would now have hundreds of millions more in there right now. .

Sad thing is he was advised not to do it by BoE... as it was at rock bottom price... and historic data indicates it swings. Instead he tries to play active trader/investor, forecasting an outcome that flew in face of what had happened before, and what experts told him to do.

People would be annoyed if they paid an FA who advised this path fir their personal investment and it tanked. How about an entire nations investment/wealth?

And this is before we begin to discuss another glorious financial episode from the UK's Mr Wall st/Gordon Gecko ... ah yes, the pension 'raid'.

Around 'credit crunch 'the Financial Advisor industry became much more heavily regulated....what with a lot of noise of cowboy FA'S, not necessarily acting in their clients best interest.

Hmm... i can certainly think of a cowboy, who acted as a rank amateur investor, who refused to listen to BoE.

Shortif blowing up the London stock exchange and canary wharf, it's hard to imagination how he could have realistically made much more of a mess of it.
 
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SlowDownDerek said:
Everyone in Clacton of voting age was eligible.

There's no rules on selecting leaders, probably why nobody other than you gives a toss about how he became leader. If the people of Clacton didn't like it they had the option of not electing him.
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Farage was elected as an MP.

How is having the leader of the opposition appointed behind closed doors good for the open and honest democracy people say they are looking for.
 
JIMNNINA said:
Farage was elected as an MP.

How is having the leader of the opposition appointed behind closed doors good for the open and honest democracy people say they are looking for.
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It's up to them how they elect their leader and it's up to the electorate if they give a toss. In Clacton and four other areas they clearly don't. I suppose it's possible that the reason they didn't get more MPs is because of outrage about their leadership rules but given that you are the only person on the entire planet who cares I suspect it was something else.
 
Druss said:
Blimey...you promoting him?
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JIMNINA looking to form an unlikely coalition with him/them, is what I've heard.

Who'd have thought it.

Apparently Farage said that despite JIMNINA having no background/experience of operating in similar capacities, he's certain he'll make a seamless transition into politics, after being very impressed by his ability to have made one of the highest post counts in this thread, whilst somehow avoiding to answer a single question.
 
SlowDownDerek said:
It's up to them how they elect their leader and it's up to the electorate if they give a toss. In Clacton and four other areas they clearly don't. I suppose it's possible that the reason they didn't get more MPs is because of outrage about their leadership rules but given that you are the only person on the entire planet who cares I suspect it was something else.
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Lots of posts denouncing the self serving useless parties and demands for a something better

Cue the ukipreform apologists defending their self serving leader.
 
JIMNNINA said:
Lots of posts denouncing the self serving useless parties and demands for a something better

Cue the ukipreform apologists defending their self serving leader.
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Yes there are Jim, there is however only one person who cares about the intricacies of Reform's leadership selection process. An insignificant minor detail. To highlight this is not to defend anyone.
 
MB1980 said:
JIMNINA looking to form an unlikely coalition with him/them, is what I've heard.

Who'd have thought it.

Apparently Farage said that despite JIMNINA having no background/experience of operating in similar capacities, he's certain he'll make a seamless transition into politics, after being very impressed by his ability to have made one of the highest post counts in this thread, whilst somehow avoiding to answer a single question.
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Easy
Just fool enough of the voters enough of the time.
Don't forget to collect fair and reasonable expenses when busy not representing your constituency
 
SlowDownDerek said:
Yes there are Jim, there is however only one person who cares about the intricacies of Reform's leadership selection process. An insignificant minor detail. To highlight this is not to defend anyone.
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The insignificant minor detail in the party processes lead to a not insignicant number of candidates having to be disowned subsequently

Ready to govern.....
 
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