Tenison Purple

Retired accountant. Knitter and reader. tenisonpurple on Instagram and [email protected] on Mastodon

[Farmerjoefred 12345 @farmerjoefred]

You will need photo ID to vote in the general election. If you have no photo ID please register for a @CitizenCard . It is apparently extremely easy to obtain and VERY important if you want to make your vote count.
PLEASE RETWEET.
https://t.co/5uTVFeDb06

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

How did we end up with a rate of tax on capital gains so much lower than the rate of tax on employment income?

The very silly history of UK CGT, in five charts.

[Tenison Purple @tenisonpurple]

Riesling with a dash a fizzy water. #ConfinedCocktails

[Caroline Murray @Prof_hedgehog]

#OTD 29 January 1886: death of Edward Lear, artist and poet. https://t.co/TDiv6cQ326

[Cam Botanic Garden @CUBotanicGarden]

Monday ‘must-sees’ if you’re planning a visit -
🌵our group of Moonflowers (or ‘lunation’ as voted by our followers) is getting ready to bloom. The bud on flower A is plump & should flower any day
🌱 carpets of snowdrops throughout the Garden look bigger & better than ever!

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

WOAH there's a Hornby stone circle?!

[Cam Botanic Garden @CUBotanicGarden]

💚Spectacular snowdrop season is here! There are 20 known species & the most common are Galanthus nivalis, Galanthus elwesii & Galanthus plicatus. Most varieties arise from these & we have 48 different snowdrops for you to enjoy. #Snowdrops

[UK Antarctic Heritage Trust @AntarcticHT]

Want to try our new virtual reality experience?

Don a VR headset at @scottpolar in Cambridge and drive a dog sledge in Antarctica.

Developed by @StoryLab_ARU at @AngliaRuskin with UKAHT.

👉 Book your free tickets here: https://t.co/f3jl8H2tDo

[Tenison Purple @tenisonpurple]

@kariebookish @foggyknitter @WoollyWormhead Dropped as birthday present hint

[People of Leeds @PeopleofLeeds]

ADMIN: We've jumped in followers while I've been asleep. Just 50-odd to go; we can do this! Call your families! Boot up your Russian bots! Let's get to 20k before we say goodbye! Ask everyone you know to follow us, they can unfollow tomorrow 🤣

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@melindahaunton Leads in a watercolour from @scottpolar #JacobinDay https://t.co/NjsDthNUiw

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@melindahaunton My sister’s cats when newly adopted #JacobinDay

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@oldenoughtosay I did not know that. Thank you

[Steve Matthews 🇪🇺🇬🇧🦊 @SteveM0365]

Why did Starmer sit around doing nothing while the Argentinians invaded the Falklands?

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@melindahaunton Snow in @CUBotanicGarden from a couple of years ago #JacobinDay

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@melindahaunton The ceiling is magnificent isn’t it

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@melindahaunton A slate knife from @scottpolar #JacobinDay https://t.co/yspBQv84aj

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@melindahaunton I’m currently part way through Taking Flight by @LevParikian Really interesting and in a gentle and keen non-expert style

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@melindahaunton @cassie_eastham I’m currently rereading selected Pratchett