Tim Rideout

Economist, Geographer & Cartographer, co-founder of XYZ Maps, Convener of the Scottish Currency Group.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

The Scottish Currency Group Q&A. All the answers you need. The Quick Guide to the new Scottish Currency. https://t.co/ftjwbjeD0g

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@HanShawnity The US lost the war. This is what happens to losers. You should never have started it.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@patrickamon You are welcome to add to the list.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

1 Sir Walter Scott
2 James Watt
3 Lord Kelvin
4 Alexander Graham Bell
5 Andrew Carnegie
6 Alexander Fleming
7 James Logie Baird
8 James Clerk Maxwell
9 Adam Smith
10 David Hume
11 Arthur Conan Doyle
12 John Buchan
13 Robert Adam
14 Charles Rennie McIntosh
15 Elsie Inglis etc.

[James Glancy @jaglancy]

My short list of British figures that should appear on British bank notes.

1. Winston Churchill
2. Admiral Horatio Nelson
3. Florence Nightingale
4. Cecil Rhodes
5. William Wilberforce
6. Alan Turing
7. William Shakespeare
8. Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke of Wellington
9. Isaac Newton
10. Isambard Kingdom Brunel

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

How indeed! A politician saying we can't afford it is code for we don't want to.

[Jenni @hashjenni]

Serious question: How does the U.S. always find trillions for wars, but suddenly runs out of money when Americans need healthcare, lower taxes, affordable housing, or a better quality of life?

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

The Man in the Moon!

[maro @ProofofMaro]

If Earth is $350 trillion in debt, who do we owe money to?

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

Exactly. Which is why the rich hate it so much. It erases debts.

[Richard Johnson @richardmarcj]

I understand why @amolrajan said on @BBCr4today that inflation hurts the poor the most. If consumer goods get more expensive and wages don't keep up, the poor are hit badly.

But it's a bit more complicated than that. Inflation can also redistribute from rich to poor. In particular, in creditor-debtor relations, inflation can reduce the burden of debt.

[Richard Johnson @richardmarcj]

I understand why @amolrajan said on @BBCr4today that inflation hurts the poor the most. If consumer goods get more expensive and wages don't keep up, the poor are hit badly.

But it's a bit more complicated than that. Inflation can also redistribute from rich to poor. In particular, in creditor-debtor relations, inflation can reduce the burden of debt.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@grichardson747 @EWErickson You are talking about the USA, yes?

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

According to the Gospels of both Matthew and Mark, Jesus himself visited Tyre. The Christian community there is certainly 2000 years old.

Israel has been killing Tyre Christians for a month.

There is a shrine and church in the hills where locals believe his mother Mary waited for him while he was in Tyre and Sidon.

I visited with Laith Marouf and we interviewed the priest who strongly supported resistance to Israeli occupation.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@AyeCowal @brotyboy I think Murrell will have to repay the £400k and probably has the assets. They will take the house for starters.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@brotyboy It was used illegally. You are not allowed to raise funds for a purpose and then spend them on something different.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

Then you are a fool

[hillbilly @hillbilly____]

#BBCLaurak
Call me naive, but I believe Nicola Sturgeon's version of events.
There wasn't any hard evidence found by the police and she appears genuinely to be innocent.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@rwb69 @implausibleblog Looking for fraud is not what auditors do. See any account statements. That is the job of the Directors, in this case the NEC who were completely incompetent.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@rwb69 @implausibleblog Auditors don't look for embezzlment. They just verify accurate records. See any statement where they always refer it back to the Directors
In this case the NEC
They were were, are a bunch of amateurs mostly interested in their career.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@Sheilam19534814 @AngelaHaggerty Of course it was her job. She chaired the Party.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@Sheilam19534814 @AngelaHaggerty The fraud was insignificant until 2015. What happened then?

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@rwb69 @implausibleblog The Party financial year is until December, so the last accounts the old auditors covered would have been year ending Dec 2021. New auditors qualified the accounts for 2022 due to poor record keeping and missing documents.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@rwb69 @implausibleblog In October 2022. It was kept secret until April.

[Tim Rideout @RideoutTim]

@rwb69 @implausibleblog The auditors resigned in Oct 2022 and that was kept secret until April 2023. The new auditors qualified the accounts due to poor record keeping and missing documents.