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Alec Beeson
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Alec Beeson
@alecbeeson
Chartered number counter. Steak eater. Rugby Player. Beer Drinker. Lover of all things BBQ.
Katılım Ağustos 2011
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@tomhfh @si_rubinstein It’s not just Tesco, Tom. And why shouldn’t we give these people statutory time off? Nonsense issue born purely out of your desire to get an orange lucozade after you’ve woken from a night out.
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Correct.
It is so frustrating to live in a country that fundamentally has so much going for it, that could be so much more, but is bound by thousands of tiny ropes by our lilliputian regulators.
PAW (Peter)@Peter88902568
Tom Harwood when opening times, windows, stuff etc.
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@Knoplinzy @lukerobertblack I 100% support the state pension being linked to your personal NI contributions. Do you?
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@lukerobertblack People receiving a full state benefit have had to contribute via NI contributions for a minimum of 35 years. How is that a benefit when they have paid into it? Stop talking utter clap trap.
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“Maybe if you had a job”
Duffy - I am 33. I have had a job since I was 14. Your almost cult-like obsession with Farage changes nothing. The state pension is a benefit paid by general taxation- ie people like me.
I’m very happy to pay it - but there are limits to my generosity.
Duffy 🇬🇧@DuffMeister1965
@lukerobertblack I can show you my contribution for each year in employment on the Government website! Maybe if you had a job you’d know that. If you have a job and don’t know that, you’re a fool!
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@ZackPolanski Does lower emissions compared to importing from abroad though.
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A huge betrayal.
Won't lower bills. Won't give us more energy security. Won't insulate from price shocks.
And sends a clear message to the world that we are backing new oil and gas drilling.
LBC@LBC
Ed Miliband to give green light to first major North Sea gasfield project in a decade lbc.co.uk/article/ed-mil…
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@Uma_Kumaran Well, it is lower emissions than importing from overseas. We still need oil and gas for the foreseeable as we do not have storage capacity for still, dark nights . It creates jobs and increases tax revenues. It does not mean you cannot do nuclear and other renewables.
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Disagree. The climate crisis is very real, as is the energy crisis. We can’t keep going back to oil and gas.
The war in Iran has again shown in stark terms Britain’s over reliance on oil.
Sustainable, cheaper, greener energy exists, we need to invest in and understand it.
Josh Simons MP@joshsimonsmp
Excellent news on Rosebank and Jackdaw. Let's crack on. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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@RyanShorthouse I recall that Cameron was put over a barrel trying to reform those two points so err, good luck with that I guess?
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Rejoining the EU Single Market (which the Thatcher Government was a prime architect and supporter of) albeit with reforms to freedom of movement and the rule-setting process should be a long-term goal of any UK government.
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@GavinBarwell @PhilipHammondUK @George_Osborne The absolute value still went up though. Until you actually run surpluses then it is all just obfuscation and accounting tricks.
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This isn't quite right: the May Government reduced debt as a percentage of GDP - though I am sure @PhilipHammondUK
would acknowledge that the credit for that lies in part with the decisions @George_Osborne took from 2010 to 2016
statista.com/statistics/282…
Andrew Griffith MP@griffitha
WATCH: Sky’s Wilfred Frost explains the national debt to Labour’s Chief Secretary as patiently as a teacher coaches a pupil that ‘no, 1+1 doesn’t make 11’. Extraordinary, but this is Westminsters biggest lie - not just this governments. For more than quarter of a century no government has technically balanced its books. All have added to the national debt, spending now and leaving a bigger stack of IOUs to our kids. Some for sure have dug the hole less quickly and with less enthusiasm - or faced geo-political events (which we should assume are the new normal). But to properly grip the nations finances needs the kind of honesty @KemiBadenoch has demonstrated. And formidable teamwork from the next government in order to deliver the hard choices others have ducked.
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@CachyOS Could you look to add OSCAR to your repository please? It’s the open source cpap analysis software. Already available on Linux but would be fantastic if included.
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Very nice! We have started the compilation of the kernels and the nvidia modules.
The new driver should arrive in the next hours. In around 12 hours all repository should have the new driver and kernels.
Phoronix@phoronix
The @NVIDIA 595.58.03 Linux Driver Debuts As Stable R595 Build phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-59…
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@LeoMontague91 @ToryWipeout I think it’s predominantly as a response to the legislation brought in to prevent another Grenfell. Both sides wanted extra regulation. Here’s the result.
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@ToryWipeout That’s mad, I’ve not seen that graph before!
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One thing that has shocked me (but definitely shouldn’t have done) is how blatantly the Tories created deliberate problems to leave behind for the next Government. Asylum backlogs, prison overcrowding, judicial backlogs, the list goes on and on.
