DJT WEIGHS IN ON U.K ENERGY ISSUES

Note: They are literally killing the people with the highest prices anywhere in the u.k cos of their net zero agenda. labour and the tories plus all the green zealot morans must be on massive backhanders and bribes.

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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

The U.K. is making a very big mistake. Open up the North Sea. Get rid of Windmills! agcc.co.uk/news-article/apache

Jan 03, 2025, 5:18 AM

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113762729436262921

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Apache blames windfall tax as it announces plans to exit North Sea

Chamber News November 8, 2024 by Morning Bulletin

https://www.agcc.co.uk/news-article/apache-blames-windfall-tax-as-it-announces-plans-to-exit-north-sea

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US oil firm Apache has announced plans to exit the North Sea because the windfall tax has made its UK operations "uneconomic".

The Texas firm will cease all production at its UK assets by December 2029, “well ahead of what would have been an otherwise reasonable time frame".

In addition to criticising the UK’s Energy Profits Levy — otherwise known as a windfall tax — John Christmann, chief executive of Apache parent firm APA, said UK regulators issued new rules that will require “substantial new emissions control investments” on facilities that operate in the North Sea beyond 2029.

He said: “After six months of evaluation, we have concluded that the investment required to comply with these regulations… coupled with the onerous financial impact of the Energy Profits Levy makes production of hydrocarbons beyond the year 2029 uneconomic.”

Apache took control of the Forties field in 2003 but suspended all new drilling activity last year. The firm will run a “very limited capital programme” in the North Sea next year before those assets are ultimately decommissioned, Mr Christmann said.

In a statement, the firm added: "The onerous financial impact of the EPL, combined with the substantial investment that will be necessary to comply with regulatory requirements, makes production of hydrocarbons beyond 2029 uneconomic.

"Looking forward, our focus will be on maintaining asset safety and integrity as we prepare for the responsible decommissioning of our assets.”

The Energy Profits Levy (EPL) - the official name for the windfall tax - is a levy on profits made from extracting UK oil and gas.

In the recent Budget, Labour raised the levy to 38% - meaning the total tax rate on the companies is now 78% - and extended it by a further year to 2030.

Apache's announcement comes just days after Harbour Energy was reported to have put its stakes in the Armada, Everest, Lomond, Catcher, and Tolmount fields up for sale.

Russell Borthwick, chief executive at Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, urged the UK Government to take urgent action.

He said: "We have have been warning for almost two years now that the windfall tax would drive capital, investment and jobs away from the North Sea.

"The UK Government must now work with industry swiftly to devise a new progressive tax regime for the North Sea, where the tax rate increases as oil and gas prices rise and decreases when prices fall.

"This framework should be predictable, allowing the sector to make future investment plans with certainty and confidence.

"This successor regime cannot wait until beyond 2030, by which time significant damage could be done to our domestic energy industry and its workforce. It should be pursued immediately."

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>>22282924

anon has been here all along.

you have a short memory.

TRUMP ANNOUNCES HIS TREASURY TEAM, LEADING WITH SCOTT BESSENT!!

Note: Scott bessent is as deep state connected globalist as possible and all the bankster approve of him. the other name which needs to be dug on is Samantha Schwab. kek

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113761615416243218

Donald J. Trump @realdonaldtrump

I am pleased to announce the amazing Team that will be working in conjunction with our United States Secretary of the Treasury Nominee, Scott Bessent. All of them are incredible, hardworking Patriots, who will work tirelessly to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN:

Ken Kies will be Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. Ken has been a tax lawyer for 47 years, and has served as the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the Chief Republican Tax Counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee. 

Alexandra Preate will be the Senior Counselor to the Secretary. Alexandra is an accomplished executive in public relations, and has worked closely with former Director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, as well as my long-time economic advisors, Dr. Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore. 

Hunter McMaster will serve as Director of Policy Planning. He is one of the leading macro traders in the business.

Daniel Katz will serve as Chief of Staff. Dan is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a graduate of Yale. During my First Term, Dan served as a Senior Advisor at the Treasury Department. 

Samantha Schwab will serve as Deputy Chief of Staff. Samantha joins the Treasury Department from the personnel team of the Trump-Vance Transition. In my First Term, Samantha served in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs…

Jan 03, 2025, 12:34 AM

>>22282950

ARTICLE FROM 2017 HUFFINGTON POST

Note; not sure she is related to uncle fester schwab, but it is a unusual name unlike mohammed.

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White House Job For Schwab Heiress Raises New Ethics Questions For Trump

Samantha Schwab's grandfather, Charles Schwab, gave $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee. Now she's working for the president.

