Steve Loftus
@LoftusSteve
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Dad. Husband. Business Owner. Pro European. Centre Right. Commited Realist. Unbiased talk about the state of UK Water 🌊 and Energy ⚡plus politics.
Joined May 2011
💰The Cost of Renewables 2025 Megathread💰 The Government is pushing the narrative that renewables are cheap and gas is the problem. It's been 18 months since my last thread showed this to be a lie. Have things changed? Or is Ed Miliband driving us towards ruin? 🧵
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'There are now more children in the UK in households where no-one works, than the entire population of Estonia' Kemi Badenoch criticises the government's decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap
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Our average cost per month for CrowdHealth hit its lowest EVER in 2025!!! $140.42/month for singles <55 (down 13% vs '24) $225.83/month for singles 55+ (down 17% vs '24) $476.25/month for families of 4 (down 11% vs '24) If you are looking for an affordable alternative to health
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In a single generation, UK energy prices have tripled, industries have collapsed or moved overseas, per capita GDP has stagnated, and three different parties of government have hosed £billions each and every year at this parasitic non-industry at our expense.
In a single generation, the UK has gone from having two offshore wind turbines to having just under 3,000. The industry now has a total generating capacity of 16.1 gigawatts (GW), which is enough to power more than 16 million homes each year, and over 600 million fully decorated
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Rise in NEETs caused by excessive rise in minimum wage, suggests @stephenkb
https://t.co/Et3bolAmOM
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Astonishing. Badenoch live now getting into the details of Welfare. She gives an example of Hackney.. “ In Hackney alone 1.000 families on benefits with 5 or 6 children stand to gain £74 million pounds from the lifting of the two child benefit CAP - some of those families will
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Further evidence that wind is not cheap.
1/ Yesterday, the SNP published a fact-free paper on energy which simply assumed that wind farms produce cheap electricity. Coincidentally, the Beatrice Offshore wind farm (one of Scotland’s largest) published its annual accounts yesterday, which tell us the truth about costs…
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You're not very pro free speech if you think saying "vile" things is a crime. But what he said was not "vile", they were subjectively offensive jokes. Which is why it's dangerous to expose subjective words to criminal law. I find everything Ed Miliband says offensive.
‘When I saw this I thought, “we need to defend his free speech”, then I read what he actually said...’ @anna4fes explains why she thinks those defending Joey Barton have got it all wrong.
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You're not very pro free speech if you think saying "vile" things is a crime. But what he said was not "vile", they were subjectively offensive jokes. Which is why it's dangerous to expose subjective words to criminal law. I find everything Ed Miliband says offensive.
‘When I saw this I thought, “we need to defend his free speech”, then I read what he actually said...’ @anna4fes explains why she thinks those defending Joey Barton have got it all wrong.
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Mauritius Slammed by UN as International Legal Community Turns on Starmer and Mauritian Attorney General https://t.co/vXgYGBcQW7
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If you appeal to the goodness of a nation by asking to be granted safety on its shores, and then proceed to commit an act as foul and monstrous as this one, then all goodness must be removed. They are owed nothing. And yes, Muslim MP, look into how Islam would deal with them.
@AdnanHussainMP Far-right language by a Muslim Independent MP- Why send them back Adnan? The book can be thrown at them right here in the country they committed the crime. You're not saying what you think you're saying. Just look at your comments.
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🏹Proud to have launched our most recent paper Destroying the Foundations: How Net Zero Could Wreck British Industry for Good. Authored by @RianCFFWhitton for the Prosperity Institute this paper digs into the root of what caused British industrial collapse. Read our paper below
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“Laser-focused on growth”
🔴 Workers will be entitled to a week off work to mourn the death of a distant family member under proposals being considered by ministers. Read the full story here ⤵️ https://t.co/d3FHYVOrTX
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Send them back and let them face justice, the Afghan way.
Teenage asylum seekers raped 15-year-old schoolgirl in park after she filmed herself being dragged away, in footage so horrifying it would 'cause a riot'
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Afghan small boat migrants living in taxpayer-funded housing drag child into a park to rape her; lawyers try to block the release of names and footage in case it causes rioting. Perfect illustration of UK instincts: managing "community tensions" as ultimate good.
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This Government is handing control of a major lever in our electricity pricing to the EU. With no real advantage for the UK. It's already increased carbon prices considerably and the EU plan to raise it more. They will also add it to fuel. https://t.co/ChifztMQjo
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🚨Breaking News🚨 It can now be confirmed that the “two 17 year old boys from Leamington” in this story are actually Afghan boat migrants. A 15 year old girl was “abducted” away from her friends and raped by one of them, as he called his friend & told him to “come quick” and do
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Very informative, & just shows how this government is trying to gaslight us into renewables. Personally I think we should go back to mining coal and drilling for gas. Sack all the renewables they're too expensive! Millionaires don't notice the huge hole in their pockets!
💰The Cost of Renewables 2025 Megathread💰 The Government is pushing the narrative that renewables are cheap and gas is the problem. It's been 18 months since my last thread showed this to be a lie. Have things changed? Or is Ed Miliband driving us towards ruin? 🧵
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So true. And so sad (I write as the head of Sky at the time when Sky News was launched).
Sky News Australia gave its viewers what they wanted. And became a global success. Sky News UK gave its bosses what they wanted and became a byword for woke broadcasting which nobody watches.
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No-one is more excited about Keir Starmer’s new TikTok account than us.
🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer becomes the first UK Prime Minister to join TikTok
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You’ve had 25 years and billions upon billions in subsidies. And still you want more. There was a case for subsidy in the early years to get developments off the ground. But if you’re still rattling your begging bowl 25 years later it’s time to stand on your own two feet or
@afneil Because we're still building the infrastructure. As if you didn't know.
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I the wake of allegations against Nigel Farage former classmates of Kier Starmer have come forward with their own stories. "He was boring AF at school too. We used to call him spanner, because he couldn't stop telling us his Dad was a tool maker... or stop touching his nuts".
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