Pat McFadden@patmcfaddenmp
The Tories reduced face to face appointments to almost zero when in power. They then agreed new contracts embedding the reduction just months before the election. Now they attack their own record and legacy while we sort out what they left behind.
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So Iran actually attacked UK territory days ago. And the government withheld that information from parliament and the public.
Laura Kuenssberg@bbclaurak
Update - BBC understands Iran DID try and hit Diego Garcia, but in last few days, not yesterday - so before govt announced decision to let US use UK bases to protect Straits of Hormuz
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@s8mb You will need to check whether it’s on the HMRC approved reporting fund spreadsheet. If not, gains are taxed at income rates, as offshore income gains.
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There is finally a “no dividend S&P 500” ETF - something I’ve looked for for a long time.
If an equivalent became available in Britain, we could avoid the 35.75–39.35% dividend tax rates and pay the 24% Capital Gains Tax rate instead. Huge savings!
roundhillinvestments.com/etf/xdiv/
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@EdwardR68647707 @RugbyInsideLine Finn should be back for the nations cup thankfully.
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@RugbyInsideLine Bevan Rodd ice cold, not an international scrummager sadly
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ENGLAND HT HOT AND COLD
🔥 HOT
Spencer
Heyes
Freeman
❄️ COLD
Genge
Daly
That France kit
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@DanNeidle I was helping a colleague try to deal with them I found Charles Quist to be quite rude and utterly lacking in any acutal knowledge of trusts.
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MP Estate Planning sells trusts to the elderly to avoid IHT & care fees.
They don't work.
That's just the start - our investigation found:
🚩 False claims of expertise
🚩 A "head of legal" who doesn't exist
🚩 A website made of AI slop
🚩 A mysterious £1.7m owed to HMRC
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@lee_glenister @energygovuk @JohnFingleton1 That's the point of the reforms. It will be signfiicantly cheaper than before.
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@energygovuk @JohnFingleton1 I mean, who wouldn’t want the most expensive electricity the UK has ever produced…
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For years our nuclear regulatory system hasn't worked.
Today that changes with our plan to implement the recommendations of the @JohnFingleton1 review.
47 reforms. One lead regulator. A faster path to new nuclear projects & clean, secure power.
Patrick Vallance explains 🎥
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@RomansCars Nothing like excellerating up to 40mph on an average speed camera stretch of road!
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Nothing like picking up your new SVJ Roadster with your best buddy… who also has an SVJ Roadster.
Proof that surrounding yourself with the right people pays off. #Sold
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@Rob_G1979 @harlequinspod He’s been playing some of his best rugby in years in a fairly well going Exeter side. Certainly worse options to consider if you want a left hoof.
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@harlequinspod Slade 😬
Atkinson ojomoh in centres
Slade has had his time and we need to rebuild and actually give centres a fair crack
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XV for France. Time to roll the dice 🌹
Genge, George, Heyes
Itoje, Coles
Chessum, Earl, Underhill
Spencer, M.Smith
Atkinson, Slade
Murley, Furbank, Freeman
LCD, Rodd, Davison, CCS, Pollock, JVP, F.Smith, Daly
#LetTheBoysPlay #Joué
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@MrStardust50 @nigelbrewer1066 @BurnsideWasTosh I do not know the source, but I presume they are suggesting it compounds up the chain.
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@nigelbrewer1066 @BurnsideWasTosh I imagine it is VAT (at different rates) on each of those items.
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@CharlieFelix The coaching makes the players less than the sum of their parts. Buck stops there.
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Amazing to be here to see Italy land a historic (totally deserved) result... but, wow, England look broken.
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@pistol1603 @BethRigby Not illegal now Iran has now attacked the RAF base in Cyprus?
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@BethRigby Perhaps ask her why she keeps taking positions that support an illegal attack and are against the interest of the country?
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Had response on this from Badenoch's team: “Starmer's doing the opposite: he’s abandoning British interests & our allies. While Canada & Aus stand with US, Britain cowers. Our bases are now being targeted by Iran & still KS does nothing. Britain is being shamed on the global stage by this meek, weak Lab govt”
Beth Rigby@BethRigby
On the backlash from Trump and opposition leaders on Iran, PM team confident they are "in the right place in terms of policy, politics and legality" One senior figure tells me that the three choices in British politics on offer right now are: Greens "who want to cover their eyes & do nothing when British lives are at risk Reform & Tories "who say we should follow US into a dangerous and escalating war despite their being no clear plan or objectives" Labour "who have made clear we're defending British interests and allies"
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