Paul Fileman

Enjoying life. Interested in horses, technology, engineering and innovation - and Morgan Sports Cars.

[Damien Lewis @authordlewis]

My second topic of massive concern aired at the @IWMDuxford Military History Festival this weekend was how @AlistairCarns resignation will sink the campaign to get wartime SAS commander Blair 'Paddy' Mayne awarded the Victoria Cross, which he was wrongly denied in 1945. Al Carns - a highly decorated elite forces veteran - was a major supporter of this campaign, because he go it. He understood. I fear with his departure we've taken a massive step backwards. I hope not. I hope we can still get it over the line. We live in hope. Audience members asked what we can do to keep this alive. All suggestions welcome. Please share this message widely to keep the pressure up. Thanks. (Photo of Mayne courtesy the Mayne family).

[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

@ListerLawrence Luxury. Mine was a Reliant 3/25 van - 600cc, bright orange with purple flashes and Kermit stickers.

[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

Just swapped from winter slippers to summer moccasins. Have I been rash?

[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

@MichaelNBooks Was Flight Lieutenant Crump still teaching then? I had gliding lessons there around 1974.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Putin can tell Trump any old piece of horse-sh&t, and Trump will believe it and react emotionally. He has been conditioned to trust what Putin says and see it as truth.

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

Labour MPs should put their principles over party politics and vote against this evening's vote on Resolution 50 of the Finance Bill, which is the part that relates to the Inheritance Tax on Family Farms. A policy that was built on the lie of the “£22bn black hole”.

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

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[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

@MartinSLewis We have Benenden which only covers when NHS has a big delay. Much lower cost than a PMI policy but peace of mind.

[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

If only cars could be fitted with orange lamps on each corner which flashed to give some indication of the driver’s directional intention?

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

Who agrees? 🚜 🇬🇧

[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

@harrym_vids @YouTube Wonderful car - thank you for sharing this brilliant experience with us. Thoroughly enjoyed the video.

[Paul Fileman @PaulFileman]

@Number10cat Without you to keep everything under control we would all be in a right pickle.

[Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft]

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the @VC_and_GC_Assoc up to £50,000.
Time is running out following @I_W_M’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

Who agrees with this? 🙋‍♂️

[Rock and Roll Garage @rocknrollgarag1]

As a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the band of the Coldstream guards performed "Paranoid" at changing of the guard today.

[National Holocaust Museum UK @HolocaustCentUK]

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[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

A typical family farm would have to put 159% of annual profits into paying the new inheritance tax every year for a decade and could have to sell 20% of their land, according to analysis by the Country and Land Business Association. A typical 200-acre farm owned by one person with an expected profit of £27,300 would face a £435,000 inheritance tax bill.

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

This is the most bonkers story of the week… the advisor behind the IHT policy that has been such a political disaster because it is so badly thought through (and widely criticised because the analysis was so poor) has won ‘expert of the year’

[Robbie Moore MP @_RobbieMoore]

Is this a joke?

HMRC have just awarded “Expert of the Year” to the civil servant who provided the analysis to the Government for the Family Farm Tax.

From day one it was clear the failure to include pure BPR claims in Treasury projections was a huge oversight. Not only for the impact on farmers, but for other family businesses as well.

This was and still is, a huge mistake in the Government’s analysis.

Farming bodies explained within days the true cost to our farmers, and increasingly business organisations are realising the vast impact this will have on family-owned businesses - including manufacturers, hospitality businesses, and many others.

Remember this is the same Government machine that has avoided every opportunity it can to engage with farmers and businesses on this issue.

Perhaps HMRC should spend less time handing out awards and more time speaking to people in the real world.

To boast about this sheer incompetence is frankly, quite astonishing.