Paul Doherty
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@keviclifton Hi Kevin, now that you’ve discovered your Chipewyan ancestry, you’ll love the story of a man who lived and travelled with them in the 1770s. A fantastic read!
A Journey to the Northern Ocean: The Adventures of Samuel Hearne (Classics West) amzn.eu/d/0i91Y4g
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You've probably heard of this guy called Erasmus before — but who was he? Well, this quote sums him up:
"I believe in listening to both sides with openness. I love liberty. I will not and cannot serve any faction."
Here is the story of history's greatest educator...
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Everyone is talking about the £3.7m of tax that Nadhim Zahawi "carelessly" failed to pay. Perhaps not enough people are talking about the cover-up. taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/24/cov…
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Richard Pryor has the perfect answer to people like Zahawi who say he made a “careless” rather than “deliberate” error with his taxes youtu.be/yOaP7VZy5BI
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@mrjamesob Richard Pryor has the perfect answer to people like Zahawi who say he had made a “careless” rather than “deliberate” error with his taxes youtu.be/yOaP7VZy5BI
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Presumably, Nadim Zahawi also threatened to sue people accurately reporting his tax affairs due to 'carelessness'...
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@campbellclaret Richard Pryor has the perfect answer to people like Zahawi who say he had made a “careless” rather than “deliberate” error with his taxes youtu.be/yOaP7VZy5BI
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If the BBC do not have cameras outside their chairman’s house in the morning, and whichever multi million pad Johnson is currently freeloading, then their reputation as serious news gatherers is further seriously damaged. Zahawi and Sharp should be gone by the morning. 1/2
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@carolvorders @DanNeidle @guardian @thetimes @FT @TheSun @AArmstrong_says Richard Pryor has the perfect answer to people like Zahawi who say he had made a “careless” rather than “deliberate” error with his taxes youtu.be/yOaP7VZy5BI
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Proper credits to all involved with work on Zahawi story in the face of threats.... @danneidle @guardian @thetimes @FT @TheSun @AArmstrong_says
I have merely been a source of amplification, and I'm more than happy to be that
Thanks also to all of you who continue to retweet 👏👏
Dan Neidle@DanNeidle
@tanswadey @carolvorders @nadhimzahawi Not taking away from me/Carol, but the Times & FT did amazing work on my original story, the Guardian and Indy broke the original NCA/HMRC story, and the Sun broke the settlement details. All in the teeth of legal threats. Would've got nowhere without them - particularly @TheSun
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Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s theguardian.com/business/2023/…
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@pritanirebel @GrahameLucas @mrjamesob Hi James, this excellent German report on the effects of Brexit on the people of Humberside is quite moving. Some of those interviewed might even be prepared to appear on your programme.
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@GrahameLucas youtube.com/watch?v=gUKywF… 30mins long but worth watching.Came out three weeks ago,produced by ARTE TV a European public service channel dedicated to culture etc.It's in german but got very good english sub titles.
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Boris Johnson live on German TV. *The quicker we forget Brexit the better and then relations will get better*. Who does he think he‘s kidding?
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@nikkidaniels65 @benonwine Don’t you think Anus Anus is a strange name for a perfume ?
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@GGBelfast @benonwine Don’t you think Anus Anus is a strange name for a perfume?
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@PastGlasgow Nice picture. That’s how Nitshill Road looked when I was a kid. We always said it was an oak, but we had no trees in Priesthill :)
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A wonderful colour shot showing the private tram line that once ran alongside Nitshill Rd before crossing at the fire station and continuing along Parkhouse Rd to Barrhead (the destination blind reads Cross Stobbs).
Photo: PJ Smith
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Statistics on 2022 Oxford undergraduate offers:
🎓 Over 3,600 students received offers
📄 38% of those interviewed secured offers
🏫 70% of offers to UK applicants have gone to students educated in the state sector
💻 Over 20,000 interviews in December
ox.ac.uk/news/2022-01-1…
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@PastGlasgow Yes. And the Volunteer Arms. The Levern Water hotel (the Lavvy waater) and the Cavendish - for the up-market punter 😂
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@PastGlasgow I worked there as a student in the 70s. Never a dull moment 😳
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One of four pubs in Nitshill when I was growing up and the one with the biggest reputation for drug dealing, gangsterism and thuggery. Burnt down mysteriously in 2004.
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Pre-save my new single "Five Preludes" on Spotify: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pa… (powered by @distrokid)
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Pre-save my new single "Five Preludes" on Spotify: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pa… (powered by @distrokid)
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