I've never seen anything that suggests he would say he's not choosing to make his living that way

And nothing I've said suggest that either. And I hope he continues to do so for a very long time.

I'm just completely pissed off at an idiot (and not just one) who has not the first idea wha's involved in running a sole trader business (because that's what it is and there is indeed a module at Newcastle on how to do this), nor of the musical and administrative labour involved chooses to come and stick his nose in, pontificating on stuff he doesn't understand.

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