Roy Motteram
@roymotteram.bsky.social
Moved from the other place. Same name, same person.
One of the 'appalled & betrayed' 'British patriot'
Don't blame me, I voted Remain
Mastodon: @[email protected]
One of the 'appalled & betrayed' 'British patriot'
Don't blame me, I voted Remain
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Trump & his advisors really don't want Americans to buy anything from outside their own country, do they?
As well as applying his tariff tax on foreign purchases, the value of the $ looks to be dropping like a stone.
As well as applying his tariff tax on foreign purchases, the value of the $ looks to be dropping like a stone.
April 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Trump & his advisors really don't want Americans to buy anything from outside their own country, do they?
As well as applying his tariff tax on foreign purchases, the value of the $ looks to be dropping like a stone.
As well as applying his tariff tax on foreign purchases, the value of the $ looks to be dropping like a stone.
In the UK, it's £1.40 for 6 medium eggs (free range), or £4.40 for 12 large (free range also)
The exchange rate was $1.21 when Trump took over. It's $1.29 now.
The exchange rate was $1.21 when Trump took over. It's $1.29 now.
March 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In the UK, it's £1.40 for 6 medium eggs (free range), or £4.40 for 12 large (free range also)
The exchange rate was $1.21 when Trump took over. It's $1.29 now.
The exchange rate was $1.21 when Trump took over. It's $1.29 now.
It appears that the dire warnings that state schools would be overwhelmed by an exodus of pupils from private education were wildly overstated.
Nothing more than fear mongering by the wealthy who saw the cost of their privilege going up.
Nothing more than fear mongering by the wealthy who saw the cost of their privilege going up.
March 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It appears that the dire warnings that state schools would be overwhelmed by an exodus of pupils from private education were wildly overstated.
Nothing more than fear mongering by the wealthy who saw the cost of their privilege going up.
Nothing more than fear mongering by the wealthy who saw the cost of their privilege going up.
In the UK (mostly the same standards, but not quite as good as EU, post Brexit):
March 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the UK (mostly the same standards, but not quite as good as EU, post Brexit):
For those that prefer pictures:
March 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
For those that prefer pictures:
#Google gets it SOOOOO wrong, while #DuckDuckGo is spot on.
Perhaps a hint that Google should not be your search engine of choice
Perhaps a hint that Google should not be your search engine of choice
March 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#Google gets it SOOOOO wrong, while #DuckDuckGo is spot on.
Perhaps a hint that Google should not be your search engine of choice
Perhaps a hint that Google should not be your search engine of choice
I'd like to think that this is karma, and that investors are voting with their feet, but... am I going to be disappointed?
February 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'd like to think that this is karma, and that investors are voting with their feet, but... am I going to be disappointed?
The "think tanks", funded by who knows who, told us that the Labour tax changes would cause the business sky to fall in.
It hasn't.
It doesn't look like it will.
Do you think they might be biased, working for vested interests?
It hasn't.
It doesn't look like it will.
Do you think they might be biased, working for vested interests?
February 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The "think tanks", funded by who knows who, told us that the Labour tax changes would cause the business sky to fall in.
It hasn't.
It doesn't look like it will.
Do you think they might be biased, working for vested interests?
It hasn't.
It doesn't look like it will.
Do you think they might be biased, working for vested interests?
February 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
An example of the benefit of modern languages from my neck of the woods
February 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An example of the benefit of modern languages from my neck of the woods
From my recent trip to the van Gogh experience (in London)
January 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From my recent trip to the van Gogh experience (in London)
You'll see from my original reply to you that the only thing I cautioned you about was taking the Daily Mail as a reliable source. It is not. I made no comment on the veracity of your assertion. You had the opportunity to provide a link to a reliable source, but for some reason chose not to.
January 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You'll see from my original reply to you that the only thing I cautioned you about was taking the Daily Mail as a reliable source. It is not. I made no comment on the veracity of your assertion. You had the opportunity to provide a link to a reliable source, but for some reason chose not to.
I have no idea whether what you're saying is true or not, and my reply makes no comment on your veracity, one way or another. I just wanted to caution you against taking the Daily Mail as a source. It's not reliable.
January 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I have no idea whether what you're saying is true or not, and my reply makes no comment on your veracity, one way or another. I just wanted to caution you against taking the Daily Mail as a source. It's not reliable.
I don't agree with you on the IHT question, Liz.
Wealth in the UK is unfairly distributed. Whether you are wealthy or not depends largely on the lottery of who your parents are. IHT is a means of gentle redistribution of that wealth, taxing you when you die, rather that while you're alive.
Wealth in the UK is unfairly distributed. Whether you are wealthy or not depends largely on the lottery of who your parents are. IHT is a means of gentle redistribution of that wealth, taxing you when you die, rather that while you're alive.
November 27, 2024 at 9:56 AM
I don't agree with you on the IHT question, Liz.
Wealth in the UK is unfairly distributed. Whether you are wealthy or not depends largely on the lottery of who your parents are. IHT is a means of gentle redistribution of that wealth, taxing you when you die, rather that while you're alive.
Wealth in the UK is unfairly distributed. Whether you are wealthy or not depends largely on the lottery of who your parents are. IHT is a means of gentle redistribution of that wealth, taxing you when you die, rather that while you're alive.