Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

Game, set and match...

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A picture of Nigel Farage & Donald Trump. Beware posh & rich men of the people offering solutions.

When AmeriKKKa sneezes, the UK catches a cold, so beware posh & rich "Men of the People" offering final solutions.

Their only interest in the common person is our vote, as there's far more of us than there is of them.

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Shareholders follow the money. They've already had their pound of flesh from our utilities & won't throw new money after mess they've created. You evidently don't understand the logic behind high finance, & try as many of us have, you simply don't have the wherewithal to comprehend.

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Trump's just a brash, rich boy bully, but this will be a match-up like Biff vs Marty McFly in Back to the Future. One's an uncouth, loud-mouth, knuckle-dragger & the other a gentleman psycho like Hannibal Lecter!

It's not fair the Americans cry! 😂

A Bugs Life.

There's many more of us than there is of them. This is why the rich like Trump, Musk & Farage stoke culture wars to distract us from the real issue of class inequality.

Will we ever realise the ultimate power we wield over the Billionaire class? We have strength in numbers! 🙏🏾

Agreed 100%. The Americans aren't happy the Dark Lord is due on their shores next month. They know they can't manipulate the master manipulator & they also know their tariff threats won't work with the Prince of Darkness himself. What a move by Labour! The Americans are fuckin furious! 😂

Donald Trump official calls Lord Mandelson an 'absolute moron' Chris LaCivita savaged Keir Starmer 's decision to replace Dame Karen Pierce with the controversial Labour peer (pictured).

I know it's from the Daily Fail, BUT I'm loving this masterstroke move by Labour! 😂

Farage knows that Peter "Prince of Darkness" Mandelson would eat him for breakfast, & America knows he's a slippery cat, not to be messed with! You can tell by their "delight"! 😂

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

You do realise negotiations take two parties, & with trade & political agreements, it takes years to negotiate? WASPI women want compensation now, not in 10/20 years when/if rejoining is agreed. As for raising taxes, Labour have already done so just to stay afloat. Haven't you heard the squealing? 🤷🏾‍♂️

This is the sovereign UK government. If it can issue compulsory purchase notices, it can tell whatever industries it wants that they're being nationalised. Labour has already started this process by not renewing lapsed licences & bringing several franchises back into government control.

It's not me negotiating, but what I'd personally do is to allow them to fail & buy them back for £1. The shareholders have made it plain by their reluctance to invest or bail out the utilities, that they don't care. They've ALREADY far surpassed their original investments with huge share dividends.

Chinese lenders key as Thames Water’s owner seeks time to pay debts ING, AIB and two Chinese state-owned banks expected to agree extension on £190m loan

3/ This is not my opinion on the matter, these are facts. The shareholders know what's coming, & intend to bleed Thames until it collapses, or is renationalised. Either way, they've made their money & don't care what happens to their stakes.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

2/ Many of the utilities are in serious financial trouble & need huge investment just to stop their infrastructure decline. This is why Thames Water were refused an infusion of cash from investors, to make repayments on their £14bn debt. The shareholders don't care. They've had their pound of flesh

1/ This is like pulling teeth! 🙄 The utilities were sold cheap. Foreign governments & huge venture capitalists moved in & rinsed the utilities for all they were worth, netting HUGE profits whilst investing the minimum amount to keep the infrastructure afloat... JUST!

Exclusive: Biden administration buys last oil for emergency reserve as fund taps out The Biden administration said on Friday it has bought its last batch of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after selling a record amount from the facility in 2022 to counter fuel prices that had risen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

2/ To lessen the effect of the oil crisis & energy cost spukes, Biden sold American strategic reserves when oil was at its peak which brought down energy costs sharply, & quite Cleverly replenished stocks when prices plummeted, netting the US a huge profit. 🤷🏾‍♂️

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1/ Have you ever considered that oil companies regulate production to keep supply low & prices high? There are also trade deals done where the UK will buy oil from partners, in exchange for products & services. Russia & Saudi tried to keep prices high when Ukraine was invaded, but what did Biden do?

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Mate, I'm actually struggling to see what your point is (if you have one). You just seem to be arguing for the sake of it whilst not offering an alternative...

Buy the original shares back. Allow TW to go under & buy it back for £1. Whatever's cheapest. Privatisation's been a disaster that can't be allowed to continue. The UK's been rinsed enough & no one will shed a tear for the shareholders who ran it into the ground through under investment & greed.

2/ So what did Thames do? They looked forlornly at the UK Government to bail them out. There's be no tears shed if Thames Water folded, & their shareholders would merely pack up shop & move on to where there's another company to rinse.

Again, you're demonstrating your lack of knowledge of how enterprise works in reality. I repeat, Thames Water asked their shareholders for an emergency loan, & they said no. They've already made 100 fold their initial investments, so clearly couldn't give a toss if it went under.

I refer you to the "many forms" comment I made initially...

Our prices are dicated by international market forces & foreign shareholders. Read back at the allotment analogy I gave you. Look after your own first & foremost, then sell the excess to the market. It's win/win for the people of the UK. I find it odd you're still struggling to grasp this... 😳

If a business goes bankrupt, what is there for shareholders to get? 🤔

Nationalisation of the key industries - Rebuilding the country after 1945 - WJEC - GCSE History Revision - WJEC - BBC Bitesize Learn and revise about rebuilding the country after 1945 for Unit 1 Depression, War and Recovery WJEC with BBC Bitesize.

Nationalisation comes in many forms.

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Because the UK population needs water, gas & electricity to live. It's as steadier a revenue stream as you could wish for if run correctly, as opposed to the current smash & grab bonanza we're seeing. It's why you'll never see funeral directors being short of clientele... 🤷🏾‍♂️

It's a bit too complex to explain in 300 characters & so far you've shown an unwillingness to consider anyone else's viewpoint outside of your own. Will it be worth my effort to explain, even if you're presented with empirical, independently verified, fact checked, peer reviewed evidence? 🤔

Who cares if they move on? There are many others who'll happily fill the void. 10% of £200m share dividend, is better than currently getting zip by not being a shareholder. Shareholders come in all different sizes & colours.

Once a man, twice a child hey... 🤷🏾‍♂️

I'm a Social Democratic Entrepreneur Businessman, who was previously, & again is currently involved in EU & UK politics. I'm just citing business logic.

Your experience, expertise & qualifications in fiscal matters are? 🤔

But none of that helps WASPI women now. A decision has to be made. What would you de-prioritise today to compensate these unfortunate women, my cousin being one of them who was 59 when the retirement age was raised.

Rachel had to make a decision, regardless of how hard it was to swallow.