Gini

Not yet retired wife & mum, ❤️ music, gardening, wildlife, dressmaking, yarn, writing, ancestry🍷🌎 😀

[Gini @planetgini]

There is a book into which some of us are happily led to look, & to look again, & never tire of looking. It is the Book of Man. You may open that book whenever & wherever you find another human voice to answer yours, & another human hand to take in your own ~ Walter Besant

[Gini @planetgini]

@premnsikka We need the Green Party to bring real change to our infrastructure and lives

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

A farmer dies in April 2026.

His son inherits the farm. The farm has been in the family since 1847.

The farm consists of: 300 acres of grazing pasture, a farmhouse built in 1892, a barn, a milking parlour, two tractors of varying ages, a Land Rover that runs about 70% of the time, and a herd of 180 Hereford-cross cattle.

On paper, the farm is worth approximately £3.2 million. This is because land near him has been bought recently by a London hedge fund looking for carbon credits, which has dragged the comparable value of every field within forty miles upward to a number nobody local can justify.

In cash, the farm produces a profit of about £28,000 a year in a good year. In a bad year it loses money. The son also works as a fencing contractor three days a week to keep the operation viable.

The inheritance tax bill on a £3.2 million estate, even at the reduced 20% rate, comes to approximately £140,000 after the increased threshold is applied. The son does not have £140,000. The son has never had £140,000. The son has £4,200 in his current account and an overdraft.

The son sells 60 acres to a developer to pay the tax. The developer puts solar panels on the 60 acres. The remaining herd cannot be sustained on the reduced land. The herd is sold. The barn becomes a holiday let.

A different family eats Brazilian beef this Christmas without knowing why the price went up.

The Treasury collects £140,000.

The land never produces British food again.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Exactly. Trump’s attacking Minnesota in hopes of invoking the Insurrection Act. Declaring martial law and suspending the midterms is his long game. Stay vigilant. Stay safe my friends. Especially in Minnesota.

[Gini @planetgini]

Snollygoster probably have more principles than Trump! I hate that I am, but I’m in told-you-so mode. Someone take that Red Button away from the 🍊 corrupt bully pls #NarcissistTrump

[Neelotpal Srivastav @NS_Neelotpal]

@EdwardJDavey Robert De Niro says,Trump thinks he’s a ‘gangster’.

[Gini @planetgini]

What do all these defectors know that we don’t? Follow the money; that’ll tell you #ConservativeDefectors

[Gini @planetgini]

Loved Olivia Dean on #Hootenanny Classic beauty radiating kindness and love 😍

[Gini @planetgini]

Jesse J on Hootenanny 😍 goodness you belts them out don’t you?! A British Gem 💎 delighted you are writing your next chapter 📖

[Guy Adams @guyadams]

It has come to our attention that some people may be planning to watch the fireworks their taxes are paying for

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

💯💯💯

[Gini @planetgini]

@mission44 @LewisHamilton What you can do when you have money 🙌✨ lift ppl up 🫶 Sir Lewis

[Gini @planetgini]

Last book in the Waterstones in John Lewis Bluewater ⁦@garyseconomics⁩ book still a best seller!

[Rob Myers @RobLMyers]

Toto Wolff on the #F1xed #AbuDhabiScandal:

“We haven’t got over it. I talked to Lewis about it yesterday – I think about it every day and so does he. And it’s stayed with the team, too."

The greatest injustice in #F1 history. A stain on the sport.

[Gini @planetgini]

@LewisHamilton 8x champ, there will be much to take away from 2025, to learn from, and to rise again! Have some hypnosis to ensure everything, physically and mentally is aligned for 2026. Rest and reset!

[Rob Myers @RobLMyers]

Just a reminder: In his worst season, Lewis Hamilton still gave Ferrari their only #F1 victory of 2025.

[Gini @planetgini]

Congratulations 🏆🥇@LandoNorris never forget the feeling of this incredible achievement. Now you can truly appreciate Lewis doing this 7x (8 if you include the mid race changes that shouldn’t have happened). 1 down 7 to go!

[Gini @planetgini]

@S0PHIE44 It’s sabotage. The GOAT is still there.

[Gini @planetgini]

@FanaticsFerrari The sabotaging continues. Ferrari should be ashamed of themselves

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

He had brain damage and was told he had to be put to sleep.

Today I took Stormzy to run on the beach.

I promise this will set you up for the weekend ❤️

[Gini @planetgini]

@Microsoft I’d like to be able to mark the beginning and ending of the text in Word and have a running word count for this section. This will allow me the space outside of these parameters to play with my sentences. Can word do this? If not, please add this feature 🙏