David Frodsham

Tech CEO, corporate finance advisor, business school lecturer, podcaster about VC. Also... green energy, data, languages and err... wine. Brexit-sceptic.

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This should be everyone's New Year's resolution: (from @newscientist)

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@timatkin @Masterofwhine I was blown away by these two beauties recently

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@johnsweeneyroar Now I understand why the famous beanie is orange!

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@CleanPowerDave Why does the graph show two UKs?

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@RichardGCorbett The wrong questions continue to be asked in these surveys. #Brexit was about sovereignty vs. economics & immigration vs. individual freedoms.
Q1: was the gain in sovereignty worth the economic price?
Q2: was the EU immigration reduction worth your loss of freedom of movement?

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@AdamBienkov The really wealthy families don't pay IHT because it is such an easy tax to get around. Lowering the rate to (say) 25% and closing the loopholes would increase the amount raised.

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@RestIsPolitics Do you think IHT should be reformed, left as it is, or abolished?

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@JolyonMaugham The danger for Labour is that abolishing non-dom without reforming IHT will create an exodus of wealthy tax payers. The correct approach is to reform IHT, reduce the rate, close the loopholes... and watch the tax-take from IHT increase.

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@darrenpjones The indefensibility of a £7b tax break for the rich needs to be balanced against the damage the current IHT regime does: driving the super-rich abroad, distorting investment and discouraging long-term family businesses. Labour should propose reform as an alternative to abolition.

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@thatginamiller @BBCPolitics @VoteTrueAndFair It's even more surprising that no-one is advocating rejoining the single market. At the time of the referendum (and more so now) the Leave sentiment was about sovereignty not trade and personal rights

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@greenmattbfd @GreenPartyMolly Is there more recent data? The article is 3 years old with the most recent data being from 2019.

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@British_Airways I tried one last time and it worked on the website. Thank you if that was you, Abbie!

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It is impossible to submit a claim for compensation on your website due to a cancelled flight @British_Airways - your website crashes every time I try to claim. How else can I get you to attend to this???

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@British_Airways I've tried Safari on Mac, Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Mac. Different errors with different browsers, but none of them works.

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@British_Airways It doesn't work. The page "Complaint or claim details" select "Delays, Cancellations..." then "Cancelled Flight" "Make a Claim" and "The compensation..."
Pressing Continue just returns to the Complaint or claim details page.
URL is https://t.co/NnMcgmVrCd

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@British_Airways I've tried both PC and mobile without success, but I'll now try with Chrome and let you know. Thanks, Abbie.

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@British_Airways Sadly not. I can try again if you think the website has been fixed, but I have tried most days for the last couple of weeks.

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Outrageous FX rates from @BancoSabadell mean you will be overcharged by 5% compared with @Wise when you pay by credit card in Spain - always pay in euros!

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@Andreasthlm1 And this is the first tweet of yours that I’ve seen for ages - they are messing with the system it seems

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@DanNeidle In your plan to lower the rate and close the loopholes (wouldn't that be grand) how feasible would it be to get non-residents (UK nationals living abroad) and non-doms (non-UK nationals living in the UK) to be subject to IHT on their worldwide assets?

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@Masterofwhine It’s really very simple. A quart is a quarter of a gallon, and a gallon is either 4.5 litres or 3.8, depending on… anyway it’s either rather more than 1.1 litres or rather less than 0.9 liters (sic) depending… Clear now?