Simon Calder BA will lose a lot of customers over this. I hope easyJet are ready for the onrush of people seeking EasyJet Plus, which (to me) is the best frequent flier programme out there. Simple, gives me what I want, one fee per year.

Loving Google's NotebookLM. Am developing it to be my AI brain, having loaded 2,095 posts (over 1mm words) of my writing on #OpenLeadership. Unfortunately, it won't allow me to add more than 6 viewers (not 50) to view and probe the notebook. Looking for help, Steven Johnson

So basically copying Scotland, where to vote: "you must live in Scotland and be either: a British citizen, an Irish citizen, a foreign national of another country who is permitted to enter or stay in the UK" Seems fair to me. Representation for those who pay taxes.. wait...

My uncle once put Lewis delicacies (two Charley Barley black puddings and two pan loaves from the Stag Bakery) through the machine. When queried, he said "I thought I might get a bit peckish on the flight." Classic.

Wow! I was treated to a sneak preview listen to the new Waterboys HQ album (thanks Mike Scott) and I have to tell you it is an absolute masterpiece. Your ears are in for such a treat. What a start to 2025 Mike Scott you are welcome to use any of those words in promo material 😉

In the deeply shallow world we live in, I imagine the average person on twitter, when asked "what is the population of Greenland?", would come up with a number in the millions. PS I was at the Arsenal last night. Best thing was the noodles from X'ian Impression before the match.

Good to see how many people are now always cross-posting on 🦋. Step one. Step two is to come off here entirely. If you aren't fully at Step one, please do.

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I’m literally in the background.

Just sayin'

Rest well indeed, big man. For anyone on here still who knew Tim Cycles The Coast

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While the chief.

I see that more and more people are coming around to a property tax idea for the UK, even some george-ist thoughts in here. What say you Dan Neidle Robert Colvile Samuel Hughes Rory Sutherland ? thetimes.com/business-money…

I have a four bedroom modern house and have two AC systems, each feeding separate units in three rooms. Works very well for both cooling and heating. The new build house came with solar panels and they provide much of the power when cooling is needed.

Indeed, Robert Colvile. Also, fundamental lack of understanding of finance meant OfWat was asleep at the wheel when Thames and others were stripped of retained earnings. Meanwhile, OfWat won't let responsible water utilities (eg Anglian) raise prices to invest in infrastructure.

Most british writing ever, and imagine the author was collapsed in laughter writing it. Alex Dakers 🇰🇾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Tom Staniford "a lavish lifestyle which included Gucci designer goods bought for her cat and a £192 Bugatti kettle" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The most powerful cultures for sustainably successful companies are based on trust. Companies that need oversight by people coming into the office every day don't have a culture of trust. Thank you Merryn Somerset Webb , I believe you have just created an investment heuristic for me.

finally, the perfect time to use this meme

I have much time for Pippa Crerar , but the piece says "he paid only 25% corporation tax on profits, instead of 40% income tax". I can see Dan Neidle shaking his head too. I wish journalists understood tax better. His company pays 25% CT then he pays up to 39.35% dividend tax