Dave Smith

Have you heard the one about the whale? Keep watching up to "whale juice". youtube.com/watch?v=TmFDrNwG…

Oh boy. It wasn't me that described it as "state owned". Lets not get into the debate about ONS declaring debt on/off balance sheet like Network Rail. Have a great weekend.

Yeah. I'll leave you to read the Telegraph/Mail/Spectator. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_…

If it comes after you, you just have to head to the nearest hill / sleeping policeman?

Hmm...

Must be the result of incredible effort and tremendous talent. Indeed many congratulations to him.

A quarter of the lifetime allowance has bounced all over the place in the last few years. Big drops 10 years ago. "Pension planning being impossible" is not new or reserved for Labour. gov.uk/government/publicatio…

There were about 318 "civil servants" earning over £170k two years ago. Its all very "gotcha" and avoid serious discussion. "plus ça change..." gov.uk/government/publicatio…

All the trade sites think Turkey imported about $15m from France under commodity code chapter 93 ("Arms And Ammunition Parts") last year. Here's a second one... exportgenius.in/turkey-impor…

I fear your 5 year old story may have been superseded. They sold about twice what the UK did last year.

"UK is one of the most important military... suppliers" UK supplies 3.4%, total $7.84m last year. trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Tur…

The manifesto was a "partial ban" (no ban in 'pubs without food service' or private members clubs), the amendments switched it to a total ban. "vote against" was perhaps a bit strong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokin…

Perhaps, ya' know, a distress signal... ikarossignals.com/products/p…

In 1924 everyone else had wind-up gramaphones and yet she had an electronic megaphone. Very forward looking.