James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social
Liberal. Gay. Green. Countryman. Living in Ebernoe, Sussex and Kennington, London. he/him
And this old one-eyed BC in 1985…
God I miss them all
God I miss them all
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM
And this old one-eyed BC in 1985…
God I miss them all
God I miss them all
And they stay woven into our families. Here are Baba and Topsy, my grandmothers dogs in 1953. Long dead before my birth. But. I know their names…
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
And they stay woven into our families. Here are Baba and Topsy, my grandmothers dogs in 1953. Long dead before my birth. But. I know their names…
Just posted Finty elsewhere in the thread. They never leave you - even 20 years later…
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Just posted Finty elsewhere in the thread. They never leave you - even 20 years later…
Dogs are just people. I still miss this one after 20 years
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Dogs are just people. I still miss this one after 20 years
Fuck me this is hilarious. For those without access to the DT’s comments section I leave these joyful confetti…
January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Fuck me this is hilarious. For those without access to the DT’s comments section I leave these joyful confetti…
We visited Venezuela in Nov 2012, in the last gasps of Chavez, before it really crashed. Even then the socialist dream was turning to ashes. It is an intensely beautiful country, with some of the most spectacular scenery on earth. And has truly kind and welcoming people.
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
We visited Venezuela in Nov 2012, in the last gasps of Chavez, before it really crashed. Even then the socialist dream was turning to ashes. It is an intensely beautiful country, with some of the most spectacular scenery on earth. And has truly kind and welcoming people.
So, may have overdone the Xmas tree…
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So, may have overdone the Xmas tree…
Really, really don’t think we have a water shortage in England. We may have a *storage* shortage. But there’s *plenty* of water…
December 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Really, really don’t think we have a water shortage in England. We may have a *storage* shortage. But there’s *plenty* of water…
As a business though it returns including capital returns) less than just dumping your money in global equities - it’s just a lot of work and I don’t think the returns approach the below for example: which is north of 10% a year.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As a business though it returns including capital returns) less than just dumping your money in global equities - it’s just a lot of work and I don’t think the returns approach the below for example: which is north of 10% a year.
It’s lovely isn’t it? I loved my house in Forest Gate, and though it cost a bomb to put right, enjoyed choosing every door handle. Particularly the kitchen, where I saved money by designing it myself and buying the stainless units from a catering company in Clapham. I miss it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s lovely isn’t it? I loved my house in Forest Gate, and though it cost a bomb to put right, enjoyed choosing every door handle. Particularly the kitchen, where I saved money by designing it myself and buying the stainless units from a catering company in Clapham. I miss it.
Hilarious. By the way, at home, we have decided to insource the production of potatoes
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hilarious. By the way, at home, we have decided to insource the production of potatoes
Not a good example perhaps: but I’m always interested in houses in Juer Street in Battersea. My mother grew up in one of these before the War (98 last weekend!) with her 2 sisters. My grandfather was a postmaster.
£1.65M now
£1.65M now
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Not a good example perhaps: but I’m always interested in houses in Juer Street in Battersea. My mother grew up in one of these before the War (98 last weekend!) with her 2 sisters. My grandfather was a postmaster.
£1.65M now
£1.65M now
Also.
So in other words, a considered judgment shows no real evidence for the hysteria: and the vast majority of the violence and public disorder does not come from asylum seekers, but from the people “protesting” about them.
So in other words, a considered judgment shows no real evidence for the hysteria: and the vast majority of the violence and public disorder does not come from asylum seekers, but from the people “protesting” about them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Also.
So in other words, a considered judgment shows no real evidence for the hysteria: and the vast majority of the violence and public disorder does not come from asylum seekers, but from the people “protesting” about them.
So in other words, a considered judgment shows no real evidence for the hysteria: and the vast majority of the violence and public disorder does not come from asylum seekers, but from the people “protesting” about them.
A misty and atmospheric morning for a Sussex remembrance.
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A misty and atmospheric morning for a Sussex remembrance.
Having just seen an *electric* performance of “5 Minutes” by the Stranglers last night, all I can say is “be more Jean-Jacques Burnel”
![In 1977, Burnel was living in a London flat with Wilko Johnson, then the guitarist of the band Dr. Feelgood, as well as a female employee of the Sex Pistols. One night, while Burnel was playing a concert with The Stranglers, his flatmate was raped, an event so traumatising that Burnel left the flat soon after.[3]
The title of the song refers to Burnel's apartment being located in a dangerous area of London just five minutes away from The Bishops Avenue, one of the wealthiest streets in the world, and the juxtaposition of the two communities.[3]
The lyric "some say that I should hate them all," according to Burnel, refers to how people used the fact that the five rapists were black men as an excuse for racism.
