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@Telegraph Where's Roger Cook?

The BBC has enlisted debt collectors previously linked to pursuing fraud victims to help enforce the licence fee. It comes after a Commons public accounts committee report last year found the BBC was losing as much as £550m a year to fee evasion. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer…

@LASHYBILLS Probably a queue of influencers waiting to create content...

Only in florida there's a line and a bouncer outside a brand new organic grocery store called Nude Miami…they are charging $24 for strawberries and $14 for ground beef

@melindiscott @OilSheppard @EggrollShogun He told me it was from the middle of Lidl...

@OilSheppard @EggrollShogun

Murrell’s actions may be unforgivable, but wonder if a few coffee nerds recognise the spiral

@CraigMurrayOrg That's how politics works. When you have goods on someone, you know you have leverage further down the road...

Now Peter Murrell pled guilty, I can tell you without contempt of court Alex Salmond told me this: when Murrell ran Alex' office in NE Scotland 20+ years ago, Murrell stole a sum from party funds. Alex replaced it with his own money and protected Murrell who had problems. I told Alex his kindness was admirable and covering for Murrell I understood, but continuing to employ him was nuts. I do not doubt Alex was telling me the truth but obviously I can offer no proof. If memory serves it was £500 - a substantial sum at the time.

@BBCScotlandNews If they're saying £12m now, better budget for £25m and have a contingency fund as well...

The £12m path to Scotland's first Center Parcs - practical or pricey? bbc.in/4nHPlcE

@LeoWaldock @afneil Ah'm no very good wi' figures. I left all that to ma man. I hope that's all you need to know...

@afneil I guess that's how long it takes us to forget Nicola was a colossus on the world stage and instead was a poor, bewildered house wife.

The SNP and Nicola Sturgeon will be breathing huge sighs of relief. Just think what we might have learned of their dark arts if there had been a trial. I wonder what’s been going on behind closed doors in the run up to this plea. And what’s in it for Murrell?

@afneil He won't be getting a reduction for early admission of guilt...

@lynzr33 @afneil Keep the packaging in the garage and nip out under cover of darkness on recycling bin day to top up the neighbours bins. Only got caught when Nicola decided to learn to drive and went to check what sort of motor would fit...

@afneil How do you spend £81k on Amazon without the person you live with noticing?

And now he’s pleaded guilty to the whole caboodle. Does this mean he obstructed the investigation by lying for years?

@afneil As the allegations cover a period of around 12 years, a £500K return would suggest not really being very good at embezzlement...

The Peter Murrell/SNP embezzlement trial begins in Edinburgh today. It has taken Police Scotland and the Procurator Fiscal Service five years investigation and process — at a cost of >£2m — to get to here. All for a £1/2m embezzlement charge.

@JorgeMdaSilva7 @Telegraph Assuming the c.70% Hungarian staff holds as the plant scales up, there will be lots of local jobs. It would be illegal under EU law to discriminate on grounds of nationality or ethnicity. bbj.hu/business/indus…

@frantechno @Telegraph The factory workers are indeed Chinese. For example, right next door in Spain. The Chinese government proposed to the Spanish government to invest in and build factories in Spain, on the condition that all workers be Chinese.

Politicians and car industry bosses have long feared that the rising Chinese giants will flood Europe with cheap electric vehicles EV. Brussels and Beijing even teetered on the edge of a trade war because of the matter last year. But times have changed. Find out about China's car takeover ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

@higgyboson If the boost to the local economy vastly exceeds the costs of the event, everyone wins. Simple economics.

This is the Worlds richest music artist. It's estimated that she may be worth as much as $2 billion. Her PERSONAL earnings from each of the "Eras" tour dates in 2024 were approximately £5 - £6 million. That's not the ticket sales figures - It's her actual earnings per night. She played 8 nights at Wembley in London and therefore earnt at least £40 million from those nights. But..... the British taxpayer footed the bill to get her from her hotel to the venue for each performance. She was provided with the equivalent security usually rolled out for visiting heads of state or the Royal family. This security doesn't come cheap. In fact it may have cost over £900,000 in total. Which is a lot of money. However, when taking her earnings into consideration it's just a small fraction of the cash she pocketed. Which begs the question - Why couldn't she pay for her own security? Why were British taxpayers expected to pay for it?

