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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8h

From a criminal conviction to a written warning for calling someone a daft cow (not without provocation) is quite the trajectory

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 14h

Some restaurants introduce their own standing charge to bills bit.ly/49xTsD4 as they seek to continue to snaffle the service charge which by law has to go to staff. If a charge is not optional VAT should be added to it so ask for VAT receipt and refuse optional charges.

London restaurants using ‘admin charges’ to dodge tipping rules

Fees of as much as 12.5% for ‘restaurant costs’ or ‘brand charges’ have been seen on customers’ bills since law requiring all tips to be shared with staff

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 14h

Seems he regarded Alex with genuine affection all though he was disparaging about his abilities as a commander (not without justification)

They made a good team in North Africa though with Alex providing political top cover and Monty dealing with operations

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 14h

They both commissioned into the Warwicks

Slim via OTC during the Great War and Monty via Sandhurst before the war

Likely they at least knew of each other

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 14h

Not in the top 100?

What kind of ranking system did they use, height? 😂

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 1d

What the Navy was saying about the Scheldt was "Just take it bruh" but I've never heard a coherent explanation of how the Navy expected the Army to do so

It was only on the 21st September, D+4 for Market Garden, FAAA *finally* ruled out the use of airborne troops to take Walcheren

timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 1d

The screw-up wasn’t Market Garden - a long-odds bet, but understandable - it was not listening to the Navy on the Scheldt.

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 1d

Bradley's command of 12th Army Group was little short of catastrophic.

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who thinks Montgomery's performance was ordinary has a very strange definition of the word "ordinary"

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

I love seeing the steam cars, so smooth and effortless compared to the katonkatonkas.

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

2/ affect some nebulous yacht-owning others, but actual normal people

Hence such policies almost always fall flat in the popularity stakes

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

A recurring problem with "tax the wealthy" proposals is that the "wealthy" end up being people on ~£80k

That's not struggling for a crust, but it's also not turning left when boarding a long haul flight

For many people that's also not an unrealistic sum to aspire to, meaning this doesn't 1/

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

At least British Transport Police aren't having to cut hundreds of posts due to a lack of funding...

...o no wait

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately necessary since Southport

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 3d

I don't follow

If a person is matched by live facial recognition, then a human will determine if it's an actual match or a false positive

Given the false positive rate is demonstrably extremely low I find it hard to see where problems with accountability and legitimacy are apparent

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 3d

What is the evidence that it does cause discriminatory outcomes?

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

I missed the bit where the hard men of Gondor fled to Tenerife via Luton airport to escape the clutches of the British Transport Police after punching someone in the face at St Pancras station

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

More seriously, as well as putting up fuel duty, recalibrate road tax away from CO2 output to kerb weight to discourage the proliferation of absolute tanks on the roads

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

Alcohol and tobacco?

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

There's tree his masterpiece of a review for HMS Belfast

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

Blackburn reincarnated as Dutch marine architects?

Steve Hunnisett @blitzwalker.bsky.social · 8d

The Dutch warship Johan De Witt moored off Greenwich earlier today.

Dutch warship Johan De Witt moored off Greenwich on 27/10/2025

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

Hi

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

...objectively the food at this place was faaaar better

www.lahore-kebabhouse.com

Lahore Kebab House

www.lahore-kebabhouse.com

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

I once went to this place, which was OK but...

benaresrestaurant.com/menus/

Restaurant Menus - Benares Restaurant Mayfair

Explore the exquisite restaurant menus at Benares Restaurant in Mayfair, featuring modern Indian cuisine crafted with seasonal British ingredients.

benaresrestaurant.com

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 9d

I hope the politicians in Malawi are listening. All they have to do is to create a few $trillion out of thin air, and then Malawi will be a wealthy nation!

Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 9d

Yes.

This is the truth all politicians hide from us.

Governments fund things through taxes AND bonds.

If they control their currency, as ours does, they can create money literally out of thin air.

Where do people think the 100s of billions of quantitive easing and furlow payments came from?

Lynne Jones FB99% @lynnejonesorguk.bsky.social · 9d

In a country with a fiat currency, it is not necessary to put up taxes to pay for public services. Taxes are for fairness, controlling inflation and encouraging “goods” and disincentivising “bad”. Our tax system is grossly unfair. Fix that and ordinary people (90%) should be paying less tax.

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 9d

My cat was fine one minute, the next a saddle thrombosis and an emergency trip to the vet to have him put to sleep

Not the way I thought Sunday would play out

I can't stop crying.

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