Phil Riley
@radioriley
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Co-founder, Boom Radio; Chair, Koala TV; Former CEO, Chrysalis Radio & Orion Media; launched Heart FM; relaunched LBC.
Warwickshire
Joined February 2009
Still boggling that a country paying £100bn+ this year and every year for the interest on its debts decided that what it really needed was to increase (welfare) spending.
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Very depressing analysis.
My 15-point guide to the Budget small print:
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Great team @Jo_Coburn and @afneil although you don’t need me blowing smoke up your …….
Well @Jo_Coburn and @afneil prove they are still the A team. Incisive and interesting insight into and analysis of today’s Budget. Compelling listening.
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Classic example of why you shouldn’t put politicians in charge of actually running things. The chair has screwed up and lots of senior people have now left - but he should stay because he needs to pick a new DG!
Now not the time to replace BBC chair, says committee head
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I do hope Alexa gets a translation fee alongside her interviewing skills. She is top notch @alexaljoe
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Ryuichi sakamoto
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The welfare bill is, give or take £10bn, now much the same as the income tax take. Pretty much every penny in income tax paid by these working people Reeves care about so much... goes to a welfare recipient.
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This was actually the most disappointing thing in the whole budget - we need to get on and build, sensibly and cost-effectively - and in particular on energy projects - and we suddenly get a handbrake applied.
Weasel words. They were considering accepting ALL on Monday. Then they backed down, then they were dithering all week. Now, they've given no indication which recommendations or how many - just that in 3 months they'll be "setting out our plan" Unacceptable: ACCEPT ALL.
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Warwick Castles been raided:-)
From the picture it seems clear this is a collection of militaria and antiques. What sense does it make to seize this from a private home, while other people are walking round with knives in public places?
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These are interesting responses but unfortunately people have no idea how ruinous option 1, ad funding, would be for the whole uk TV and Radio ecosystem. I’ve just dealt with radio here. The effect on TV would be worse I suspect @LordAshcroft
https://t.co/H8Qv2VjLIn
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Crikey - shocking error for an accounting professor to make. Surely anyone wishing to comment on taxation should understand why dividend tax rates don’t align with personal income tax rates.
Member of the House of Lords and Emeritus Professor of Accounting apparently does not understand basic tax law or accounting. UK Dividend tax is paid on top of corporation tax. Main Corporation Tax rate is 25%. (1-25%) * (1 - 39.35%) = you take home 45% of the profit. So the
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After all the grief over HS2, am I mad in thinking this is a bonkers decision. The shorter runway proposal could have coped with 98% of Heathrow flights - without moving a bloody motorway! And it was cheaper.
Heathrow’s plan to move M25 for third runway backed by ministers https://t.co/isedcC47YZ
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Quality communications.
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These must be the ministers who don’t use the M25
Ministers back Heathrow’s £49bn runway plan over rival scheme
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By setting the Budget so late in the year then flying enough kites about possible tax rises to blot out the sun Rachael Reeves has presided over the most chaotic and debilitating run up to a Budget in memory. As a result people have stopped spending, business has stopped
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This absolutely right from @LiamHalligan In 35 years of running ad-funded businesses I can’t remember a run-up to Christmas this bad with clients sitting on their hands because that’s what their customers are doing. It’s a disaster, not helped by the delay to end of Nov!
🗣️ 'The chaotic run-up to the Budget is sucking the life out of Britain’s economy' | Says Liam Halligan Read his column ↓ https://t.co/wfNFz50wrJ
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Brought up in Wolverhampton – but born in a Devon castle – Slade legend Dave Hill is full of surprises. He opens up about his life and picks the music that’s shaped him - in our Choices conversation tonight at 9.00.
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Once again, hardly a word about radio. what is it about these commentators. https://t.co/H8Qv2VkjxV
The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it | Pat Younge
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