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Alexander Fisken
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Alexander Fisken
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@acfisken @fcmad1960 @CleaveO @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport We’ve had less time without hanging
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Just been confirmed that Archie Vaughan will be an injury replacement for Lewis Goldsworthy (hamstring injury) but he won’t be able to bowl @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport
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@fcmad1960 @jonboy_avfc @CleaveO @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport Yes, so we had 80 years without them
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@acfisken @jonboy_avfc @CleaveO @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport Well, 1965 in English league football.
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@jonboy_avfc @CleaveO @fcmad1960 @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport Red cards, bans. Substitutions are recent introductions in football, rugby etc.
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@acfisken @CleaveO @fcmad1960 @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport Eh?
That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - so the opposition can go around deliberately injuring your players, and there’s nothing you can do about it?
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@jonboy_avfc @CleaveO @fcmad1960 @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport Substitutions are a bad thing in other sports too.
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@CleaveO @fcmad1960 @antgib @SomersetCCC @bbcbristolsport Agreed - however, cricket should move towards substitutions, given concussion & the like, as it’s one of the few team sports that does not have them, & inexplicably ALL players are asked to do ALL disciplines.
So yes, if a sub is to take place, it’s there & then, not a day late.
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@carl_stein_ @richardparke15 @linmeitalks How long term? Couldn't have gotten longer than 5 years at 1.9%. Even then would probably need to have had a 60% LTV.
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Nah it was run-down bought 135K put about 30K into it and I knew inflation was coming so did a long term fixed 1.9% rate.
Overpaying each month what can so when fixed-rate ends the jump is reduced. I did something similar when young and paid mortgage off by age 40, then began throwing a lot into pension to bypass tax.
Kids these days have way too high expectations, we had packed lunches and flask at work and biked to work and shared houses while saving up deposit.
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£80k is not rich…. What planet are you on?
£4,746 is your take home.
Average 3 bedroom house in £3000 for rent or mortgage, then you have one or two young children in nursery and that salary is GONE.
Congolesa Rice@judeinlondon
“80k a year is not rich” says people upset that those claiming £12k a year in benefits should pay the same as someone earning 80k a year. Make it make sense
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@JamesAndersonQ @DanNeidle No excuse for any semi competent person.
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@acfisken @DanNeidle She is unpleasant and does herself no favours. But still, if I don't own a house, I don't expect it to be counted against me for SDLT. And since I don't expect it, I won't go reading complex government websites about it, nor raise it with my conveyancer
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We certainly don’t know if additional tax paid by Mr Tice and his offshore trust made up for his company’s failure to pay tax.
Where’s the evidence?
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧@TiceRichard
Desperate still to smear me & Reform, Sunday Times has again spent weeks pouring over my company accounts with Labour-supporting tax accountant All that effort has revealed overall HMRC received the correct amount of tax due Journo now effectively complaining I paid too much tax rather than company pay some tax on my behalf! All due to complex tax technicality around dividends to certain shareholder classes in REITs But S Times refuses to investigate serious accounting irregularities & possible multi million pound electoral law breaches by Labour Party Properties Ltd, that I exposed Meanwhile, I’ll get on with representing the people of Boston &Skegness & campaigning to kick out this dreadful government
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@JamesAndersonQ @DanNeidle Not when the government's own website outlines her specific situation, and her solicitors told her to get advice.
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@DanNeidle I feel a bit sorry for Rayner. I can see why the law is what it is, but I think if a trust owns a property it is an innocent mistake to assume you are not liable for additional SDLT.
I do remember being impressed by other of your investigating. You will find likes from me on X
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@NoThirdMan Think Magdalen College School, Oxford is actually four - scriven, the two price brothers and James Coles
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FACT: A quarter of all male professional cricketers (101), who grew up in England & Wales, went to just 23 independent schools. 🏏🧑🎓
Which ones are best at developing England players? 🏴
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@Mendelpol When I was growing up I dreamed of a TV channel which would cover county cricket and have a red button to take you around the grounds. So appreciative that it has come to pass, and for free!
