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Will always enjoy the good things in life!!

[hoddy @PeterHorton3]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Decency and manners plus primula cheese

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@kingkapoor72 Why take kids to an adults day out?

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@JuliaHB1 @mushycrouton As a gay - I couldn’t agree more 👏👏

[Alastair Hilton @London_W4]

I’m sitting here right now outside this London pub, listening to an Englishman, an American and a Russian discussing the world’s issues, whilst a reggae band are starting playing inside. Proof that when you come to a pub, the whole world comes together and can sort the problems of the world out over a beer or two, without violence or war. So, I think all the world’s leaders should come down to the pub, have a drink and let’s get things sorted. Cheers 🍻

[hoddy @PeterHorton3]

@AdamLake @EssexPR Extremely well said ! Good on you
And @EssexPR usually agree with you but a little less over judgement wouldn’t go amiss

[Alastair Hilton @London_W4]

I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Please, please, please watch this video. It does involve me using very bad language, but this has got to be seen. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.

[hoddy @PeterHorton3]

#NewProfilePic

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@Dr_MatthewSwann I wouldn’t let him run my bath

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Every single person who still cringes at the memory of trying to bullshit their way through an interview or exam question: today, the slate is wiped clean. Set down your burden of shame. Nothing - nothing, I say - could touch this.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Today I have met Lucy, Mark and Katie, Henry Nowak’s mother, father and stepmother. Their courage is extraordinary.

They have endured the most appalling loss, it is a life sentence for them.

They have also faced the agonising decision to release the harrowing body-worn camera footage, knowing how painful it would be and how strongly people would react. They did so because they want truth, accountability and change.

They have asked that we work across political parties and religions to rebuild trust in the police. That trust has been broken because of what happened, and I agree with them on that.

We must also be prepared to examine, carefully and seriously, religious practices or exemptions that permit the carrying of dangerous weapons in public, and other activities that are not conducive to the public good. We also need to examine where the law needs to change.

Henry’s family do not want anger to tear communities apart. They are a family who have friends across faith and race, and so did Henry. His family want his memory to help bring our society together.

Everyone knows I have strong views about how we should deal with equality under the law. What the family agreed with me on is that we need to bring common sense back, and that is what we should all be fighting for.

I promised the family that we will work to ensure there is a positive legacy for Henry out of this tragedy.

That is my focus now.

[hoddy @PeterHorton3]

@DreyfusJames @DPJHodges @scooterchr71588 Great supporter of what you say and stand up for- thank you

[hoddy @PeterHorton3]

@DreyfusJames @DPJHodges @scooterchr71588 agreed

[hoddy @PeterHorton3]

@AshleyReece 🔥🔥🔥

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

Until someone bites the bullet, slashes spending, and does the difficult pro-growth reforms this country desperately needs, we will continue to have a ridiculous carousel of Prime Minsters.

The truth is the Prime Minister could have survived the Mandelson scandal if people felt better off in their pockets.

While there’s no growth, there’s no longevity of political tenure.

Blair survived plenty of scandal, and plenty of Mandelson, ultimately because everything in life’s wider context didn’t feel so desperately shit.

Until we have a political class brave enough to end the overspending, liberalise the labour market, and *actually* overhaul the planning system - we’re going to be stuck in this same psychodrama of doom.

[Carole Malone @thecarolemalone]

I want to go to this restaurant now. Apart from the incredible food this is customer service at its very best!

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

How mad is this?

A tiny, brilliant restaurant in Bedale, run single handedly by Ruth Hanson, being threatened by @northyorksc bureaucracy because her husband occasionally gives diners a lift home.

No trains. No Uber. Just making do with common sense and hard graft.

Then along comes a licensing officer saying it is basically an illegal taxi firm.

This is exactly why people are fed up with petty officialdom.

Instead, councils should be saying to businesses “how can we help?”

Thank you to @gilescoren and @kelvmackenzie

I’ll buy you both dinner there next time you’re up.

[Kelvin MacKenzie @kelvmackenzie]

Grateful to Times columnist Giles Coren for putting to the sword a local council pipsqueak for trying to put out of business a restaurant in the middle of nowhere where owner Ruth Hanson does all the kitchen prep herself, the washing up, the bookings, the till, payroll and then cooks it.
The restaurant is called Hansom in Bedale, North Yorkshire. To give you an idea of its remoteness it’s 7 miles from Northallerton and 31 miles from York.
So, on occasions, her husband Mark, who had a job of his own, gives up his evenings to chauffeur some guests to and from their homes.
Coren points out when he reviewed the place last year ( he gave it a glowing recommendation) he had to hitchhike from Northallerton station.
No Bedale train, no metro, no Uber hanging around at the corner.
Enter Chris Doyle, licensing enforcement officer for N Yorkshire council, who has written to Ruth saying in his view Mark was operating a taxi service and that would require a raft of expensive and time consuming licences.
Ruth responded that Mark was her husband, he was unpaid and there was no separate charge for the journey.
Doyle said he didn’t care as there was deemed to be a commercial benefit and warned without a licence the council may take legal action.
Coren has a great last paragraph; “ Yeah, you sue her, you absolute local heroes.
“ You teach Ruth and Mark a lesson for being great at their jobs, for treasuring their customers, for trying to create a little joy and make ends meet in a collapsing world.”
PS Thought you’d like to see what a Ruth menus looks like. This is called the Sunday Sharing Feast.
Starters.
Smoked Leek and Pickled Croque
Monsieur
Whitby Crab Crumpet Pickled cucumber, Garden herbs.
Heritage beetroot, whipped goat’s Curd, Wild Garlic emulsion.
Main Course
Wensleydale chicken, Apricot and sage Wellington.
Honey and mustard mash, buttered spring , cider sauce.
Dessert
Yorkshire rhubarb and ginger trifle.
Cost; £55.
With publicity thanks to Coren’s column and this tweet I suspect the queue will be out the door and Mark can have his evenings off again.

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

Lesson learned: never ask @afneil for a higher tip!

“I called the owner later that night, and he was fired in the morning.”

@StigAbell | @KateEMcCann

[Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306]

No, it stands for English civilisation winning.

You stand for putting treacherous lawyers who collaborate with criminals in charge of lawfare against the SAS.

A future regime will jail your mate Hermer and RICO through your network

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