Tim Jonas

Nature photographer. Exploring TINY WORLDS through the art of macro photography.

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@colder_sarcasm @Robrighth Misinformation. Out of the 107 schools that opened, 91 were small independent special schools, whose predominantly council-funded places are largely insulated from the VAT change.

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@OW_Photography Surprised to see you're not in there with them!

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@dave43law Interesting then, that the main argument for taxing these schools was that they were flush with money, that numbers had been stable for years and would not fall because of the tax, and schools would not close. Massive fail all round.

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@narindertweets You didn't give a FCK when they put VAT on school fees

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@OW_Photography Excellent! I've still not had one (but then I am much younger than you 😁).

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@louderry Whichever way you look at it, VAT is unquestionably at the center of this whole debacle.

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@Theridula Ah fantastic, you are still on here! And knowledgable as ever, thank you so much! It was a great color and a good size too.

I use iNat a lot for researching but never post on there. I need to start really, and it would be great to connect again on there.

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This is a mite I spotted half way up a mountain in Crete. I'm guessing Erythraeidae of some sort. In the old Twitter days I'd post this and have an Id within a few minutes.... @Theridula perhaps?

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@Ed_P_Wildlife @Theridula Ray was always a great person for mites but hasn't been active on here for a couple of years. I've found him on iNaturalist and he seems to be active there so maybe that's the place to go!

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@theawayfans I played on much worse than that!

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@StuartLock @WillStevens3141 @Chem2006 @Mouhssin_Ismail Yes, ours rose from £13k a year in 2023 to £18k+VAT in 2025, which is why we now use state schools.

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@EdwardMorelloWD The outrageous part is the part where Labour taxed it out of existence.

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@StuartLock @Mouhssin_Ismail Destruction 🙈

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@StuartLock @Mouhssin_Ismail 8 you accept. That was the crucial one! Without that piece of the jigsaw the whole thing is pointless distruction.

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@djpdh67 @Mouhssin_Ismail The whole premise of the tax was that these schools were all wealthy and numbers never fall...

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@StuartLock @Mouhssin_Ismail But now more people have less choice, which is bad surely?

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@adamboxer1 @vicgoddard We had Joe Wicks.

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@izakaminska Actually, it was 6 weeks. I know because we had to find a new school.

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@SteveLawrence_ They had 10 years of rising pupils numbers right up until the year the VAT was added, then a sharp drop.

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@OW_Photography You really need to photograph them in natural light, the flash ruins it. I wondered if a morning dew shot might work. That was the only one I spotted last night weirdly.