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Coverage of county cricket on YouTube and across socials is absolutely brilliant. Fair play to all the counties, and the County Championship generally. Making it accessible and engaging is absolutely the best way of getting people interested. No gimmicks. Just put it out there
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@petermansion @JohnRentoul 1. Incorrectly assumed I was referring to Cameron as PM, despite the context.
2. Got easily searchable timelines wrong.
3. Now using copilot.
This conversation really isn't worth my while.
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@acfisken @JohnRentoul From Copilot...
"No publicly available evidence indicates that Lord David Cameron “rejected” a Chagos deal.
What the record shows is more nuanced — he continued the Conservative‑era negotiations but did not finalise them before the 2024 election."
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Chagos deal was a terrible one, but Tories wildly exaggerate cost at £35bn over 99 years; it was approx £10bn, adjusted for inflation
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@acfisken @JohnRentoul James Cleverly (Cameron was gone by then).
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@petermansion @JohnRentoul Who was the Foreign Secretary in the last government?
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@acfisken @JohnRentoul I hate to break it to you but Cameron is no longer in power. The last conservative government thought that the lease arrangement was a good idea. Or are you disputing that?
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@petermansion @JohnRentoul The Tories were not prepared to accept it. Cameron told them to Foxtrot Oscar.
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@JohnRentoul Why else would the Tories, the Americans and Starmer have been prepared to accept a lease agreement?
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@JulietVelleman @elEmmerson @Fox_Claire @DamCou @DavidDPaxton @BoozeAndFagz Come on. If you throw an unfounded accusation at someone they are perfectly at liberty to come back at you with a fully evidenced story. You break the decorum by starting it.
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@elEmmerson @Fox_Claire @DamCou @DavidDPaxton @BoozeAndFagz He ‘won’ when he pointed out that he pays full tax in the UK and he didn’t need to say anything else. He shouldn’t bully and intimidate a small young woman - her ghastliness or not is irrelevant to this. Obviously, it’s crap of her to tell lies if that’s what she did.
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Funny film from the past. The heckler at the end shouting at Penny "You started it" was...ME
Tom Harris 🇬🇧@MrTCHarris
I'd forgotten about this event, where Laurie Penny got her arse deservedly handed to her after she made an unprovoked personal attack on David Starkey. I expect it was about this time that she started suffering from PTSD.
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@adarshisit @jfwduffield Not many people have 68 test wickets and 4 five wicket hauls at 22.
He spins it, great release point and good variation. If he gets the accuracy (usually the easiest thing to develop) he'll be a very good bowler.
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England have more than enough decent spinners. Leach, Dawson, Carson, Bess etc. They just refuse to pick them.
Dominic Fifield@domfifield
“If you think you won’t get any help and don’t have a role in April, you shouldn’t be in the team.” Jack Leach, Somerset The state of spin bowling in England, told through the eyes of three bowlers at different stages of their careers ✍️@Paul_Newman66 nytimes.com/athletic/71662…
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@adarshisit @jfwduffield Rehan is 21 and Bashir is 22. Both big talents who will probably play a lot for England in future.
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@acfisken @jfwduffield You won't be needing a spinner anywhere outside the subcontinent anyway. Root or Bethell do the job for you. He was overlooked by the Key regime.
I think both Ahmed and Bashir were severely overrated.
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@seethelizards @HCH_Hill Institutions seem to never be able to comprehend incentives/second order effects.
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@HCH_Hill Shop assistant from 96-21 here. About 10-12 years ago, supermarket companies started cutting back on Loss Prevention officers and daytime staff as they thought it was cheaper to write stock off as theft than to pay for prevention and enforcement
thecritic.co.uk/how-procedure-…
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@adarshisit @jfwduffield Hartley's not a red ball spinner outside of the sub continent. I don't think Bess was mismanaged, just lost form. Looks a more consistent bowler now than when he was picked.
If I were England selector I'd be planning around the Ahmed boys though.
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@acfisken @jfwduffield Agreed. But I don't think he's been dealt with the best way, Bess that is. Showed lots of promise in India. Same with Hartley.
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@adarshisit @jfwduffield Bess and Carson are still just entering the prime age for spinners
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@jfwduffield Almost all of them are too old. Bess wasn't groomed well when they'd the opportunity to.
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