Innkeeper. Proprietor, The Castle at Taunton & BRAZZ Brasserie. Founder ArtsTaunton.co.uk . Books : go to myarchipelago.co.uk
Somerset, England
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RT @LordAshcroft: I was invited and went to the screening of this documentary with Nigel on Thursday evening. There is no doubt of his sup…
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On Wednesday evening, we attended Requiem Mass for All Souls at #QueensCollegeOxford. Sublime singing @queenschoir some of the best we’ve heard from a university choir.
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If you come from North Petherton in Somerset and find yourself in Oxford one day, visit @AshmoleanMuseum to admire the stunning artistry of the #AlfredJewel
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THE CRETIN THAT ENRAGED MILLIONS OF HARD WORKING BRITISH PEOPLE. A PERSON WHO HAS NEVER RUN A BUSINESS, NEVER MADE A PAYROLL, NEVER FOUGHT FOR NEW BUSINESS, NEVER LIFTED ANYTHING HEAVIER THAN A PENCIL, SUCKLING THE PUBLIC SECTOR TEAT WHILST TREATING TAX PAYERS WITH DERISION, VILE
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Try telling that to the small business owners working evenings and weekends just to keep their businesses afloat.
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These people are completely off their trolley …
“I don't think employers are working people.”
~ Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Emma Reynolds MP.
And there is. A Labour government politician saying the quiet part out loud. This is what Labour really think. They have an inverted snobbery and disregard towards self employed workers and private sector businesses owners. x.com/GBNEWS/status/21168353…
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Eloquently expressed
There are basically two ways of running any country or political system:
One is socialist communism—all power to the state. The state does the planning and the people have to conform to the plan. The people are the pawns of the state. They have no human rights other than those granted to them by the state.
To me, with my religious background, that was totally and utterly wrong. It denied the human spirit.
The system which I believe in finds its most eloquent expression in the American Declaration of Independence: The state is there to serve the liberties of the people, their own spirit, and to develop their own talents and abilities. And so that the strong does not intimidate the weak, freedom is made to work by a rule of law.
It is your duty to use your talents and abilities. It is your duty to accept responsibility because you accept freedom. You need private property for that; the property does not belong to the state. You have your own land, your own shares, you have savings, you have thrift. Out of that, it is your bounden duty to give to those less fortunate than yourselves.
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For years businesses around Castle Green in @visit_taunton have been calling for a Public Safety Protection Order here. @GideonJAmos MP, police, both local councils, ALL agree. Yet the Head of Community Safety at @SomersetCouncil still prevaricates. @BillRevans @SomConfidential
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Montage of deliciousness @DomChapman at The Jack o’Newbury in Binfield, Birks.
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Absolutely brilliant from Kemi Badenoch.
Nice push back against one of the ‘journalists’.
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It is hard to believe that Vivaldi died penniless, even after composing masterpieces like this.
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Seriously, @montie … are you not harbouring a few doubts about your switch to @reformparty_uk now that you can see what @KemiBadenoch is achieving with the @Conservatives ?
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The book was published in 1989 by Pyramid Books.
I send my deepest condolences to Ian’s wife and family. RIP my good friend.
* @Caterertweets Ian McAndrew was a great chef and one of the leading pioneers in the renaissance of British gastronomy in the 1980s. He featured in Volume 1 of my two-book series Great British Chefs.
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* @Caterertweets Ian McAndrew was a great chef and one of the leading pioneers in the renaissance of British gastronomy in the 1980s. He featured in Volume 1 of my two-book series Great British Chefs.
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In response to @SomersetConf piece on @SomersetCouncil proposals about new car parking regime “sweating assets”. @CountyGazette
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One of the most energetic ensemble scenes from the ballet Zorba the Greek features male dancers in traditional costumes performing the sirtaki with synchronized, precise, and spirited movements on stage.
Inspired by the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis and featuring music by Mikis Theodorakis, the dance has become an artistic expression closely associated with the joyful, free-spirited, and life-affirming character of Greek culture.
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