@tobyasky Anyone remember the Charlton fans on phone-ins who wanted rid of Curbishley so they could have a manager who would "take them to the next level"...

Over 2 years ago, West Ham fans protested for David Moyes to be sacked. Every game, they had “Moyes out”. In life, always watch what you wish for. Moyes was using a bang average team to win Conference League for them, as well as doing pretty well in the league, I mean he finished top half of the table with West Ham in this season, but they were complaining. They never knew he was pulling some crazy magic to keep them competitive. This is the same thing Everton fans are doing. Everyone battled relegation with Dyche and Lampard. Moyes was 4 points short of European spot this season, but I remember arguing with an Everton fan here on X, and he was part of the people who want Moyes out. Dewsbury-Hall was on MNF few weeks ago to say a bit about how Moyes gets results even the team does not look like it. I mean, they signed a striker who couldn’t even score in 17 games or more. At some point, he was playing Barry this week, Beto the next, because none were reliable. West Ham sacked Moyes. After that, they’ve had 3 managers. Lopetegui, Potter, and Nuno. They’re back to championship after 14 years. Again, be mindful of what you wish for.

@HLTCO Did someone make him angry?

What’s actually happened with Marinakis here? I’m struggling to find reliable information on what caused it?

@cptdankkk I'm a recreational caffeine user - but I don't have a problem...

Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn't drink coffee or caffeine and does jiu-jitsu instead "Sometimes on vacation, I'll drink it recreationally. I don't like any kind of chemicals or anything like that" "My sister gives me such a hard time about that. She's like, 'You're just sitting there raw dogging reality'" "I wake up and I fight people... It's neurologically stimulating, good cardio and strength, it's a good day" "Better than caffeine for me. I'm just not into that stuff"

@billyjhowell Now that telescope thieves know about it...

Just learned about the concept of a “telescope ranch” in Texas. People pay to have their $10,000+ telescope rigs set up in the middle of TX to avoid light pollution. Every night the roof rolls back off the warehouses. Then you can remote in to your telescope and use it from anywhere in the world.

@katrinagulliver @rorysutherland Saving that for my next Teams meet...

@rorysutherland The option to obligation pipeline is an oppressive force

This is my point. I sometimes choose to do it too. But there is a hige difference between technology as a choice and technology as an obligation. The former generally migrates to the latter.

@JohnHundeslit @rorysutherland I use self checkouts so I don't get double charged or have any discount stickers missed. Happens more often than not these days at the regular checkouts at my local supermarket, even though there is really only one job to do.

@rorysutherland I volunteer to use self-checkouts in supermarkets, as I generally prefer them. But I understand why others might not. Unfortunately, I suspect profit-saving will triumph, and it will be all technology eventually.

@SimonCalder The situation will resolve with either fewer numbers choosing to travel through pinch points or border controls becoming slicker - or a combination of both. That's how life works...

EU entry-exit system. The EES was never intended to contend with the British. Most of the “third-country nationals” crossing Schengen frontiers are from the UK. We add too much pressure in too many inadequate border locations. Europe must pause and reflect independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@skoosh1 @KathrynSamsonC4 Knowing where the bodies are buried only has leverage if you haven't squealed...

@KathrynSamsonC4 Hopefully he brings all the sturgeon skeletons with him.

Peter Murrell arrives at court in Edinburgh. He is accused of embezzling £459,000 from the SNP. This hearing had been scheduled to take place before the Holyrood election earlier this month, but was moved until after the vote.

@BBCNews If it was true, you wouldn't allow reporting of it. If it was false, why would you plant the story?

RAF jet carrying defence secretary has signal jammed near Russian border bbc.in/49hTZs1