Q6 Before the Beatles were formed, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison were originally members of which group? #SidsQuiz

A6 The Quarrymen #SidsQuiz

Q7 Which US President`s signature is on a plaque on the Moon? #SidsQuiz

A7 Richard Nixon #SidsQuiz

Q8 In the world of beer, what does the abbreviation CAMRA stand for? #SidsQuiz

A8 Campaign for Real Ale #SidsQuiz

Q9 What connects Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta? #SidsQuiz

A9 They are the names of Christopher Columbus’ ships. #SidsQuiz

And finally... Q10 How many squares are there on a Scrabble board? #SidsQuiz

A10 225 (it’s a 15 x 15 grid). I’ll be back shortly with the scores. #SidsQuiz

Well played, George Bernard Shaw – this week’s Mr CleverClogs. Thanks all for playing. #SidsQuiz

Trial by jury is not procedure. It is the people reminding the state who it serves. 👇🏻

Ian Wilson Jonathan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦆 Mike Baldwin  Sol Grundy 𝕵𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖞 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖒𝖆𝖓 David_Crayford 🇬🇧 #sidsquiz tonight at 9pm hosted by me

Every time you fly anywhere on earth. It traces back to Croydon. ✈️ South London. 1920. The world's first international airport. The world's first air traffic control tower. The world's first airport terminal. The world's first airport hotel. 🏨 And the word Mayday. In 1923

“Sadly most citizens just don’t have access to the quality of legal help I am lucky to have. But there is a simple lesson for everyone here -do NOT plead guilty on ‘advice’ from the duty solicitor’

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐀 “𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓” Phillips, columnist for the 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 of London and one

We’ve just been given 24 hours to take down our report on a dodgy Oxford accounting firm. Here’s the correspondence. On the Richter scale of legal threats, it’s somewhere between cornflakes and a kitten:

An update on the attempt by a tax barrister to sue me for £8m. Last month, the High Court threw out the claim. The Court then made a highly unusual order: Mr Kamal was required to pay all of our costs, £146,644. And today I received payment in full.

Reports now coming in that Starmer’s Chagos police, likely flown in at huge taxpayer expense, are blocking basic supplies reaching the Chagossians, even bed sheets! What on earth is he doing? This looks cruel, heavy handed, and completely out of touch.

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings: