David Jennings

@CostaCoffee £60 penalty for the pleasure of visiting your new cafe in Hollinwood. When did it become acceptable to fine customers for sitting at a table, meeting a friend &having a couple of leisurely brews? Some signs, perhaps - but never again. So on balance, you lose.

@petersgoodman Hi, Were you on @BBCRadio4 discussing this last week? Heard the end of an interview, but was driving.

Coming soon...

It took a visit to US Congress to remind us just how lily-livered our media is when it comes to holding Nigel Farage to account…

Daily Mail say today we need Farage and Reform to save the country. A reminder of the role the Mail played in getting us into this mess.

@Heidi_Labour @RailwayMuseum Great idea. Bus/tram/train pass for 60+ = foc in London. Rest of UK = pension age. Huge subsidy & deeply unfair. Charge Londoners, or make it 60 everywhere. £10 per week = £6k cost for non London residents ?!? Bee network @AndyBurnhamGM ?

I want public transport to play a greater role in national life, becoming the easiest, most attractive choice – brilliantly and boringly reliable 🚎 Delighted to speak to friends and colleagues from across the transport network @railwaymuseum last night.

@CllrPaulwells @TheChrisWray @ElectionMapsUK 'Impressive' - until the daily grind & mundane tasks of actually being a councillor land on these tub thumping, single issue opportunists.. Locally, a few of these have risen in recent years, to fade away/resign/get ousted when they turn out to be useless= worse for residents.

@TheChrisWray @ElectionMapsUK Agree. Obviously there will be regional/local factors but I think they will do badly wherever they don’t have a split opposition. There result will be hidden by the sheer number of Tory seats up, many of whom we had never really won before.

Longdendale (Tameside) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 46.6% (New) 🌹 LAB: 25.0% (-32.2) 🌳 CON: 12.4% (-10.6) 🌍 GRN: 12.1% (-4.7) 🙋 IND: 3.9% (New) Reform GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2024.

@Alberthallmcr @themorganwade Cheers🍺

@Alberthallmcr @themorganwade Back again, so no hard feelings 😄 Will stick to beer. 🍻 (but you deffo need to review the soft drink offering!!)

SET TIMES FOR TONIGHT: Doors 7pm Sammy Harrison 7:30pm Sophie Rose 8pm @themorganwade 9pm Curfew 11pm Last few remaining tickets via this link and on the door: tinyurl.com/mry47n9n Enjoy the show!

@doctor_oxford @RobGMacfarlane Thanks. Initially denied reablement after a fall, then a myriad of care/physio issues before he died. In return for c65 years of teaching (in hard state schools around Oldham) between them, their first & only call on the care system was a £1500 per month, ineffective nightmare.

@folkdeejay @RobGMacfarlane Yes, exactly this David - I see the fallout daily and its utterly heartbreaking... I'm sorry your parents have suffered.

@doctor_oxford @RobGMacfarlane Spot on. Closely related to this, the almost dysfunctional, hugely expensive domiciliary care system often predates palliative care = a generational betrayal, as my parents age group (c70 & over) who paid their NI (stamp, as they called it) in the expectation of help when needed.

@RobGMacfarlane Thank you for sharing, Rob 🙏

@mads_gracex @seetickets @glastonbury

@folkdeejay @seetickets @glastonbury Exact same!! So gutted

Tickets for @Glastonbury Festival 2025 are on sale now at glastonbury.seetickets.com for those who are registered.

@DanSull36510584 @DuncanStott @worstall There a was clearly a reason Clarkson called his toy farm 'Diddley Squat'... was it this? Which is quite funny is so, tbf - but I suspect he isn't laughing now!

@DuncanStott @worstall Five things. The undertaxation of farmland induces speculators to outbid actual would-be farmers.

This is the only thing you need to understand about inheritance tax on farmland ft.com/content/ab3585…

@paullewismoney @helengrimbley @PickardJE @BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNews Is living on a farm in a bungalow on the land, but no longer working/running things a GROB situation? Almost certain that is what my Dad's side of our family have done for at least two generations. Elders retired in mid sixties, next gen move into farmhouse & run everything.

@paullewismoney @helengrimbley @PickardJE @BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNews So passing on a family concern in middle age/retirement is, presumably, OK as long as your descendants/beneficiary runs things, and you stay alive (whilst retired) for 7+ years?

I would have probably mentioned that Dyson owns 36,000 acres of farmland in England which was previously liable for zero inheritance tax

@shrewsburyfolk @the_levellers @Oysterband1 @SKERRYVORE @NatMacMaster @elponypisador @judietzuke @9Bach @MoonlightBenja1 @jimmoray @MelroseQuartet Looking forward to this already.

💥 First Names for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2025💥 What a year it's is going to be🔥! More names to be announced... 🎟️ shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk

@BladeoftheS @BBCr4today @asda @Tesco @sainsburys In the UK, many 'shop floor' staff, in all sectors, qualify for Universal Credit= topping up base wages so they can afford to exist & do low paid work. A huge state subsidy yet not reflected in bonus/salary calculations for CEOs etc al. Welfare underpins both payroll & bonuses.

@BladeoftheS Indeed. @BBCr4today on this now. @asda @Tesco @sainsburys etc al make net profits in the high hundreds of millions. More NI will increase costs, for sure. As does a minimum wage. But surely this just reflects the true cost of doing business in a solvent, viable economy?

Sainsbury's made £1.7bn profit, more than triple the average they made 3 years ago. But they are moaning about a £140m increase in their NI payments. Personally I think it should be much higher.

@drogue7 @gaucherp @Cba_WBA1 @BladeoftheS In the UK, many 'shop floor' staff, in all sectors, qualify for Universal Credit= topping up base wages so they can afford to exist & do low paid work. A huge state subsidy yet not reflected in bonus/salary calculations for CEOs etc al. Welfare underpins both payroll & bonuses.

@gaucherp @Cba_WBA1 @BladeoftheS The shop workers being paid £11 an hour are the difference between you having food and you starving to death. #retail

Sainsbury's CEO Simon Roberts is paid nearly £5m a year. That's £2,298 an hour. 40% of his staff get just £11 an hour. When asked to justify it he can't respond.