Gareth Thomas

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That’ll be the DM for you, I guess!

It’s Edmans - Alex Edmans. Comes across as a complete tool.

If the opinion of some blokes who played teenage chess counts for nothing then what is the country coming to?

Oh, nicely done!

When you find out, please lettuce know.

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The UK has gone quite, quite mad.

It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.

Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.

And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.

Nominative determinism?

Ah, if only Dec 3rd was in fact the 3rd day of Christmas.

Sorry kitty, stay hungry!

What fresh hell is this? I’ve been quoted £300+VAT by a local ACSP to perform this task. And all so that I can remain a trustee of a charity?

Sort yourselves out, Companies House!

Usually happens to me on the sodding plane!

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

It’s clearly that time of year for Reijnders, too

And the dog’s not even the worst part of the painting 🤣

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What they don’t tell you is that, once one attempt at verification fails, any subsequent attempt, by whatever method (including a trip to the sodding post office) is also doomed to fail. Paying an ACSP is apparently the only way out of this Kafkaesque nightmare. Utterly dysfunctional.

Having made several attempts to verify my identity with Companies House (including a trip to the Post Office) in order to remain a charity board member, only to be told that I’ve been wasting my time, and need to pay an ACSP to do it, I’ve concluded that this entire process is an utter shitshow

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Nativity photo from Seattle.

It’s taken almost a year, but I’m pleased to see that I’ve now got more followers on here than I had on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter.

Which is nice 😊

I wonder how long it will be before the reinventors have to reinvent their CVs?

Same here, but a small price to pay for having my (profusely coughing & sneezing) daughter to stay with me all last week 🤷‍♂️

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… and all the better for it 👍

This thread took an unexpected turn 🤭

Yes. They cry that they’re studiously non-partisan but their political editor takes it upon himself to essentially accuse the Labour chancellor of lying. Something that would simply *never* have happened - did not happen - with the Tories in power, when there was far more ammunition.