farmer with views that the uk should be income tax free for most education should be free government should deregulate to focus on innovation & big society.
England, United Kingdom
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a sensible voice amongst the melodrama
The new gas field isn’t going to bring down your bills.
Gas is bought & sold globally, so the reality is, fossil fuels controlled by dictators have Britain in a chokehold til we fully embrace gas-free driving & heating and cut the link between electricity and gas.
BUT, fwiw, getting gas locally is still the right move while we’re transitioning off it. It’s a bit cleaner and brings jobs and tax revenue to Britain.
jim the chicken farmer. retweeted
✍️ Britain does have an economic model. It just happens to be a consumer website.
I wrote something about the moneysavingexpert economy and why it's facing an existential crisis. And why this isn't just a UK issue...
Have a read👇
edconway.substack.com/p/the-…
My thoughts on uk pension reform for a better system
1/ The UK state pension is a ticking time bomb. Today’s workers pay for today’s retirees, but with an aging population, it’s unsustainable.
What if we flipped the model and used the power of private markets from day one? A real-world idea i got from my son’s government CTF.
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2/ The Plan: Give every newborn a £5,000 baseline investment fund at birth.
With ~650,000 babies born a year, that’s an upfront cost of £3.25 billion—easily funded by making sensible adjustments to the soaring state pension "triple lock."
3/ Look at my son's Child Trust Fund: His government-backed account achieved a ~14.8% compound annual growth rate (APR) over 18 years, turning a small start into £12k.
Here is what that £5,000 turns into over a 65-year horizon based on different annual compound rates:
Annual Return (APR)
Final Value (65 Years)
4.0% =£63,993
6.0%=£220,724
8.0% =£743,899
10.0% =£2,451,853
14.8% (CTF Rate) =£39,372,476
4/ The Dual-Tier Rule: The government birth pot has a generous £1M cap (surplus is recycled to help others).
However, any worksite or private pensions running alongside it are 100% uncapped. Earn and save as much as you want through your own career.
5/ Let's be honest about the timeline: We can't slash National Insurance taxes on day one. We still have to pay legacy pensions during a 65-year transition.
Tax cuts are the reward at the end of the bridge once the state-funded PAYG burden finally fades.
6/ Stop relying on a political pyramid scheme.
Let’s turn every newborn into an asset-owner from day one, let global capitalism work for working-class families, and build a self-sustaining retirement system.
jim the chicken farmer. retweeted
BREAKING: France is facing a growing fuel shortage with 11% of the country's gas stations now reporting that they are out of stock of either gas or diesel, according to the latest data published by the French government.
In parts of the country, this figure now stands as high as 16%.
Meanwhile, the average price of diesel is up to €2.38 per liter, less than 1% away from a record high, and the average price of gasoline is also at or above record highs.
French President Macron convened an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis and the government is preparing to offer financial support to high-mileage drivers.
Energy inflation is skyrocketing.
Assisted dying bill for England and Wales rejected by MPs news.sky.com/story/politics-…. common at least give this the time it deserves.
jim the chicken farmer. retweeted
📽️ What happens when the single most important barometer in the global economy starts heading in the wrong direction?
We might just be about to find out.
My 9m primer on rising bond yields👇
An immense (but complex) story. Hopefully this helps…
The UK’s first plug-in solar panels are here. How much do they cost. £1200 11 year pay off if you use the energy while it’s created, this just highlights the problems within British manufacturing and over regulation apple.news/ALyB3HnEeQ4WP-nir…
news.sky.com/story/weather-l… how can it be a flash drought if it’s been going on all summer?
news.sky.com/story/latest-wo…. wow the richest people in the world increase wealth by $4 trillion in a single year. wtf
sometimes this app just reminds me of everything thats wrong with society. it’s a cess pit of fractured thoughts and mindless playground bickering.
The uk cannot increase military spending without the resumption of drilling for oil. energy costs have to come down news.sky.com/story/the-end-o…
Biodiversity net gain survey
ecology survey
topography survey
landscape visual impact survey
bat survey.
what other business’s have all this regulation in the way of growth no wonder 1st generation farmers are non existent.
ray saying how it is
All empires since the Dutch have used capitalism to create a virtuous cycle that leads to an empire’s demise.What happens when an empire can no longer borrow the money necessary to repay its debts? History shows us that having too much debt during an economic downturn leads to a classic, self-reinforcing cycle where:
1) The empire can no longer borrow the money to repay its debts
2) It prints a lot of new money, which devalues the currency and raises inflation
3) Living standards decline, leading to the rise of political extremism
4) Turbulent economic conditions undermine productivity and there is conflict about how to divide the shrinking resources
5) Populist leaders emerge pledging to take control and bring about order
Ultimately, this failure to control the anarchy is when democracy is most at risk.
#principles #raydalio #history #debt
how do you start a farm business from nothing. for a sustainable dairy beef or arable farm you would need to invest millions to try and make a profit. The only way 1st generation farmers can farm is with a niche.
being encouraged to create new habits for wildlife on the farm for planning permission we are a growing business creating theses environments then has the potential to cause issues with planning in the future if the business continues to grow. the policy is saying don’t grow
there’s so many policy changes that could make a big difference. scrapping a policy would cost nothing. how much regulation is enough.
in the Uk essential utilities and access to essential utilities like electirc water and internet are controlled by land owners who can prevent the use of national infrastructure to stop growth and progress. @UKLabour change this to get the UK growing.