With Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman in the news this week, I thought some of you might be interested in my 2020 investigation into Mr Barrowman’s involvement in the loan charge tax scandal. Produced by one of the BBC’s best investigative journalists Anna Meisel.

Remember, if you are going out in the hail showers today, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.

Reel to reel for me, when I taped over my brother's Shadows tape in the late 60's and sang along to Pick of the Pops. Awful voice. Later on, my mother overheard Joni Mitchell on the record player from the other side of the door and for years she told people what a lovely voice I had.

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Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”. That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret. A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.

I paid for breakfast, therefore I had to eat it. Stuffed. Going to spirit away the little Bonne Maman one portion marmalade jar. I see a use for it in my rucksack. Can't be bothered to go shopping. Better have another coffee.

I can't work the lights next to my bed in my hotel. Oh well.

Just been looking at Joe Bonamassa tickets at the Royal Albert Hall. Apart from being very expensive, the RAH website doesn't appear to let you choose. It simply allocates. Not good enough. Anyone know a better way?

And some more to savour.

Kitty. Definitely my favourite Routledge character. Fabulous timing and rhythm in her lines.

And another on the way in 3 hours.😊

The zebra has it.

As Lemkin knew, genocide hides in plain sight. “Genocide is so easy to commit because people don’t want to believe it until after it happens.” Raphael Lemkin Coined the Word Genocide. What Would He Say Today? | ⁦‪@TheTyee‬⁩ thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

I could prepare my car to drive to Milton Keynes tomorrow, empty the boxes and the rubbish, vacuum. Or I could try a second glass of white wine?

Bless.

Hero.

Put some wind in me' tyres earlier. Can't believe how low the pressures were. Never had a car with tyres that deflated so haplessly.😊

Yes. The Slimy Toad Brigade.

Solidarity. This attack is both heartbreaking and repulsive.

Deep joy. May the residents of East Cambs be saved from marrying in our local registry office.

There are still a few tickets left for this folks. Cambridge Junction, 16/10.🤩 www.throughthenoise.co.uk/noisenight225

Lol they are on a roll 😂😂😂 some of the best trolling I have seen.

Ever cheerful.

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract. There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m... Thread:

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

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This book arrived at my library on Monday. I spent yesterday afternoon unexpectedly engaged and reading about Sophie and her family. It's very heartwarming and touching. I wish them well. Meanwhile, I'm taking the book back today for someone else to enjoy.

Abuse of detainees amounting to “disgraceful, criminal misconduct”, racist & misogynist comments, & support for Tommy Robinson… The good old institutionally racist, sexist & homophobic Met that keeps Londoners safe is in fine form I see. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Extremely pleased to have walked past my trainer at lunch as I left the building. Made my little halo shine all the brighter.

Reform have become the Temu of UK politics - always, there, always annoying & cheap as shit.

Quite.

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system! Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Quite nice thread. Full of awful puns for a Sunday afternoon.

Probably a day when a full strength americano would have fitted the bill better than a decaff. Never mind. Another salad for supper. I can hardly wait.

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day. Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

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#Caturday, part two.

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Whoah. Trees of life?

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I shall say this only once. Or maybe annually. Dating in your 60's is an absolute frigging nightmare. Established/practised behaviours, attitudes, habits, families, desires, incompatible directions of travel. Etc etc. Is The Lamb going to lie down and die somewhere once and for all. Bog off.

Beetroot. Drat. Forgot it.😈

Love this.

Done the shopping. Walked along the frozen aisles. Some really cheap stuff if you're on a budget. Surprising. I don't fancy frozen spinach though. It looks mushy.

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