Going for Gold

Absolutely appalling service from @TalkTalk being cut off daily as I won’t pay for a modem that does not allow me to work remotely with clients. Tech support asked me who Microsoft were !!!!!

@TalkTalk Can you not DM me so that I can reply?

@Gold_Accounting I understand, however we are unable to help you without sending a DM -Silindile

3 hours wasted with @TalkTalk trying to get them to understand their new router will not work with @microsoft Remote Access. Surely in modern times a router should be able to cope in #workingfromhome mode. Not resolved, given up, will be voting with my feet when contract ends.

@TalkTalk So your response to my explaining I seem unable to DM you, is to DM you about it! Obviously I will never get this resolved since you don’t understand simple language

@Gold_Accounting Hi there, please send us a DM to assist you further. -Silindile

@TalkTalk I have tried to DM you but X keeps saying @talktalk doesn’t exist

@Gold_Accounting We do understand, we need to discuss this in the DMs as we need to ask some personal details. -Wandile

@TalkTalk I don’t have the energy for another 3 hours. If you can send an engineer FOC to resolve I will stay with you.

@Gold_Accounting We really apologize for the inconvenience our new router has caused you. Kindly send us a DM so we can discuss about this further for you. -Wandile

Whoo Hoo - last #selfassessment return filed today ! #taxreturns #hmrc #tax

My Birthday walk for @UHD_NHS Poole Hospital to Bournemouth Hospital- please donate £1 or more if you can. justgiving.com/page/valerie-c…

Happy Birthday 🎂 @Debbzy44 - have a great day

£50 raised by my #clients at my 20th Trading Event last night. justgiving.com/page/valerie-c…

Nails all ready for my 20th Trading Celebration event. Thanks to @silkysweet for my logo’d nails

#swimming lesson no5 had me swim half a length without my square float. To help #dementia and #stroke patients please sponsor my efforts by following this link justgiving.com/page/valerie-c…

2nd Swimmjng lesson done ! See my progress by following the link below all as part of my fundraising for @UHD_NHS justgiving.com/page/valerie-c…

Ist Swimming lesson completed and progress made on planning my walk from Alderholt to Poole and Bournemouth Hospital raising funds for @UHD_NHS justgiving.com/page/valerie-c…

@MartinSLewis I often get, I don’t get any benefits from the government until I receive my state pension. I reply, free healthcare, education, police, fire brigade, dustman, unemployment benefit etc. The list is endless but due no Invoice they forget it is taxes that pay for all this.

I was interested to see some on here asking "why should a rich person pay more for the same services than a poorer person?" on the back of council tax/poll tax discussions. Now of course no one likes tax, but we need to understand it, so I wanted to bash out my quick, unpolished thoughts on tax in general. Of course tax should be minimised, spent wisely, efficiently and productively. I'm opposed to punitive taxation ie just for the sake of punishing those with more - even though it doesn't help or raise more revenue. Yet for me, tax is the cost of living in a legitimate civil society. It should pay for society's law and order, defence, hospitals, education, rubbish collection, legal aid, social care for our elderly, state pensions, special ed needs, disability protection, medical care and help for those who can't help themselves and more. So it's the cost of being part of both broad national and narrow local communities - hopefully for the collective betterment of all. If you were simply to say "you only pay for what you use" that isn't tax, that's service provision. Never mind the tricky questions of how you assign the cost of things like defence or policing (some may say that view'd mean if your house burnt down the fire brigade should bill you after). As for why a rich person pays a more. Well because if you take £500/mth poll tax off someone who earns £1,000/mth it's crippling, off someone who earns £100,000/mth it's hardly noticed, and they still have far more disposable income. And so if you tax everyone an equal amount, when it has a disproportionate and more damaging effect on those with less, then you start to move people into desperate situations, which risks higher crime, less safe streets, social unrest and eventually societal breakdown. So I am generally in favour of progressive taxation, which means those say with more income , pay a reasonable higher proportion of tax, because they can afford to. After all those who are more affluent, have broader shoulders, and have likely made money from society as a whole - and a well functioning society is needed for wealth creation. PS I've been deliberately unspecific here, this isn't about supporting one structure of tax, just being about tax as a concept. And equally I think tax planning is fine (ie working within the rules to minimise tax - often because you're doing something the state is trying to encourage you to do - like save in an ISA or invest or put money aside for your future)

This year I am fundraising for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/valerie-c…

New client visited the office today, wanting some advice on where to store his nest egg. #Savings #nestegg #clients #squirrels

@ruskin147 Well done Sophie

At 0730 this morning the prof and I put #sophiefromromania in the car and took her to a local park for her first ever walk. More details tomorrow

Not happy @sky.com - Contacted U 3 times. Issue not resolved to my satisfaction. Sky not accepting any responsibility 4 poor communication. Have been customers 4 several years, and have phone, broadband, tv and mobile accounts, but they won’t even meet half way for compensation.

In these busy times with #taxreturns due at the end of the month, it’s good to know that #hmrc app is suitable for ages 4 and upwards 🤣