@MeghansMole It would be very interesting to know in what circumstances the £26m underwriting could be drawn upon ? If Invictus raise no more external funding from now, how much would the MOD be on the hook for ? Would that allow the games to go forward albeit at UK taxpayers’ expense ?
@MeghansMole Clearly the precedence is :
Queen and POW
POW’s wife plus the heir to the POW and his wife
Harry and Meghan were also-rans and were lucky to get invited at all …
@GaschlerKevin@lady_valor_07 It shd be illegal for servers to be forced to share tips with non-serving staff. That would restore the direct relationship between the experience and reward - though I don’t buy the “ you should still tip if you got good service of bad food”. Get a job somewhere better !
@Simon_Ingari And when her manager has to make a decision as to whom to promote, who gets a larger pay rise/bonus, who gets the opportunity to progress … does he favour her, or the person who is prepared to be more flexible and demonstrate greater commitment ?
@Teranova2112 Any truth in the rumour that Harry’s fee for speaking at a dinner has gone down from a million dollars plus full rider ( private jet travel etc ) … to about thirty grand, including bus fare and Meghan will do the washing up afterwards ?
@EMMITOPE@AGBADOMUSTGO@SlimTallGirlie How about the American “herb”, which is pronounced with a silent “h” while the English version is not ? A legacy of French culinary influence ? Shrinking usage : “an hotel” and “an historic event “ ( French derivation and a weak “h” respectively ). “An host of angels” is archaic.
@3lijah29@LornaBlane@SophieMcDLaw I guess most billionaires hold a small portion of their global assets in UK property, if they’ve got any sense. If they become non-resident then they may rent or properties may be held by offshore companies or trusts. Wealth taxes lead to capital flight and an investment drought.
@3lijah29@LornaBlane@SophieMcDLaw Because if you tried they would move themselves, their wealth and their job-creating businesses and investment overseas, leaving less money for the remaining population. Plus budding UK entrepreneurs would move abroad before starting up in a jurisdiction with confiscatory taxes.
@BROKENBRITAIN0 The Met Police are held to account by the Mayor’s Office for Police And Crime ( MOPAC ), who also set its strategic direction. In other words, it’s Labour Politician Sadiq Khan who marks the Labour Government’s homework in its interaction with the Met Police. Hmmm.
@ProfGeordie@British_Airways@afneil@TrussellUK True … but given the price of first class travel he’s entitled to complain. Not everything posted on Twitter has to address the World’s greatest problems, otherwise 90pc of its posts would fail the relevance test.
@ProfGeordie@British_Airways@afneil@TrussellUK Obviously well done to the Trussell Trust - but the number of parcels supplied may have more to do with the expanded capacity of the provider and/or the coms to the needy, so the graph doesn’t necessarily indicate greater poverty or need. Build it, they will come !