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Former low grade HMRC worker, now taking time for Tiffin. Blog ("Excellent" Captain Swing 2023) at https://exofficerx.blogspot.com/

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Kemi is going to go in like the Bionic Woman and take out the rocket launchers. She's just playing dumb so she doesn't blow her cover.

10.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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70 new jobs to be created as Newcastle technology firm wins Β£38m HMRC contract 70 new jobs to be created as Newcastle technology firm wins Β£38m HMRC contract

Scrumconnect will support HMRC to deliver testing and other services from its city centre base

09.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This card was only issued between 1984 and 2011. Persons born outside of this 27 year window had to use the analogue hardware issued by their mother to memorise their National Insurance number.

10.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What other tax has to be paid by innocent people - executors of an estate (many family members, normally children, end up being an executor on a will because the donor thought it was an honour not a risk).

Sure, executors can reclaim these costs but often not for months or years.

10.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.

That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.

The dealer needs to keep you addicted.

10.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 6458 πŸ” 2198 πŸ’¬ 231 πŸ“Œ 95

πŸ’― this. Bad idea to launch a war when you’re presiding over a divided country, a dysfunctional government staffed by amateurs, and a hollowed out, bureaucracy at home, and have managed to piss off almost every ally abroad. No amount of US military skill can offset this political incompetence.

09.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reeves to look at how to help households with heating oil bills The chancellor said a meeting on Wednesday will explore ways to help households.

Reeves to look at how to help households with heating oil bills

09.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are some other perennials, he loves tariffs as a cure all, adores Putin's almost limitless psychopathy, and wants to be the centre of attention now and forever, but a "Trump doctrine" or "world order"... that's really not the aim.

09.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to President Trump’s latest outburst.

β€œThe job of the British PM is to take decisions in the national interest of the U.K., not in the interests of other countries… we don’t outsource foreign policy to other countries”.

#bbclaurak

08.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 934 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 27

Striking desalination sites has potential far greater impact to civilians on the ground than any hit on refineries - prolonging unnecessary population-wide suffering.

It's why you have "stupid rules of engagement", unless that suffering is your actual aim - this applies to those involved.

08.03.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the myriad of 'objectives' given by the US, is that constant airstrikes allow the people of Iran to rise up against the regime.

Hard to see how that's possible if you deprive them of drinking water, never mind the bombs.

08.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Kuenessberg doesn't seem to understand, "get back in your hutch."

08.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to the day when the only thing Hegseth says (repeatedly) is "No Comment."

07.03.2026 07:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, in the interests of balance, the Inland Revenue themed play 'Tune on the Old Tax Fiddle'. exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/inla...

07.03.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think #BadEnoch was being handed a length of rope and the interviewers were astounded at how long she kept wrapping it round her neck.

06.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#BadEnoch on #BBCBreakfast - "RAF are catching arrows, they should be hitting the archer" isn't quite the zinger she thinks.

06.03.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Badenoch. Absolutely beyond help

06.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Badenoch in a car crash on the bbc - utterly clueless, lying, tripe

06.03.2026 08:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought about taking a photo of them & looking at ID, but was in a hurry so I didn't. I'm well aware that I'm the dunce here. I think that most people are well-intentioned, but I should have taken far more care. Crime reported, access restored. So... it happens. Don't let it happen to you! [2/2]

05.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 228 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

I seriously hope that someone at HMRC has just pricked up their ears 'Oooh, hadn't thought of that, we should ask them for their NINO'.

04.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I hope the repatriation flights, if they come, go straight to London and the welcoming arms of HMRC rather than some third country where people relying on the limited resources of the British state can avoid paying taxes that pay for all of this.

02.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIt is a tragic fact that hatred and war have become influential factors in our national economy, and if the present trend continues, we may soon discover that our enemies are more valuable than our friends.”

Burgess Meredith as Theodore BoothΒ in The Invaders, S1, episode 16 (ABC, 1967).

05.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The People of Exeter - Exeter Observer An afternoon hosted by Love St Thomas focussed on Exeter’s historic multicultural character with talks, conversation and a community lunch.

ON OUR RADAR // The People of Exeter πŸ—£οΈπŸ₯ͺ⚽

An afternoon hosted by Love St Thomas focussed on Exeter’s historic multicultural character with talks, conversation and a community lunch.

πŸ—“οΈ Sat 7 March
πŸ•‘ 2-5pm
πŸ“ St Thomas Church Hall, Cowick Street

exeterobserver.org/2026/02/26/t...

03.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wes Streeting: "Ashley (Dalton) has been an outstanding minister and has been so in the face of extraordinary adversity.

She has achieved more as a minister than many politicians achieve in their entire careers.

I’m so sorry to lose her from our team, but proud of her decision and her impact."

03.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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False Pretences I’ve been watching Fraud Squad, the whole run through the 1969 series and the 1970 series. The stories are contemporary to time of broadcast, set in the Birmingham and the surrounding area. Althoug…

Don't forget Fraud Squad
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03.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, police instead of customs, but some overlap with the dodgy punters (but in those days with purchase tax rather than VAT).

03.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Customs on TV 3: The Duty Men Fly-on-the-wall tv documentary shows are so commonplace today that it is hard to imagine what a big deal a series like The Duty Men was bac...

That was 1987 exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

03.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Despite the success of 'The Duty Men', it was ITV that adapted the look of the #HMCE (HM Customs and Excise) series to drama with 'The Knock'. Malcolm Storrey was surveyor Bill Adams, "a man of conscience" who didn't have a yacht, or a sports car. exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

03.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One year after 'The Collectors,' BBC 2 unveiled 'The Duty Men', a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about #HMCE (HM Customs & Excise) which revealed VAT and excise fraud as well as the Thatcher government's 'War on Drugs' exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

03.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

By 1986, BBC1 had a new view of #HMCE (Customs and Excise) - in The Collectors, Peter McEnery was Harry Caines, a widower with a taste for sailing, who declared that "chumminess is at an end." exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

03.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0