Simon Stokes

Opinion is no substitute for knowledge

[Simon Stokes @simonjstokes]

@DanNeidle @BotFinderUK Is that showing an estimated £46bn Tax not collected / lost / not recoverable against those various groups?

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@Lord_Sugar Still got mine.. great machine - it came with a colour monitor which was amazing at the time.

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And now they have cancelled and I have been charged the full fee. Your system is flawed and doesn’t take into account late trains and the inability to change the bookings. Won’t be using that feature again.

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@Uber hi I used a new feature on your app to reserve a taxi. I have just booked a train thru your app and it suggested that I reserve a taxi, which I did. The train was then subsequently delayed and when I went to amend the taxi reservation it said I couldn’t.

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I tried to cancel, however the cancellation fee was the total cost of the journey. This seems a flaw in your workflow and doesn’t take into account the fact that trains are late. I couldn’t even contact the driver until he had turned up 🤷‍♂️ not great.

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@BorisJohnson You did that - biggest Charlatan this country has ever seen.

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@BenWallace70 @FullFact @DeborahMeaden @KemiBadenoch Didn’t Dragon test a block 1 Aster 30 last year to give an Anti-ship ballistic missile capability? Are there going to be any of these modified missiles on the ship when it deploys?

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@andrw100 @RichardVaughan1 I believe this was a test of the a modified version (block 1 I guess?) rather than an existing Aster 30. Be interesting to see if that was the only one, or if she carrying any more.

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@andrw100 @RichardVaughan1 Yes it can with the upgraded Sea Viper system proven by a recent demonstration by HMS Dragon - which is the ship going.

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@JamesCleverly @Conservatives Tories introduced the pension triple lock which is causing the welfare to grow as a % of GDP. Own it. I do however agree that welfare spending needs to get back to a reasonable and sustainable level - the difference should be spend on defence & spending should go north of 5% now!

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@afneil It’s a national disgrace - the Navy and the RFA is suffering from decades of under funding. What ever happened to the type 32 that Boris announced? We couldn’t even defend the country from drone attacks as we haven’t invested in air defence for the country. We need to rearm.

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@afneil Because we prioritised welfare spending over the defence. This situation has been brewing for a long time and will get worse before it gets better.

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Every time I fly with BA - something doesn’t work. Today my screen, the WiFi is dreadful and to top it off, probably the worst tasting “calzone” pizza that I’ve tasted. @britishairways . #decliningstandards

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@piersmorgan So the people who largely fund it, would have to pay to use it and the people who largely don’t pay for it would have free access to it. Doesn’t seem quite fair.

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@Mike_Fabricant OMG! Do you read what you write? Give your head a wiggle.

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@icomaki2 @MichaelAArouet @Keir_Starmer And absolutely not the US. Shocking behaviour by the administration.

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@IainDale Completely agree Iain, well said. People are creating false narrative’s for clicks and create division. It’s not us - it’s them.

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@fleetstreetfox The Fatwa was in general :) as a regular flyer of BA, I agree that the quality of service has declined but is better than it was. BA is expensive & not everything works every time u fly. The headphones they supply in economy are abysmal. They need new planes.

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@nicholadrummond Great post. The UK needs to do something now - it’s almost like no one in the Government acknowledges what the new reality is. Action is required right now.

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@lembitopik Lembit, never had you down as an appeaser or someone who doesn’t follow history.