Prime property for over 30 years in London. Independent Councillor for Merton Park Ward, London Borough of Merton. Rugby Coach, LSRFUR, and Dad.

Wimbledon Village, England
Joined February 2009
The saddest post I have ever had to write, but on Monday I lost my wonderful wife Miranda to cancer. I’ve been too upset to post and the kids are devastated naturally. I’m thankful for all the kind words of support from my friends in property and my #rugbyfamily
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BREAKING The OBR says the tax raid on landlords - increasing property income tax rates by another 2% - will: 1) Make it less likely that people become landlords, ‘reducing long term rental supply’ and leading to a ‘steady long-term rise in rents’ 2) See landlords simply pass on costs to tenants, increasing rents
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Looks like savers & landlords are big losers in this Budget. Property income tax to rise to 24pc for basic rate taxpayers, 44pc for higher rate and 49pc for additional rate. Further punishment on those who work hard and do the right thing….
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Today’s Budget matters for London property. The tax burden on landlords, the planned surcharge on homes worth £2m+, and the cost of moving will all influence decisions. In Wimbledon and across SW19/SW20, buyers and sellers need certainty, confidence and a market that rewards people for moving. #LondonProperty #Budget2026
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Mr Ansari bought 3a Palace Green in Kensington for £16.75m in 2014, before purchasing another five-bedroom flat in the same building for £19m two years later. Now, Knight Frank and Sotheby’s are marketing the second property for just under £12m — a significant reduction on what he originally paid. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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🇬🇧 50th Infantry Division, No. 47 Royal Marine Commando 🎯 Capture Port-En-Bessin 📅 06-Jun-44 -> 09-Jun-44 Imagine setting off an explosive charge to blow through enemy barbed wire, only for the blast to throw you ninety feet backward down a sheer cliff. That is exactly what happened to Lieutenant Isaac Goldstein outside Port-en-Bessin on June 7, 1944. Tasked with cracking open strongpoint Wn 57, the British Royal Marine Commando officer sent his men to cover and detonated the Bangalore torpedoes himself. The massive explosion cleared the wire, but the shockwave launched Goldstein airborne, tumbling thirty meters down the steep bluff. Battered and dazed, Goldstein refused to stay down. He scrambled straight back up the slope into the breach, leading Troop A into a vicious maze of trenches. German gunboats in the harbor suddenly opened up with automatic flak cannons, pinning down the assault while German stick grenades exploded across the works, leaving Goldstein heavily concussed. Ordered to break contact and withdraw toward the village, Goldstein crawled through the dirt until he realized one of his men was stranded and immobilized under fire. He quickly rounded up five commandos, fought his way back into the crossfire, and pulled his wounded comrade to safety. Goldstein passed out from exhaustion and multiple injuries soon after, but his tenacity opened the path to capturing the harbor and earned him the Military Cross.
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362 years and still hoofing 🎂
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What kind of person speeds past cars that have slowed down due to a dog on the road (A70 between Coylton and Ayr just after 7am) smashes into the poor dog so hard part of their blue BMW bumper falls off, and doesn't stop? Someone knows who they are.🤬
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Very well said. Have no idea what the government hope to achieve here apart from destabilising the armed forces, destroying moral and undermining some of the finest soldiers in the world
Today MPs will vote on Labour's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. It tears up the 2023 Legacy Act and opens the door to fresh investigations and civil claims against our brave veterans, decades after they served Queen and Country, fighting against IRA terrorists. How can this country ever ask people to serve their country if the government refuses to protect them? I voted against this proposal in November and will do so again. We have a duty to stand by our veterans! 🇬🇧
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🚨"It's disgraceful, it's appalling but it's not only that it's DISRESPECTFUL." Falklands war veteran Simon Weston reacts to the 'Palestine Poppy.' @TVKev | @SimonWestonCBE
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It’s immoral to pardon the IRA, a terrorist organisation that deliberately targeted innocent people, then pursue our soldiers who were acting on orders, on the say so of Dublin or Sinn Fein
Today MPs will vote on Labour's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. It tears up the 2023 Legacy Act and opens the door to fresh investigations and civil claims against our brave veterans, decades after they served Queen and Country, fighting against IRA terrorists. How can this country ever ask people to serve their country if the government refuses to protect them? I voted against this proposal in November and will do so again. We have a duty to stand by our veterans! 🇬🇧
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Read this powerful article by @thetimes , and reflect on what has been shared.. This is not just “persecution by (extremely clumsy) process” imposed upon active-duty SAS operators fighting to detain vicious ISIS thugs in an active war zone, but also an example of performative self-immolation initiated by the most senior UK Special Forces officer at the time (G Jenkins) as self-serving exercise in what HE calls ‘transparency’…… So, if someone, anyone (quite possibly an enemy) within an active war zone says the SAS killed an unarmed man, then the so-called ‘senior leaders’ (some, as in this case, with near-zero combat experience) within the Whitehall-based ‘UK system’ desperate to demonstrate something that they call ‘transparency’ (or whatever else floats the MOD’s boat), will automatically launch an aggressive RMP operation to detain the SAS men involved…. Not on the basis of any hard evidence (there is no crime scene, no bodies, no bullets etc), but purely on distant, uncorroborated hearsay and remote, delayed analysis of operational reports; all supported by desk-bound, chinless leaders that seemingly care more about how they will (personally) look in an MOD promotion board than trying to properly understand the circumstances faced by the SAS men and defend them accordingly. What a gift this utterly pathetic weakness, low threshold investigative process and twisted self-defeating system gives to our many enemies….and what an awful message it sends to those that still volunteer to fight on our all of our behalves….
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: How did a secret mission in Syria lead to a crisis within Britain’s special forces? Insight, The Sunday Times investigations team, can reveal the full story behind an SAS operation in Syria in 2022 — and its aftermath thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…
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Powerful, damning words from former Commander of the SAS 👇 Is this really a good time to undermine our bravest, most brilliant fighting unit? The SAS are viewed with awe by our friends and our enemies. Allies cannot believe they are being treated in this appalling manner.
Read this powerful article by @thetimes , and reflect on what has been shared.. This is not just “persecution by (extremely clumsy) process” imposed upon active-duty SAS operators fighting to detain vicious ISIS thugs in an active war zone, but also an example of performative self-immolation initiated by the most senior UK Special Forces officer at the time (G Jenkins) as self-serving exercise in what HE calls ‘transparency’…… So, if someone, anyone (quite possibly an enemy) within an active war zone says the SAS killed an unarmed man, then the so-called ‘senior leaders’ (some, as in this case, with near-zero combat experience) within the Whitehall-based ‘UK system’ desperate to demonstrate something that they call ‘transparency’ (or whatever else floats the MOD’s boat), will automatically launch an aggressive RMP operation to detain the SAS men involved…. Not on the basis of any hard evidence (there is no crime scene, no bodies, no bullets etc), but purely on distant, uncorroborated hearsay and remote, delayed analysis of operational reports; all supported by desk-bound, chinless leaders that seemingly care more about how they will (personally) look in an MOD promotion board than trying to properly understand the circumstances faced by the SAS men and defend them accordingly. What a gift this utterly pathetic weakness, low threshold investigative process and twisted self-defeating system gives to our many enemies….and what an awful message it sends to those that still volunteer to fight on our all of our behalves….
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Earlier this morning catching the sunrise over Merton Park, SW19.
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