Christina Wilkie

11/05/2017 02:24am BST

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/white-house-samantha-schwab_n_59137723e4b021221db9d490

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Samantha Schwab, the 21-year-old granddaughter of brokerage billionaire Charles Schwab, has been working in the Trump White House Office of Legislative Affairs.

The White House won’t say why Schwab was hired, or give details on her work for the Trump administration. HuffPost learned of Schwab’s job from a source, who shared correspondence between Schwab’s official White House email account and congressional offices.

The header on Schwab’s White House email address says “Volunteer” in parentheses after her name, suggesting she may not be a full-time staffer. She is not an official White House intern. This is what her email looks like:

It’s generally illegal for federal agencies to use unpaid labor, with a few notable exceptions. These include the prestigious (but unpaid) White House internship program, as well as a volunteer program to decorate the White House for holiday tours.

Schwab’s billionaire grandfather founded the eponymous brokerage firm in 1971 and contributed $1 million to Trump’s record-breaking inaugural fundraising committee. HuffPost contacted him for comment through his family foundation, but did not receive a reply.

Samantha Schwab attended the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland as part of the California delegation. She is an undergraduate at Stanford University in California, where a student directory lists her major as economics. Her grandfather, who supported Jeb Bush in the 2016 GOP presidential primary, holds a Stanford economics degree.

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Samantha Schwab would appear to be eligible for the White House internship program. But the first class of Trump White House interns doesn’t start until May 30. Applications were due in April, and Schwab has been at the legislative affairs office since at least March, according to her emails.

Schwab, reached by phone Tuesday, said she did not have time to talk, and asked HuffPost to call later. Subsequent calls were diverted to an operator, and messages were not returned. HuffPost also sent detailed questions about Schwab’s job to the White House, but did not receive a response.

Ethics experts said Schwab’s position raises a number of red flags, including the same issues Ivanka Trump encountered during her brief stint as a “volunteer” adviser to her father, the president.

Schwab’s “volunteer” position, and the administration’s secrecy about it, are “highly unusual and reeking of patronage,” said Richard Painter, who served as former President George W. Bush’s ethics czar. In order to address potential conflicts of interest, Schwab should formally agree to ethics rules for all White House employees, regardless of whether she is being paid, Painter added.

“If someone has a White House email and they’re coming into work every day and corresponding with congressional offices, then they are an employee,” Painter said. “Nobody can just go into a White House job and say they’re a volunteer and not be subject to ethics rules.”

The practice of giving jobs to relatives of important donors is hardly a new phenomenon in Washington. In 2013, then-President Barack Obama’s summer intern class Included children of billionaire campaign donor Steven Rattner and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

But what’s new in the Trump administration is a widespread tolerance for conflicts of interest, worsened by a lack of transparency that includes Trump’s failure to disclose his tax returns and his refusal to make public White House visitor logs.

Schwab’s position also raises the question of whether it violates the Antideficiency Act, a law that prohibits the federal government from accepting volunteer services. The purpose of the law is to ensure that if the president wants to hire more people, he must ask Congress, which appropriates money for Executive Branch personnel.

“There’s a special exception made to the Antideficiency rules for education-based internships, like the White House internship program,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor and government ethics expert at Washington University in St Louis. “But if you didn’t have the exception, what you’d have here is the Executive Branch using unpaid labor, which is not accountable to Congress.”

Cases like Schwab’s also reveal larger and more systemic ethics issues within the administration, said Alex Howard, of the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation.

“By deciding to lift the traditional caps on inaugural donations and accept unlimited amounts from each individual, Trump opened himself up to questions like this one,” Howard said in an interview.

Howard, a former HuffPost reporter, also emphasized how valuable working in the White House is for a young person’s career.

“The White House is the top of our executive branch, and it is unrivaled in terms of prestige, power and influence,” Howard said. “So the things [staffers] learn, and the connections they make are basically priceless.

“But when someone is given this incredibly valuable experience in secret, because of their family’s political contributions, it erodes the public trust in the entire government,” he said.

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>>22282984

British is the four nations - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

English is the language spoken properly pronouncing your vowels properly.

the others have butchered this language.

for a fun lesson.

watch

My Fair lady with Rex Harrison as the Professor and Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle

kek

>>22283010

btw anon was dragged up.

so never got the education of the toffs but anon has street smart and used cockney rhyming slang sometimes to confuse the coppers.

>>22283020

the u.k deep state is way older than the usa.

corrupt to the core.

soft power is that of language.

anon has been here to help bring it down.

The people of the u.k are the nicest people you will ever meet.

the elites of the u.k are arseholes and up their own butts.

they really have a higher than mighty opinion of themselves.

They hate eye contact, you can see their soul.

can always tell a lot by that one small observation.

>>22283031

who the fuck cares

you are on a image board.

obviously a faggot and attention seeker faggot.