"The main point, in the middle eight, was 'some say that I should hate them all' about all black people which was absolutely ridiculous and obscene. I just wanted to find those guys, I didn't use it as an excuse for hating all black people. How would you?"
— Jean-Jacques Burnel](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4q2ibglhvlpqxzeqtrlqxfcp/bafkreifoeoc6u3imed6azt7pjbuxux3fa4pg4ror5cycm7hji2j7nca6m4@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Having just seen an *electric* performance of “5 Minutes” by the Stranglers last night, all I can say is “be more Jean-Jacques Burnel”
We had our first quince harvest this year (just five fruit!), but the tart we made with them was a revelation!
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We had our first quince harvest this year (just five fruit!), but the tart we made with them was a revelation!
Heading North.
Oh Scotland, Scotland, Scotland… 🏴
Oh Scotland, Scotland, Scotland… 🏴
August 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Heading North.
Oh Scotland, Scotland, Scotland… 🏴
Oh Scotland, Scotland, Scotland… 🏴
Oh look: the other hoary old tyrant has spoken up too:
“Lord Blunkett, a former Labour Home Secretary, has suggested Britain should suspend its membership of the convention in order to grasp control of the small-boats crisis.”
www.thetimes.com/article/a43d...
“Lord Blunkett, a former Labour Home Secretary, has suggested Britain should suspend its membership of the convention in order to grasp control of the small-boats crisis.”
www.thetimes.com/article/a43d...
August 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Oh look: the other hoary old tyrant has spoken up too:
“Lord Blunkett, a former Labour Home Secretary, has suggested Britain should suspend its membership of the convention in order to grasp control of the small-boats crisis.”
www.thetimes.com/article/a43d...
“Lord Blunkett, a former Labour Home Secretary, has suggested Britain should suspend its membership of the convention in order to grasp control of the small-boats crisis.”
www.thetimes.com/article/a43d...
So here is the example reworked: overall tax take drops to 35% inc CGT. It does rather beg the question though: if you’re going to roll over the wealth tax on this class of asset, why bother with 20 controversial valuations and all that faff, when you could much more easily raise CGT to 35%???
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So here is the example reworked: overall tax take drops to 35% inc CGT. It does rather beg the question though: if you’re going to roll over the wealth tax on this class of asset, why bother with 20 controversial valuations and all that faff, when you could much more easily raise CGT to 35%???
Let’s say the govt charge 5% interest and inflation is 3%, but I’m quite good and grow my business by 8% every year. At the end, after tax and inflation, I’ve made a real gain of £3m for 20 years work.
August 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Let’s say the govt charge 5% interest and inflation is 3%, but I’m quite good and grow my business by 8% every year. At the end, after tax and inflation, I’ve made a real gain of £3m for 20 years work.
Slightly more complex example. I inherit a £10m business, grow it by 5% a year and then sell it after 20 years for £25m. With rolled up wealth tax and CGT at 24% this will be taxed at 57%, and I end up with lless money than I started with after inflation. Why would I take this risk?
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Slightly more complex example. I inherit a £10m business, grow it by 5% a year and then sell it after 20 years for £25m. With rolled up wealth tax and CGT at 24% this will be taxed at 57%, and I end up with lless money than I started with after inflation. Why would I take this risk?
Are we positing rolling up wealth in illiquid assets? Presumably though we would charge interest on that? At what rate? Before or after inflation? Compounding a 2% wealth tax in a steady state £10m business at 5% means the taxman owns over 25% after ten years…
August 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Are we positing rolling up wealth in illiquid assets? Presumably though we would charge interest on that? At what rate? Before or after inflation? Compounding a 2% wealth tax in a steady state £10m business at 5% means the taxman owns over 25% after ten years…
OR they change their diary and spend some extra time in Milan. Making your tax take dependent on the diary plans of a dozen billionaires is crazy 3/3
August 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
OR they change their diary and spend some extra time in Milan. Making your tax take dependent on the diary plans of a dozen billionaires is crazy 3/3
VJ Day. Miss you daddy.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
VJ Day. Miss you daddy.