Media, technology & cycling. Founder of GCN, GMBN, GTN, SHIFT Active Media, GCN+ etc.
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Simon Wear retweeted
Until last week, men over 50 were entitled to a free PSA prostate cancer check. But the government has now decided to withdraw that right. I cannot for the life of me work out what their reasoning might be.
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That’s all the difference in the world
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Sir Keir Starmer tells Sky’s @BethRigby that Labour "kept to its manifesto" promises despite raising taxes in the budget - as he asked "everybody to contribute"
Simon Wear retweeted
Don’t drag black people into the mess you made of yourself this afternoon 🤨.
Proud moments come from performance, not pigmentation.
Watching Angela Rayner on your show just makes me think I need to emigrate. Couldn’t be more disappointed in this government @bbclaurak
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Simon Wear retweeted
He absolutely nails it. He encapsulates the mood of most people in the UK. 🎯
“We end up with economically illiterate people in the government. There are not fit for office. This is our money. And I’m sick of being asked to pay more and more for less and less.”
Simon Wear retweeted
'Did you enhance your CV to make yourself look better qualified to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer if you won the election?'
Richard questions the Chancellor about her CV.
Well that was awful. Disgraceful that attention seeking Paul even did this. Why do we give these people oxygen #PaulTyson
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Simon Wear retweeted
Something Rachel Reeves deliberately kept out of her speech.
Do working people not own homes?
Stamp Duty is about to get a whole lot worse.
Simon Wear retweeted
This is painful to watch. Robotic Rachel Reeves is rightly called out for lying to the public before the election, breaking manifesto promises, and her fictional '£22bn black hole'.
She's rattled and completely out of her depth.
This is an absolute car crash.
This is exactly right in my view. The budget is a disaster for business. More debt. A race ticket the bottom for the country.
Fiona Bruce, "Do you see much growth in the budget?"
Tom Hunter, "No.. There is no economy in the world that has taxed it's way to economic growth"
"Just one example.. A friend has a business.. 30 retail units.. Turning over £40 million.. But lowering the NI will cost them £500,000 and the new living wage will cost them £800,00"
"So that's £1.3m out of his profits"
"So he says three of his units are now not profitable, so he may need to close them"
"So he will pay off 90 people"
"Let's assume half of them will find a job somewhere else.. That's 45 people not paying tax, not paying NI, now on benefits.. That's not growth"
"We want Labour to succeed, but there's nothing to encourage people with this budget"
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Simon Wear retweeted
Here's the moment @RachelReevesMP first learned of the negative market reaction to her Budget - when my colleague @BethRigby pushed her on it👇
(Gilt yields were already up from 4.2% to 4.4% at the time of the interview)
Simon Wear retweeted
Even the News Agents are ripping up Labour’s budget of lies and incompetence.
They must’ve had a really hard time filming this one.
