nervousfrog.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 18 August 2024
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@nervousfrog.bsky.socialBrexit has added costs, delays, and uncertainty to British businesses. If we want investment and growth, we must seek a closer relationship with the EU. #folkestone #hythe #romneymarsh #europe #brexit
Show PostSome say Brexit has worked because our GDP growth since 2016 has been higher than some of our European friends. That misses the point! The real comparison we should be making is how our economy would be doing had we NOT left, and the evidence is clear that Britain would be better off.
Show PostAnd it could be £8 Billion a year by 2030. It’s another outrageous failure of Thatcher’s Dogma - Privatisation. We need to take National Grid under control, not ownership - and force it to do the job we need, not the job its shareholders would prefer.
Show PostAnother example of a private monopoly failing us - National Grid have been making an average £5 billion a year for the last five years - while failing to invest what’s needed to keep our grid up to scratch - we pay the annual £2 billion cost of that failure, while they pocket £5 billion.
Show PostI understand the anxiety but there is zero chance of ‘Artificial Super Intelligence’ actually being invented here, so it is pretty pointless to outlaw. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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