and autocracies, so we should be doing our own. is it that mixed messaging that puts these companies off from investing in renewables? it off from investing in renewables? it might be, one of the problems is this government s might be, one of the problems is this government s cohen - might be, one of the problems is this government s cohen rhetoric conflicts this government s cohen rhetoric conflicts with this government s cohen rhetoric conflicts with its this government s cohen rhetoric conflicts with its own this government s cohen rhetoric conflicts with its own net - this government s cohen rhetoric conflicts with its own net zero - conflicts with its own net zero target conflicts with its own net zero target if conflicts with its own net zero target if you conflicts with its own net zero target. if you are conflicts with its own net zero target. if you are genuinely. target. if you are genuinely committed. target. if you are genuinely committed, and target. i
simply because of the impact of higher oil and gas prices, have made excess profits. just as an example, we can see in the uk this year, share buy back, that the return of cash capital to shareholders, has come in at 55 billion. it might surprise your viewers this morning that share buy back is not taxed at all. we could have had a windfall tax on share buy back which would have brought in £11 billion this year. there could have been attacks on those classed as non dom which could have brought in 3 billion. could have brought in 3 billion. could have brought in 3 billion. could have been a tax on those classed as non dom. my question to the chancellor is, why did you not bring in these windfall taxes which would have protected the public from the public sector cuts we are going to see? this is going to be a very harsh winter but a tough climate for many people as we go through 2023. the chancellor s figures, as you know, that he mentioned yesterday, suggests that he thinks th