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Police and Thieves in Downing Street!
Here’s a question. What are the police for, and who do they represent in a modern democracy? This is how I see it. The police are funded by the British public. If you pay tax and council tax, you are, in effect, a customer of the police. You have paid out money for the police force to protect you and those around you. They are there to represent you if someone ...
You Won’t See the Taxman getting Angry at Footballer’s Wages!
There has been a lot of anger this week about the obscene wages that Manchester City Football Club is allegedly about to pay Erling Haaland. The figure being chucked around by angry people on social media is around 500k a week. That indeed is more money than anyone could ever hope for, or need. PAYE Footballers Let us look at this from another angle. Erling ...
Manchester United – A Basket Case of Brittle 0 Rings!
Watching the black comedy unfold at Manchester United is compelling viewing. I am no business analyst but in 25 years of running a small, limited company, I have seen some spectacular failures. After that amount of time dealing with large corporations and one-man bands, I almost instinctively know a crap business model when I see one. It’s not a special skill, ...
Conquering The Test Way – Inspired by Branson, Bezos & Musk
I have decided that for no discernible reason, 2022 is going to be the year I complete The Test Way. The Test Way, if you don’t know, is a path that starts at Inkpen Beacon and finishes in Eling, Southampton. I started this quest for greatness today, when, with no little enthusiasm, I conquered the stretch between St Mary Bourne and Hurstbourne Tarrant. This ...
Dog Whistling Johnson is Shoring up His Base Support
Sometimes I struggle to believe how awful our government is. Then they do their best to remind me. Johnson knows that a fine and bad publicity is coming, so he heads off to Ukraine to pose as a key player in a tragic war. World-beating this, leading the way that, spending this, blah, blah, blah. Shoring Up The response to his visit was not as he had hoped, and ...