Mailwatch(ed) Forum

The Lib Dem strategy is nice things without any of us paying any more tax. It's the same as Nick Clegg era, with this hypothetical Customs Union doing the job of scrapping ID cards and IT projects, They've entirely dishonestly banked a high estimate of this customs union to scrap the entire NI rise, and it's already being invoked to pay for freezing rail fares and no doubt much else besides.

It does work as a long term signal to voters, but business wouldn't take this very seriously if they were the Government.

If interest rates on government bonds falls then you have more public spending slack. Bond rates haven't been rising because Reeves is a reckless gambler.

Bond rates aren't going to be helped by having all the spending and opposing all the taxes, with some talk about a customs union that the EU probably can't be bothered to negotiate.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... tations-uk

A coalition of civil society groups is warning of the dangers of cutting safety regulations as the government pushes to “rip up the rules” to accelerate the construction of new nuclear power stations.

The 25 groups from communities neighbouring nuclear sites have submitted a joint response to a consultation by the nuclear regulatory taskforce, saying its proposals lack “both credibility and rigour”.

People who live near proposed nuclear power stations in "Don't want to make it easier to build nuclear power stations" shock. What are their views on large solar farms and housing estates near them? I think we shouldn't be told.

This sort of article basically writes itself An article on how nuclear power is approved in other countries on the other hand wouldn't.

Killer arguments like this.

The UK’s nuclear watchdog system has worked well for 60 years to ensure the relative safety of a high-hazard industrial sector. In our view, the system is not broken and does not need fixing, and it would be madness to rip up tried and tested nuclear safety rules that have kept the public safe for a lifetime.

Anything else that can't be changed after 60 years?