everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"
My husband works for a secret squirrel branch. Our typical conversations go as follows
Me 'how was your day?'
Him 'fine'
Very occasionally I'll get some detail like 'a bit peopley'
1. As Jared Kushner heads to Pakistan to represent the United States in critical talks with Iran, the media is ignoring a historic corruption scandal.
Kushner is serving in this role while on the payroll of the Saudi government.
Let's look at the data.
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He'd certainly not pass a UK DBS check so that rules out healthcare, social work, teaching, postman to mention but a few...
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I speak to a lot of people about JK Rowling - many once close friends with her. I was once friends with her. And they all say she is now very changed.
To pretend she is not radicalised, to give succour to her views on trans people, is an astonishing thing for Kezia, as Chair of Stonewall, to do.
That's a pretty major cock up - and it's well outside ULEZ too
Tice is a right-wing middle-class politician, of course different rules apply...
Dear Mr Lewis, I am writing to request Mr Tice's comments on another report we will be publishing in conjunction with The Sunday Times, concerning the tax structuring of Quidnet REIT. As the Sunday Times reported in March, four companies - Tisun One Ltd, Tisun Two Ltd, Tisun Three Ltd and Tisun Four Ltd - received over £500,000 in dividends from Quidnet but paid no corporation tax. Mr Tice told the Sunday Times that this was due to losses elsewhere in the group, and "the accountants advise on this and sign the audit and they are top drawer so I trust them" In reality: 1. None of the Tisun companies had an auditor. The only person signing the accounts was Mr Tice. 2. the accounts of Tisun One/Two/Three/Four don't show losses being used. They show the dividends as tax exempt. This was a basic tax error: dividends/PIDs from REITs are fully taxable.
3. there were no material tax losses in the group. Our team has reviewed the filed accounts of the wider Tisun group. They show neither sufficient qualifying tax losses nor any business activity capable of generating losses of the scale required to shelter the Tisun companies' REIT income. We will be reporting that the explanation Mr Tice provided was incorrect, and that the company unlawfully failed to pay c£100k of tax. We will say that we expect HMRC will be able to recover that tax, plus about £27,000 of interest. Because this is such a simple point, we expect HMRC to regard the error as "careless" and seek penalties of 10-15%. If you have any comments, please provide them by 5pm tomorrow. Yours sincerely, Dan Neidle
We asked Richard Tice's lawyer for comment.
We didn't receive a response (and neither did the Sunday Times).
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.
Science good, anti-vax cranks bad.
Dad was diagnosed with pan can really early, before he had any symptoms, because he'd volunteered as part of another trial.
And it was still too late to save him.
This needs to be rolled out, as pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest survival rates.
The government (and Tories) voted down a Bill that would make water companies actually pay their fines.
Fines like the £122.7m that Thames was due to pay Aug 25, but OfWat have happily deferred while they pay shareholders large dividends
How many ex-water company execs work in government?
Uninsured driving isn’t victimless. Offenders are 6–7x more likely to be in a fatal crash, and over half are linked to wider criminality—reflecting risk-taking, disregard for the law, or deception. It pushes up costs for honest drivers. Tackling it protects communities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hah. ON TOP of the other Tice Scandal...
He setup 4 shell companies to avoid tax and then gave it to Reform UK.
ALSO don't forget: Nadhim Zahawai ended up with a £5m HMRC bill for tax dodging.
Robert Jenrick helped Richard Desmond avoid £45m in tax.
⭐ Reform are the party of Tax Avoidance ⭐
Active travel: health, mental health, financial health, cost of living... Active travel is a social justice issue. We can't wait for governments to make changes... it may feel scary at first, but the benefit of active travel far outweighs the risk...
youtu.be/vDhGHPHCgqI
Urban Truth Collective and the Fight to Fix Misinformation About Bike Lanes, Traffic, and City Living.
momentummag.com/urban-truth-...
Only a little 7 mile ride, but I have video for the Central Park traffic-free route guide I'll create later, as well as from the Victoria Park traffic-free route, and of Richmond Walk.
That's 3 new #Plymouth traffic-free route guides being published this weekend.
2 of them will have #FairyTrails
purple billboard These Machines Fight Traffic in white with two bikes.
These Machines Fight Traffic.
Walked by this beauty last night - pretty awesome to see these messages out in the world.
Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.
BBC News - Lake District campaigners' hopes for rare rainforest - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A screenshot showing cycling routes on a map of the UK, with a list of the routes to the left.
For most of the UK, it's a gorgeous weekend, and if you're wondering where to go #cycling, I have the answer right here: the BEST collection of traffic-free cycle route guides for the UK that you'll find anywhere: www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
I made the lines a bit thicker, so it's even easier!
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It was a massive disappointment #HIGNFY not explaining re the guga hunt
We've had our e-cargo bike for a year now, total game changer. Buy groceries as and when we need rather than a weekly 'just in case' shop in the car. 3 sacks of kindling, 6 bottles of wine, cases of soft drinks and a big bag of food, with plenty of space to spare
A picture of a Range Rover driver parked in a bus stop whilst a cyclist cycles passes by in the middle of a busy road
Lots of London boroughs continue to prioritise the convenience of Range Rover drivers over the safety of Londoners. This is @rbkc.gov.uk who shamefully removed a cycle lane here.
Husband's t-shirt raises eyebrows every time he wears it, he was so chuffed I found it and without Bluesky I wouldn't have.
