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MikeP

@UK_Optimist

Retired COO. Comment on travel, wildlife, sport & aviation but mainly the state of the UK. Small 'c' conservative, Patriotic, Brexiteer, Sceptical Optimist.

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calendar_today16-04-2010 07:40:13

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Why isn't the deliberate circulation by MPs of misinformation, or even lies, a criminal offence? Well who makes our laws?
How about a breach of Parliamentary standards? Well who creates and holds MPs to those standards?
We're screwed, do your own research.

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INVESTMENT: City helps UK pull ahead of rivals to be Europe’s top destination for investment in financial services.

The UK attracted 108 financial services projects in 2023, well ahead of 2nd place in Europe, France, with just 39.



cityam.com/city-helps-uk-…

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It'll depend on the route clearly. The fields are agricultural land for crops, that seem to be doing very well. We travel a lot by train, elsewhere you'll see sheep, cattle, deer, rabbits (not wildlife per se but domesticated animals) so it's a bit of a selective clip I'd say.

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Your 1st class service is very good, we took your train down to KX a few weeks ago.
BUT - I've just booked a 2.5hr return trip from Warsaw to Gdansk and the total for two 1st class returns is £138 and their customer service people returned an email query within 6 mins. Good eh?

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'In these Muslim families, the women do not work & have not been expected to under HMRC.
UC is different, they are expected to work. However, what chance is there to find work for a woman who doesn't speak English & has never worked a day in her life?'
Great !!

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The intention was always that they're deliberately intimidatory to ram home the seriousness of the judicial process.

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The opposing lane to the left is clearly marked as a shared pedestrian/cycle lane, so presumably the lane he's on is the same. An elderly pedestrian with a walking frame isn't going to opt for the cobbled area. Most motorists use a bit of nous, give & take, cyclists should too.

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It isn't in UK but I'm sure we've all seen crazed cyclists here behaving like this - always in a rush, always believing in their own infallibility so they get up a lick of speed and don't slow down for anyone or anything. I hope he was arrested, charged and fined.

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Netherlands: Massive wind turbine crashes to the ground as a result of, you guessed it... the wind. 🤡

Wind turbines: Completely useless when the wind isn't blowing, and apparently even more useless when the wind is blowing.

And to think we're closing down all our coal mines

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Hey Miller & Carter you keep emailing me to say I’ve not booked with you for over a year. If that were true how did I earn (and redeem) all the bill discount offers and glasses of fizz? Something doesn’t add up.

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Richard some thoughts:
- most wealthy people are employers
- to be that wealthy they're clearly successful
- that success translates into jobs and wage growth
- you can't tax your way to growth, the rich will leave
- how about finding the next wave of unicorns?

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