Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

Europhile 🏳️‍🌈, lived in 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇨🇼🇧🇪 🇧🇩. Dedicated follower of science. Former textile engineer, now a Mgmt consultant. I believe in believing people. Rome, Lazio Joined April 2009

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

22 hours ago

@RorPreston @AndrewG76201347 Well done. It’s a good thing to do.

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Finally got my Lasting Power of Attorney signed ✍️ A reminder to pwME that this can be a really useful protective step - e.g. if you end up in a severe state in hospital, a psychologing doctor can't just do what they think is in your 'best interest' #MECFS

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 days ago

@DanNeidle What might be the typical income range of these small businesses? Are we talking £25k - £50k? Sole-trader window cleaners and lawn mowers? Might HMRC not do well to undertake broad bank account searches of working age people without a registered income?

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 days ago

@anon_opin No, it's a way of telling the person that you are not looking to sleep with them, to avoid discomfort around the uncertainty. It's like casually telling people you're gay early on so they don't inadvertently ask about your wife & kids.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

7 days ago

@ITAAirways @lufthansa, I bought a flex fare and wanted to use the option to take earlier flight (if available) on day of return. Website & App would not allow. Ticket office refused. Customer call centre useless. I had to fight everyone. This is awful.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

a week ago

@Paula_JKnight Speaking as someone who is doing exactly that, I can say that it can be done quite cheaply!

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

Part of the reason ME care is as bad as it is in the UK was the poor management of the ME Association since ~2000-ish. Solving this issue is vital, and ensuring fresh and renewed trustees is a vital part of that solution.

Elisabeth Klaar @lammas_leaves

2 weeks ago

For the last two AGMs of the @MEAssociation @NickyProctor and I have attempted to submit motions to bring the length of service of trustees in line with standard governance guidelines. We have now submitted a third motion on this topic.

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Elisabeth Klaar @lammas_leaves

2 weeks ago

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

@ajbell Hi @ajbell - I am in Italy, and the site is still down, telling me it is inaccessible from here. Is maintenance still going on or have you blocked access to all customers living abroad with UK SIPPs?

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HS2 Ltd @HS2ltd

2 weeks ago

This week we’d like to share these fantastic shots of the Colne Valley Western Slopes. 📸 Alongside the construction of Britain's new high-speed railway, we’re delivering one of the largest environmental programmes ever undertaken in the UK. Colne Valley will see 127 hectares of former agricultural land restored to wildlife-rich grassland. 🌿 Take a look at how the landscape is changing below 👇 #HS2InPictures

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

If that isn't the case, is there another reason why restaurants don't just include service charges in menu prices? Otherwise why not just increase the menu price by 12.5%, and make the maths a lot easier?

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

And while we are at it, if service charges are assumed (i.e. added by default) then are they not, in all reality, mandatory? If a restaurant says "service charges will be added for parties of 2 or more" - surely they are no-longer discretionary and become subject to VAT?

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

Hi @DanNeidle, as a non-resident Brit, I notice a creeping increase in UK restaurant tip culture from 10% up to 15%. I never understood why tips aren't just included in menu prices, until someone pointed out that tips are VAT-free. Are service charges now a way to avoid VAT?

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

@useless_priest Urgh. A friend in my late 20s used to insist that we were past-it for changing careers and were stuck where we were. I completely changed my work in my mid-30s (fashion to management consulting), as did he (archaeology to lawyer).

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Anon Opin. @anon_opin

2 weeks ago

Everybody agrees that the stock market has gone insane. AI dictating investments, meme stocks, castrated regulators in the US and UK, and utter bollocks like crypto infecting everything. Yet all of us are forced to invest our pensions in it. We need to be talking about this.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

@DanvilleJennie You think customers are responsible for paying staff, not the business owners? The rest of the business world manages to pay for their staff. Why US restaurants believe themselves to be an exception is unclear to me.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

I’m in Germany and going through tip-guilt hell. Yesterday the Starbucks kiosk asked me for a tip. Their work was putting a cup under the spout of an automatic coffee machine. The day before a waiter gave me the bill and asked me how much I would tip. Stop this nonsense.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

@DanvilleJennie 1 - no it isn’t, I live outside the USA, where staff are paid living wages for their work. 2 - we are talking about the principle of tipping. Perhaps read the post before making comments which show you haven’t understood a thing.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

Dear @BBCMoreOrLess this post shared by Elon Musk says that Britain arrests more people for social media posts than China, Russia and Turkey combined, with a bar chart saying approx 12,183 ppl in the UK have been arrested. Is that correct, or is Larry the cat better informed?

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Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox

3 weeks ago

This is a brilliant investigation. It shows what many of us knew. Hostile states are supporting both Islamist & far right causes in order to divide us. If you are echoing those narratives you are aiding & abeting a hostile state. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

I hate that this is growing in Europe, but most of all the arbitrary nature of who is tipped. Hard-working nurses? No. Supermarket staff? No. Care home workers on low wages? No. Hospitality waiters? Yes. Hospitality chefs? No. Hospitality cleaners? No.

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Peter W 🇺🇦 @mediumwhite

2 weeks ago

The US tip system is a mess: restaurant staff are effectively freelancers reliant on generosity of strangers, and US society appears to believe that restaurant owners have no obligation to pay core staff. Meanwhile customers are expected to do mystery maths at the end of a meal.