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Former tax partner at London Big 4 accounting firm, now retired.

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Israeli settlers shoot Palestinians in West Bank villages, steal livestock One Palestinian reported killed in Qusra, as others injured in Rashayda, amid surge in Israeli settler violence.

One Palestinian reported killed in Qusra, as others injured in Rashayda, amid surge in Israeli settler violence.

14.03.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 104 ๐Ÿ” 62 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Do they? I had seven years of it and it was a fucking miserable experience, even if it gave me the environment and opportunity to get the best education going.

14.03.2026 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They probably have 500% or 600% military capability, but as trump can reduce inflation by 500%,600%,700%, Iโ€™m sure he can do the same to Iranโ€™s military.

14.03.2026 20:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Operation Epstein Fury latest

TRUMP: We don't need your warships.

TRUMP: Can we borrow some warships?

14.03.2026 19:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 131 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didnโ€™t communist rรฉgimes prosecute journalists for โ€œspreading false rumoursโ€?

14.03.2026 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the tangerine tyrant stopped bombing Iran, I imagine Iran would stop blockading the Straits. If heโ€™s too weak to keep this up, and thus need support in the Straits, it would benefit all of us.
So European leaders should just tell him to fuck off - he made his bed, he can lie in it.

14.03.2026 18:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, trump must wonder where Falkirk is.

14.03.2026 18:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

8 March: Trump tells UK not to send ships to the Gulf as "We don't need people that join Wars after we've already won".

14 March: Trump asks UK to "send ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat".

It's a tragedy that so many lives hang on the whims of this angry child.

14.03.2026 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 361 ๐Ÿ” 110 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

And we should still tell him to sling his hook, because we know from bitter experience that no promise from trump is worth the paper it isnโ€™t printed on. There is only downside for us. He made his bed, he can lie in it.

14.03.2026 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If only there had been some sort of clue that Trump is a grotesque idiotโ€ฆ

14.03.2026 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1698 ๐Ÿ” 260 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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โ€œWe donโ€™t need people that join Wars after weโ€™ve already won!โ€

Yeah, right.

14.03.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

A message for trumpโ€ฆ..

14.03.2026 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not allowed to drive so something I can take on busy trains or on local buses without protest from the driver is essential.

14.03.2026 17:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Different strokesโ€ฆ
Mine travels with me on Easyjet, Eurostar and the Portsmouth-St Malo ferry (as foot pax). Iโ€™ve ridden it from Bordeaux to the Med and down the Loire. Off to the Rhone this June.

14.03.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As I discovered when I claimed on insurance - I hadnโ€™t thought to specify my bikes as valuable items so they only gave me ยฃ1k, and a new one (in 2020) would have cost ยฃ2,750. I think I paid about ยฃ1,300 in 2006.

14.03.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump broke it, he can fix it

14.03.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 259 ๐Ÿ” 67 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
I Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning ::: Apocalypse Now
I Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning ::: Apocalypse Now YouTube video by Brian Sierzega
14.03.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blazing Saddles 1974   - People Of The Land
Blazing Saddles 1974 - People Of The Land YouTube video by phantasm 57

I thought it was older than that, but Blazing Saddles does have a very good summary of trump voters.

14.03.2026 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Birdy in front of Fรกskrรบรฐsfjรถrรฐur, Eastern Fjords, Iceland, June 2018.

Birdy in front of Fรกskrรบรฐsfjรถrรฐur, Eastern Fjords, Iceland, June 2018.

I used to have a Birdy, until it got burgled during the pandemic. Not as quick, easy or compact to fold as a Brompton, but performed as well as a 700C touring bike. I rode mine round Iceland back in the day.

14.03.2026 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Matter of taste - I donโ€™t find it a terrible ride, and Iโ€™d say โ€œresponsiveโ€ rather than twitchy. A Brompton will do (albeit not always as well) almost anything a regular bike will do, plus one thing a regular bike wonโ€™t - travel in any form of public or private powered transport.

14.03.2026 15:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does it make any difference if you hook it up to Freesat instead of Freeview?

14.03.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some are not idiots. Some are.

14.03.2026 15:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A Brooklyn poem:
โ€œDa spring is sprung, da grass is ris
I wonder where dem boydies is
Da little boyds is on the wing.
Ainโ€™t dat absoyd?
Da little wings is on the boydโ€

14.03.2026 15:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thinking of the scene in a comedy western (Calamity Jane,perhaps?):
โ€œLynch him! Lynch him!โ€
โ€œBut surely he deserves a fair trial?โ€
โ€œOK, weโ€™ll give him a fair trial, *then* weโ€™ll lynch him!โ€

14.03.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like thereโ€™s an awful lot of exhaust smoke coming out of those pissed off cars!

14.03.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s like connecting culs de sac with foot/cyclepaths gets objections from Plod on the basis that little toerags can run away and the fatties in uniform canโ€™t keep up with them without their patrol cars.

14.03.2026 14:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This article (in QT below) is not a bad summary of how UK tax residence rules work for individuals who canโ€™t assert tax residence in another tax treaty state.
And as for โ€œexceptional circumstancesโ€ - Iโ€™m familiar with the rules and how HMRC interpret them, and itโ€™s โ€œabsolutely no fucking way Josรฉโ€.

14.03.2026 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iran is playing a long game An asymmetric war that brings the global economy to a standstill could exhaust the US and force a ceasefire

Iran is forcing the US to either escalate, including full invasion, or accept a deal far worse than it had on the table a fortnight ago.

This war could turn into Iraq x Vietnam in terms of US strategic defeat.

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14.03.2026 07:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely grim and inexcusable. It would be nice if we had a Cabinet Minister whose job covers the media and a regulator whose job it is to enforce the law, wouldnโ€™t it?

14.03.2026 09:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 68 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Iranian regime was wobbling during the protests. Trump could have financially/practically helped opposition figures. It might actually have worked, but he never gave a damn about Iranians. The most effective & least dangerous path to regime change was blocked off by his lack of empathy.

13.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 992 ๐Ÿ” 174 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7