Tony Freeth
@tonyfreeth.bsky.social
Kernow (Cornishman). A Cousin Jack at large in Scotland. Both ways a European.
Tourist tax starts in Edinburgh July 2026 at 5% (unless it has changed yet again).
Paid around 7% in Berlin last week.
Can’t be controversial anymore?
Paid around 7% in Berlin last week.
Can’t be controversial anymore?
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tourist tax starts in Edinburgh July 2026 at 5% (unless it has changed yet again).
Paid around 7% in Berlin last week.
Can’t be controversial anymore?
Paid around 7% in Berlin last week.
Can’t be controversial anymore?
South Bank has had heat pump using the Thames since late 1940s. See Heating Systems in Wiki article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_F...
Royal Festival Hall - Wikipedia
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
South Bank has had heat pump using the Thames since late 1940s. See Heating Systems in Wiki article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_F...
Great work. Strathconon uses FRS 102 1A small business reporting but S1A balance sheet limit is £5m (against £30m in 2024 accounts).
Also heritable assets depreciated at 4%, so a £750k charge for 2024. I thought land couldn’t be depreciated? And why no tax statement?
Not so small really.
Also heritable assets depreciated at 4%, so a £750k charge for 2024. I thought land couldn’t be depreciated? And why no tax statement?
Not so small really.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Great work. Strathconon uses FRS 102 1A small business reporting but S1A balance sheet limit is £5m (against £30m in 2024 accounts).
Also heritable assets depreciated at 4%, so a £750k charge for 2024. I thought land couldn’t be depreciated? And why no tax statement?
Not so small really.
Also heritable assets depreciated at 4%, so a £750k charge for 2024. I thought land couldn’t be depreciated? And why no tax statement?
Not so small really.
Yep, I’m feeling smug. You can, too…
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Yep, I’m feeling smug. You can, too…
Palo Mino is the village in the valley below Palo Alto
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Palo Mino is the village in the valley below Palo Alto
Not really. The UK govt has the ultimate authority here and generally does what it likes on retained matters.
A more mature debate with the public would instead consider how the nuclear deterrence is to be funded and whether SSBNs will ever be built.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
A more mature debate with the public would instead consider how the nuclear deterrence is to be funded and whether SSBNs will ever be built.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
The cost of the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent
Since the acquisition of the UK's first strategic nuclear deterrent in the 1950s, the cost of procuring and maintaining it, and which Government department should finance it, has always been debated.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Not really. The UK govt has the ultimate authority here and generally does what it likes on retained matters.
A more mature debate with the public would instead consider how the nuclear deterrence is to be funded and whether SSBNs will ever be built.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
A more mature debate with the public would instead consider how the nuclear deterrence is to be funded and whether SSBNs will ever be built.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
What the paparazzi did to get bedroom shots before the invention of the Zoom lens.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What the paparazzi did to get bedroom shots before the invention of the Zoom lens.
Defence is not devolved, so can’t see how Holyrood can be a threat to ‘our security’.
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Defence is not devolved, so can’t see how Holyrood can be a threat to ‘our security’.
Actually I think the first was a project by Microsoft in Orkney, Scotland.
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Actually I think the first was a project by Microsoft in Orkney, Scotland.
Somewhat revealing POV from The Economist here.
October 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Somewhat revealing POV from The Economist here.
Amazing, I never heard this at the time. I still love ‘O Caroline’.
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Amazing, I never heard this at the time. I still love ‘O Caroline’.
It used to be a nice ordinary hotel for nice ordinary people to stop at when visiting Deeside. Now it doesn’t feel welcoming anymore to an ordinary Joe like me. Shame the owners bought the other hotel in Braemar and then a bunch of guest houses for their staff. Keep driving to Ballater…
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It used to be a nice ordinary hotel for nice ordinary people to stop at when visiting Deeside. Now it doesn’t feel welcoming anymore to an ordinary Joe like me. Shame the owners bought the other hotel in Braemar and then a bunch of guest houses for their staff. Keep driving to Ballater…
May be Goldbergs? I lived in Valleyfield Street, known as dog-crap alley being just short of the links.
October 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
May be Goldbergs? I lived in Valleyfield Street, known as dog-crap alley being just short of the links.
Also switch off your WiFi when outside if you don’t want to be tracked.
October 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also switch off your WiFi when outside if you don’t want to be tracked.
Random recollections: PPI, LCF, Northern Rock, money laundering ‘failings’ eg HSBC, and even 25 years after Equitable Life, members still await compensation.
There will be more scandals tomorrow… on that premise the Govt could seriously ramp up fines levels to fill the budget shortfall.
There will be more scandals tomorrow… on that premise the Govt could seriously ramp up fines levels to fill the budget shortfall.
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Random recollections: PPI, LCF, Northern Rock, money laundering ‘failings’ eg HSBC, and even 25 years after Equitable Life, members still await compensation.
There will be more scandals tomorrow… on that premise the Govt could seriously ramp up fines levels to fill the budget shortfall.
There will be more scandals tomorrow… on that premise the Govt could seriously ramp up fines levels to fill the budget shortfall.
Never pick an argument with a ‘Beltie’. They have a serious attitude problem.
(Highland Coos are the opposite, very polite.)
(Highland Coos are the opposite, very polite.)
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Never pick an argument with a ‘Beltie’. They have a serious attitude problem.
(Highland Coos are the opposite, very polite.)
(Highland Coos are the opposite, very polite.)
Just discovered this. Best flat white I’ve tasted in years. Try for yourself. Nice people too.
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Just discovered this. Best flat white I’ve tasted in years. Try for yourself. Nice people too.
I have a labelling machine, bring me your RJ45s and LC-LCs.
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I have a labelling machine, bring me your RJ45s and LC-LCs.
Should have been ‘alt C, in a Yorkshire accent?
September 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Should have been ‘alt C, in a Yorkshire accent?
Look back in petulance.
September 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Look back in petulance.
Catch any mackerel?
September 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Catch any mackerel?
To quote G&S ‘I’ve got a little list’ .
August 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
To quote G&S ‘I’ve got a little list’ .